REPORT ON PHILIPPINES.
Governor Taft Saye Possibly Far In
the Future We Can Abolish
the Dattos.
The annual report of tho Philippine
commission, and a separate report by
Oovrrnor W. II . Tnft, mndn pnlillo
at tho war department, gives a r
View of tho remit of tho year'
work of tho rctnnilsaltm anil certain
ropommrn.ini Imia fur li'tM.itlve ac
tlon by ronRrvsa decir.r-d rr.nrntlnl to
tho welfare of tho Iwlnnds. After
giving a history of tho establluhmcnt
of rlvll government throughout tlio
various provinces (Inventor Tnft In
his report any It has not boon (In
finitely determined what phall bo done
with the renpeet to Mindanao, where
he soys hostility to tho Americana
doea not extend beyond tho Iako I.a
nao Moron. Tho governor la of tho
opinion that It may be possible to In
duce the sultan of Join to part with
aomo of tho rights he claims to tho
Jolo group, and thus obviate many
ob'-taeles now encountered. The
Morns, ho aays, do not nnderatand
popular government, and do ml do
sire It, preferring control by divttos.
"Possibly far In t le future," ho says,
Iontrol by dn.tt may cease. For
the present, hov ;ver, It is necessary
only to provide n. paternal, strong but
sympathetic gocrnmrnt for these
followers of Mohammed." Governor
Taft tells of tho conditons that have
mado It neceusary for the islands to
f unhaRO about $lti.my),ii worth of
I. nd on which to live, and of the ef
fw. , war hat had upon agriculture,
aliiVKit the only source of wealth In
the Inlands. The greatest blow to
agriculture, he says, Ih tho destruo-llc-.i
of about 00 per cent of the water
huflulo. on which the cultivation of
rice is almost wholly dependent.
Blnon the civil government was com
pletely pHtabllKhed In the Filipino
province i throughout the archipelago,
In July of laat year, the governor
aya an American soldier has not
been called on once to lire a gun, tho
jountry having been policed by the
constabulary, a force of 6.000 or fi.ooo
men. "It may be," says Oovernor
Taft. "that na tho conditions grow
worse for they are likely to do ho
before they grow better It will bo
necessary in a province like Cavlte,
where ladronism seema Inbred In tho
people, to proclaim martial law and
even to call In the military Anally to
suppress It." hut It Is still hoped this
may he avoided." For the year end
ed June 3D, 1902, the imports, ex
clusive of quartermaster's stores, of
ell goods were $41,imo.noo, whllo tho
exports woro about $27,000,000.
FUNSTON'S 8PY CONVICTED.
Hilarlo Plaeldo Has Been Sentenced
to Life Imprisonment.
llllario Placl.lo. tho spy who .is
fisted Gen. Funtson In capturing
Agulnaldo, has been sentenced to
life Imprisonment for murder, accord
ing to advices received from Manila
ay the war department. Plaeldo was
13 en. Funston's trusted aid on the ex
" pcdltlon to Palannn In tho spring of
1901. He commanded the little hand
(hat found its way to Agutnaldo's
itronghoM In tho gulso of Filipino
patriots. He had been a major of the
insurgents, and was captured at Jacn
Geija. Gen. Funston says In his re
port that Plaeldo "did his part well
ind waa faithful to the last, notwith
standing his previous connection
with the Insurgents. Ho Is the man,
who In the critical moment seized
and held Auguinaldo.
Boycott Bremerton,
Assistant Secretary of tho Navy
Darling, at Washington, I). C, order
ed that no more warships shall be
sent to the navy yard at Rromorton,
Wash., until the evil conditions sur
rounding the yard are corrected by
tho civil authorities.
Corner Mexican Wheat.
The recent aJvance In the price of
wheat has caused baker at Mexico
City, Mexico, to diminish tho size of
their loaves while still charging the
same price, and this has worked a
hardship on the poorer classes. The
government has determined that the
wheat ring, which has ben monopo
lizing the grain market, shall be
dealt a severe blow.
Caught Trying to Escape.
Thomaa Doyle, who 1b serving;
twenty-year term in the New Jersey
State prison for murder committed
in Union county, was frustrated In
an attempt to escape from the insti
tution. While crawling over the
roof he was discovered by Deputy
' Keeper Clayton, who gave an alarm
and Doyle waa easily captured and
returned to hla cell.
Westlnghouse Firm Wins.
Tho mechanical and electrical
equipment of power houses, passen
ger stations and tho complete under
ground system of the new Pennsyl
vania tunnel at New York has beei:
Intrusted to the firm of Westing
ionse. Church, Kerr & Co., designing
tnd constructing engineers.
Want General Viljoen's Services.
The British government Is trying
to secure the services of General
Ben Vlljoen, who Is now touring the
United States, to command the Boer
forces, which la going to Somaliland.
Exceeded Requirements.
The new torpedo boat destroyer,
MacDonough exceeded her contract
requirement of 28 knots on trial at
Boston, Mass., making one leg at a
rate of 28.66.
Record of Mt. Pelee.
I The Pelee club, composed of naval
officers, newspaper men, . scientists,
artists and 'others, who accompanied
the relief expedition to Martinique
after the eruption of Mount Pelee,
waa organised at Washington. D. C.
FINE WORK OF CABLC
President and Other Officials Ex
change Congratulatory Messages
With Peoplt In Hawaii.
Tho new cable bo! ween Han Fran
cisco and Honolulu Is In line working
order and a large number 'of mes
sages are being handled. Tho
achievement January 3, of sending
the 8.500 word message from Honolu
lu. In addition to many private mes
sage Is considered remarkable work
for the first day of the cable's Instal
lation. Tlio following cable mes
sages were made public at tho White
House, at. Washington, January
3, "Honolulu, President of the
United States, Washington. D. C:
On behalf of tlio native Hawallans of
our territory, we desire that you, our
President, should know of the deep
and friendly lntere.it they have felt
from tho first In tho great commer
cial and National enterprise of belt
ing tho Pacific with an American
cable, and of their great satisfaction
and delight upon the completion this
day of that portion of the work
which now makes those upon the
mainland, wo out here upon the boa,
one as were never before. We con
gratulate you, Mr. President, and
through you our fellow citizens of the
mainland. J. Kalanlanaole, D. Ka
wananakea, Samuel Parker, M. Pro
blnson, Clarence I.. Crahbc, A. N,
Kepolkod. John Kna." The following
reply wbb Bent: White Homo, Wash
ington, Jnnunry 3. 193. The Presi
dent Is much pleased to receive
through you tho cordial grcetngs of
i lie native Hawallans, and extends to
them his congratulations upon the
opening of telegraphic communica
tion with Hawaii, George 11. Cortel
you, Secretary." W. H. KustU,
special commissioner, sent a message
from Honolulu to Secretary Shaw:
"Tlmn between Washington and Hon
olulu this day abridged from six days
to bIx minutes. All hal. the spirit of
progress." To thb tho secretary ro
plied: "Tlmnlis for your message.
May tho new cable n;ark a dlstlnect
idep in the world's progress." Post
master General Payne received the
following cablegram from Honolulu
"The postmaster and staff at Honolu
lu send compliments of tho season to
tho postmaster general. Joseph M
Oats, Postmaster."
Not In Prison After Four Convictions.
Judge Kvnns, of the United Stntea
court, at Louisville, Ky., admitted to
bail J. M. MoKnlgM, former president
of tho defunct Gorman Nntlon.il hank.
who bns been four times convict! of
embezzling from tho bank. McKnlght
has appealed from his last sentence.
CABLE FLASHES.
Crown Prlnee Frederick William
of Germany has accepted an Invita
tion of the czar to visit his majesty
at. St. Petersburg in tho middle of
January.
"It Been's to bo beyond question."
cables the Johannesburg correspond
ent to I ondon, Knglnnd. "that larn
nnd enormously rich diamond fields
oxiFt north ot Pretoria."
A large audience at the Queens
hall, welcomed tho reappearance of
Sousa and l is band in London, Jan
uary 2. Many Americans, includln?;
Consul General Evans, wero present.
France and Guatemala have agreed
to submit to the International arbi
tration court at Tho Hague . the
French claims against Guatemala,
which are similar to those against
Venezuela.
Fifteen Turkish soldiers were kill
ed or wounded In a recent fight with
liulgarlan troops at Drcnovo. The
Bulgarians were barricaded In a
house and several were killed, hut
the survivors escaped.
The appraisement of the estate of
A. C. Hutchinson, late president of
l.oulslnna ft Texas railroad, shows
Its value to bo 1991,168. Tho bulk ot
this property will go to the medical
department of Tulano university.
The Kongo administration at Brus
sels. Holglum, has received news that
Lieutenant de Magnse and his party,
who were In charge of Port llonl, on
the frontier of Uganda, were attack
ed by a cannibal tribe on June 14,
last, and that the entire party was
murdered.
A treaty has been signed by the
Bolivian minister of foreign affairs
and the Peruvian minister plenipo
tentiary nainlnn President Roca, of
Argentina, arbitrator in the boundary
disputes between Peru and Bolivia.
The sultan's troops have abandon
ed the fortress of Rasclma, close to
Fez, Morocco. The pretender is nego
tiating with tribes In the vicinity of
Fez to assist his advance. The hos
tility against the sultan la spreading
In Fez.
The Tnotat of China has paid tho
January Installment ot the Interna
tional indemnity on a silver basis.
He explained his inability to accept
the interpretation of the protocol
adopted by the International Bank
ers' Association.
Captain Dawe was appointed min
ister of mines, and Henry Gear was
appointed minister without portfolio
at St. Johns, New Foundland, to fill
the vacancies in the bond cabinet
resulting from the withdrawal of
Chief Justice Horwood and Postmas
ter General H. J. B. Woods.
The Anglo-American tobacco trust
hf.M introduced at Berlin, Germany,
a system of rebates and premiums
to small dealers. The trust owns
only one factory in Germany, the
Jasmatzt, at Dresden, which it has
greatly enlarged and filled with new
machinery of American make.
In consequence of the menacing
attitude of the emir ot Kauo, ruler
ot Northern Nigeria, -who has placed
a price on the head of Captain
Ahadle, the British resident at Zaria,
the British government has decided
on the immediate dispatch ot a puni
tive expedition ot 1,200 men.
A proposal has been made at Paris,
France, to present a ploce of sculp
ture to President Roosevelt in recog
nition of bis services to the cause of
international arbitration.
FREIGHT AND PASSENGER COLLIDE
TWO TRAINMEN KILLED.
Fifteen Persons Hurt -Passengers
Hurled In AM Directions Many
Miraculous Eacapes.
Through a misunderstanding of or
ders on tho Krle and Pittsburg rail
road, passenger train No. 216, south
bound, and freight No. 247 met head
on ono and a half miles west of West
Middlesex, Pa., December 30, and as
a rosult Engineer Neal Daugherty,
one of tho oldest engine drivers on
the road, and Flremnn Lelloy Rob
erts are dead. Several trainmen wero
hurt and a score of pnsp'1R,'r"
Jured. Both engines wore thrown In
tho ditch, reduced to Borap Iron. Fol
lowing Is a list of the dead and In
jured: The dead are: Neal Dangh
crty, of near Now Oastlo; Ielloy Rob
erts, Krle. Tho Injured arc: Samuel
J. McDonald, Greenville; Robert Wil
liams, Erie; August Mlllor, Erie; Mr.
PurvlB, Ullca, N. Y.; Mrs. Thomas
Law and baby, Struthers, O.i Mr.
Allison, Bharpsvlllo; Martin I
8trauss; H. 8. Wllgns, residence un
known; J. F. Peterson, Jamostown,
N. Y.j W. K. I"onds, MeKeesporl:
Eugene Morris, Pittsburg; David
Evans, rittaburg; Engineer Bhallcn
berger and Express Messenger Gib
son, Erie. The Bcene of tho wreck
was on a curve west of the West Mid
dlesex station about ono and a half
miles. It Is tho same spot whoro
Engineer Daughcrty was aerlouBly In
jured about one year ago. Who is re
sponsible for the collision has not
been Ascertained. It Is said that the
freight train had orders to pass at
Whcntland. Aftor jeartlng for tho
latter place tho train broke In two.
The engineer backed his train for the
other cars and waa Just getting un
der headway when the passenger
train loomed up a short dlstanco
ahead, running nlmut 30 miles an
hour. Neither engineer nor fireman
had time to Jump before the crash
came. The Impact waa terrific. Both
engines were battered and twisted,
rolled over the embankment, and the
express, baggage and Bmoklng cars
were badly shattered. The smoker
was well filled with passengers and
they were hurled in all directions.
Many were" thrown bodily from their
seats to tho forward end of the car,
a dlstanco of 30 feet.
WESTERN. MARYLAND R. R.
Engineers Appointed to Make the
West Vlrglnii Connection.
Tho Western Maryland railroad
has organized Its engineering corps,
with Virgil G. Boguo as consulting
nnd supervising engineer; John Q.
Ilnrlow, In charge of construction;
C. C. Van Devanter. resident engi
neer, and H. R. Pratt, engineer of
maintenance of way. Work will be
gin on tho 05 nille link to connect tho
Western Maryland at Cherry Run, W.
Va., with tho West Virginia Central
at Cumberland, Md.
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.
Attorney General Knox was re
quested to present to the Senate and
House Judiciary committees his
views on further anti-trust legisla
tion.
Sergeant John A. Msion, who
gained world-wide notoriety for hla
attempt to kill Guiteau, the assassin
of President Garfield, passed through
Washington en route to a soldiers
home In the West.
Henry King, chlor, and F, P. Motz
ger, assistant chief of the draughts
man's division of the land office, sub
mitted their answers denying tho
charges of conduct detrimental to
government Interests.
Manuel Rango, editor of "Liber
tas," a Spanish paper at Manila, has
been sentenced to $2,000 fine and sli
months' imprisonment for libeling
Gen. J. F. Bell, whom he accused
of stealing a relief fund.
Ronor Don Luis Felipe Carbo, who
has been minister from Ecuador to
the United States since January IS,
1896, will formally present his letters
of recall within a few days, when
Sonor Baquerezo, his successor, will
prerent his credentials,
Pekln advices received state that
Sir Chen-Tung-Liang-Cheng. K. C. M.
O., decorated with brevet court but.
ton of the third grade, expectant
taotal of the first-class and minister
designate to the United StateB, has
been appointed a metropolitan expec
tant officer of the fourth grade.
At the session of tho American
Scientific Association Prof. Willis L,
Moore, chief of the weather bureau.
said that it cost $1,250,000 a year to
make the forecasts; that the frost
warnings of a few days ago In Florida
saved millions ot dollars to the peo
ple of that State,
Secretary Root announced that the
corner atone of the Army War Col
lege in the Washington barracks res
ervation will be laid with appropri
ate ceremonies on the 22d Instant.
The Masonic rites usttal on suoh oc
casions will be observed. The Pres
ident and all the members of the
cabinet will attend.
One hundred thousand tons of
breadstuns must be Imported from
wheat-producing centers to Aus
tralia during the coming seasou to
meet harvest deficiencies, says Unit
ed States Consul Coding at Newcas
tle, la a report to the state deuart.
mont The crop in New South
Wales will not reach 50 per cent of
the quantity reaped last year, and
victoria win require Imports of 3
637,929 bushels ot wheat to supply
DBF UI!U
. The latest list cabled the war de
partment from Manila by General
Davis reports the following deaths
from cholera: James Hamilton,
t.ompany u, Twenty-slxtb, Infantry;
Robert D. Finney, Company D, Twenty-sixth
Infantry; Thomaa J. Kelly,
Company A, Eleventh infantry; Louia
Koplesoko, Company L. Eleventh in.
fantry: Jacob Cohen, Company O.
nu iuinuu uouno iravaro.
COLD IS LACKING.
Installment of War Indemnity Due
From China Will Ba Paid
In Silver.
Tho slate depart men t has been of
flelallly advised through Its fiscal
agents In China that tho sec
ond Installment of tho Chinese In
demnity fund, which fell duo Jan
iinry 1, 1903, will bn -paid In silver, or
rather on a sliver basis. Tlio first
Installment of tho Indemnity, which
wbb duo July 1 last, wbb llkewlso
paid on a silver -basis, the nations
receiving tho money reserving thn
rlrrit to roctnlm tho difference be
tween tho silver and gold basis. On
January 1 tho department had placed
to Its credit $49)1,098. Most of the
first Inr.tallment paid to tho United
States last July, and amounting to
nearly half a million, dollars, was In
payment of missionary claims for
damages Arising from tho ltoxcr out
break. Tlio department adopted tho
plan of paying out 25 per cent of
nch Inrga claim. This absorbed
nearly all of Mho first Installment.
By this method something like two
years will bo required for the settle
ment of tho claims. By a curious ad
justment tho commission, while al
lowing somo of these claims with
liberality, has placed a very low
valuation on human life. Assuming
a murdered missionary of tho ago of
50 to bo capable of 10 more y oars'
work at the rate of 1100 per year. It.
would award an Indemnity of alioiit
$1,000 to his or her heirs. The stato
department, which Is tho reviewing
authority In theso cases, probably
will ralso tho allowance, but It may
still further cut down the claims lor
personal property losses.
NEW LABOR UNION.
Nr.tlonal League of Independent
Workmen of America.
A new labor organization Is In pro-
cor of formation under tho tltlo of
the National Leaguo of Independent
Workmen of America. Rev. E. M.
Farchlld. of Albany, N. Y., ono of tho
promoters, snys: "Tho specific ob
jects for which tho lndopendent
Workmen propose to organize aro to
protect Independent workmen, to
ustaln hltfh wages, to establish rea
sonable hours, to compel labor unions
to observe the laws, and to protect
members wnalnst unjust treatment
from employers by due process of
low." It Is proposed to put a na
tional organiser In the field and to
orgnrlze local branches all over tho
country nnd demand that employers
run their shops as "oien shops," In
which union and lcaguo men can
hive an equal and fair chance for
employment. Only American citizens
will be eligible to membership.
VAN COTT CHARGES FRAUD.
Now York Postmaster Claims He Was
Swindled by Employee.
Willis T. Grldley has been arrested
p.t Now York nnd Edna Hannoy at
Syracuse, N. Y., on complaint made
by Postmaster Cornelius Van Colt,
who is president of tho National Mer
cantile agency, of which Grldley was
becretary-treasurer, and Miss Ranney
bookkeeper. Mr. Van Cott charges
that Grtdlny prevailed upon him to
sign worthless paper and, In co-oper
atlon with MIhb Ranncy, falsified tho
books so as to bring Mr. Van Cott In
debt $2,000 to tho agency when tho
figures should bavo shown $18,000 to
his credit.
GAIN IS ENORMOUS.
Increase in Freight Ratea Means at
Least $130,000,000.
It Is asserted by experts that If the
freight rates which wont Into effect
January 3 on both tbe Eastern and
Western railroads are maintained for
a yoar the additional revenue, should
be between $150,000,000 and 200,
000,000. At a conservative estimate
the freight rates have been increased
an overage of 10 per cent. On many
kinds of freight there has boon no
change but on all the principal com
modities there has been an Increase
ot from 5 to 60 per cent. On manu
factured Iron, for example, the East
ern, lines have Increased the rate 40
per cent and the Western roads even
more from the Mississippi river to
Colorado. The advance In grain
rates will also make a big difference
in the shipments from the Weatern
wheat fields to the Atlantic seaboard.
It Is claimed by railroad officials that
the rates on certain articles bave
been unreasonably low.
8QUADRONS REASSEMBLED.
Admiral Believes That Maneuvers
Are Proving Beneficial.
The navy department received a
cable from Admiral Dewey dated San
Juan, P. R.: "Combined squadrons
reassembled at Culobra; vlslta to
various West Indian porta most cor
dially welcomed, effect excellent In
every respect; fleet continuing tac
tical exercise; marine and torpedo
flotilla engaged in special drills. In
cluding nitfht attack by the latter
upon designated shins: A. B. Ralily,
coal passer, drownod In sinking of
Newark s steam cutter by collision
mux torpedo boat."
Largs Profit In Corn.
Thomas A. Clcage closed bis bin
December corn deal at St. Louis,
Mo., December 31. He made sottle
ments on all doals at 46 conts, which
was 2 cents over the corn quotation
at Chicago. He estlmatos that be
tween 6,000,000 and 6,000,000 of con
tract corn were Involved in the deal,
and that' his average profit was 6
cents to the bushel. This makes a
profit for him from $300,000 to ijou,-
000.
WORKMtN WILL SHARE IK PROFITS.
DETAILS OF THE PLAN.
United States Steel Corporation's
168,000 Employes All Can Be
come Stockholders,
Annnunrtnncnt was mado Decem
ber 81 of a comprehensive plan of
the finance committee of the United
States Stool Corporation by which
tho officers and employe of that In
stitution will participate In thn profits
or uio world largest trust. The
fundamental Idea Is first to get every
employe Interested as a, stockholder,
nnd, Boeond. to share profits with
them In addition to the dividends
which they receive as such stock
holders. At present the corporation
nnd subsidiary companies employ
nl ont It'.K.non men, whom It is pro
posed lo dlvldn Into theso six classes.
Class A will Include all those whoso
salaries aro $20,000 a ynar or over.
Class B will Include all those whose
wbo receive salaries of from $10,000
o $20,000 a year. Class C will In
eludo alt those who receive salaries
Tf from $:.ooo to $10,000 a year. Class
I) will Include all thorn who receive
salaries of from $2,500 to $5,000 a
year. Class B will Include all those
who receive salaries of from $800 to
?.500 a year. Class F will Include
all thoso who receive salaries of $80')
a year or less. Tho preferred stock
will no ottered to any employe dur
ing January at $82.50 per sharo. Em
ployes can subscribe for en amount
of Mock not exceeding tho sum rep
reionted by a certain percentage of
their nnnunl snlarleK bh shown In
this tnblo: Class B. 8 per cent;
clans C, 10 per cent; class 1), 12 per
cent; class F, 15 per cent; class !
20 per cent. Whenever $:t0,oo0,0('0
nnd less thnn $loo,ono,ooo Is earned
during 1!lf3, 1.2 per cent shall be set
nn.de. Whenever $lon,noo,doo and
Iocs than $1 10,0fio,oon Is earned dur
ing liMl.'i, 1.4 per cent shall bet set
aside. Whenever $110,0'l0,000 and
lers than $120,0(10,01)0 Is famed dur-Ine-
11103, 1.8 per cent shall bo set
BHlde. Whenever $120,000,000 and
lesR'than $no,000,00o Is earned dur
ing 1903, 1.8 per cent shall bo Bet
oslde. Whenover $130,000,000 and
leas than $140,000,000 Is earned dur
ing 1103. 2 per cent shall be sot
ntddo. Whenever $140,000,000 and
loss than $150,000,000 Is earned dur
Ini" 1!'03, 2.25 per cent shall bo set
arldo. Whenever $150,000,000 and
I"bb than $1(10,000,000 la earned dur
ing 1H03. 2.60 per cent shalll be set
aside Tho question of what con
ntitutcs profits Is to be determined
entirely by the finance committee,
which, It In stated, will have no in
terest In tho profit-sharing plan. If
$K0,000.000 Is earned In the coming
year, SSOO.ono wll ho set aside, ono
half to bo distributed In cash quar
terly, tho othor half to bo reserved
until the end of the year Invested In
preferred Block; tho stock thus pur
chacd to bo divided, ono-haif to em
ployes entitled thereto, the other halt
to remain with tho treasurer of tho
corporation. Each sh-areholder Is to
receive a certificate for his Interest,
containing theso provisions; That
if he remains continuously in the
Borylce of the corporation or one of
Its subsidiary comianlcs for five
years the stock shall be delivered to
him and -he may do as he likes
with It.
USE AMERICAN METHOD.
Argentina's Educational 8yatem
Modelled After That of U. S.
Twonty-flve women teachers went
from the United States to the Argen
tine I'epubllc a few years ago as mis
sionaries of American ejucatloiial
methods. The result Is that the
schools of the great republic of thn
south are now modolled upon the sys
tem born and developed In the United
States. As a further result Argentine
has sent James H. Fitzlmmon. direc
tor of the national school of com
merce, Buenos Ayres, as special com
missioner to tho United States to
make a study ot the latest school
methodB, to buy school supplies and
to engage seven competont educators
as directors of the new normal
schools that are to be opened next
year.
Find Made by a Farmer.
Frank MoClung, a farmer living
near Ixokout, Fayette county, West
Virginia, while doing some work on
his farm be overturned a large stone
and "ne found an old army canteen,
which contained $1,238. The canteen
contained the following inscription:
"George Hodgos, Twenty-fourth
Ohio." It was found In a field in
which a party Uti!n soldiers
camped during the Civil war.
After 8pokane Ferries.
Suits signed by Attorney General
Knox have been filed in the Federal
courts at Spokane, Wash., asking
injunctions to stop tho operations of
six ferries on the Columbia river, in
that state, some of which bave been
In use for nearly 20 years. The
charge is that they impede navigation
and endanger lives and property.
Must Supply Natural Gas.
Judge Neal at Indianapolis. Ind.,
granted a temporary injunction re
straining the Indianapolis Gas Com
pany from cutting off the supply of
natural gas to consumers in Indian
apolis. The company had served no
tice that the supply was to be cut off.
Memorial to James Watt
Andrew Carnegie has notified the
provost ot Greenock, Scotland, that
he Is prepared to give $50,000 to
orcct a memorial to James Watt, lu
recognition of bis engineering
achievements.
Copper Company's Loan.
, Tbe Consolidated Lake Superior
Company is to have a cash fund of
$5,000,000, Instead ot $3,500,000.
Spoyer & Co. of New York, who have
financed the loan already negotiated,
will advance tho extra $1,500,000.
LATEST NEWS NOTES.
Republic of Mexico considering ad
visability of adopting tho gold stand,
ard.
There was a great Increase In vol
time of Immigration during recent
months.
Dr. Edward Everett Hale makes a
special plea for public ownership of
utilities.
New Orleans reports are that ths
Beaumont oil pool In Texas bas been
xhausted.
Thn United State E'eel Corpora
tion filed a brief In Hodgo suit at
Trenton, N. J.
Rotschllds aro In a new concern
that has organized to fight American
coal combine.
Baltimore V Ohio employes were
arrested for cutting trolley wire neat
Wheeling, W. Va.
Mr. Justice Shlras, of tho United
States supreme court, will retire dur
ing the February recess.
An Indiana Inventor claims to have
Invented an electrical appliance that
will niako the deaf hear.
Vice Admiral Beresford of Eng
land said Great Britain ought to fight
for the Monroe doctrine
Chicago Buffered for fuel Now
Year's' d'ay, though 300,000 tons ot
coal were In the railroad yards.
Tnpay, once famous as baby ele
phant, became man-killer and waa
executed at Coney Island, N. Y.
In fleet maneuvers off Culobra Is
land the torpedo flotilla formed flying
wedgo and dashod through line of
fleet.
Conductor on Ijoulsvllle t Nash
ville train was shot by train robber
who secured $25 from Pullman pas
senger. Stato department at -Washington
received President Castro's accept
nnce t.-f tho arbitration proposal De
cember 31.
Tho 10,000 employes of the Pressed
s'tee) Car Company aro offered an
ndnntageoii4 opportunity to become
farmers In the concern.
An endowment of $250,000 has been
raised for Hamllno university, at
Minneapolis, Minn., James J. Hlil
contributing a large amount
Tho pipe line company at Corsl--ana,
Tex., posted a bulletin advanc
ing .crude petroleum of light grade
from $1.01 to $1.05 per barrel.
The 'entire plant it the Charles
Abresch Company, Milwaukee, car-
rltittn mnjiuflaeturers, was destroyed
by fire, entailing a loss of upward of
j i no.ooo.
The disturbances In the Interior of
China are spreading. Five thousand
troops have been sent to suppress
tho disorders in the province of
Che-Klang.
David Cohen, his wife and their
son. died from asphyxiation In a
tenement house In New York as the
result of tho accidental escape of gas
from a stove.
The building occupied by the
Seventh Day Adventlsts and the "Re
view and Herald" Publishing Com
pany at Battle Creek, Mich., was
burned; loss, $jjO,0O0.
Tho price of soft coal In New Yorl:
advanced another notch, reaching
18.10 whnleKalc, freightage not In
eluded. Anthracite averaged $10 a
ton to tho consumer.
Brazil has accepted tho Invitation
to participate in the St. Louis ex
position In 1004, thoraby assuring
that all the countries of the western
hemisphere will be representd.
F. M. Atterholt, who has been en
?aged for somo time In an attempt
to form a somblnatlon of the paper
bag and rope paper manufacturers of
tho country, has given up tho pro
loot. Fire In a seven-story building In
Woostor street. New York, occtipiod
by small factories and printing estab
lishments, did $200,000 damage. The
occupants, Including many girls, had
narrow escape
One hundred gl.'ss workers, headed
by James L. Wise, a Muncle (Ind.)
merchant, are planning to construct
a co-operative window glass factory.
The company will have a capital
stock of $75,000 paid up.
A lone highwayman held up th
Calistoga and California Clear Lake
stage on Mt. St. Helena. The ex
press box, thought to contain much
money, -was taken and the four pas
sengers were relieved of a few dol
lars.
Reviews by experts of the copper
development of Arizona and Michi
gan show that the newer field
threatens to take the place of Michi
gan as the second producing state.
The Pope is about to Issue an en
cyclical against the practice ot duel
ing. He will appeal to all Christian
governments Ho suppress the prac
tice, which Is described as a survival
ot the middle ages.
Judge Anderson, ot the United
States court at Indianapolis, has or
dered the Chicago and Southwestern
railroad to be sold to satisfy a'mort
gage of $1,000,000 held by the Central
Trust Company of Now York.
T. C. White, of Morgantown, W
Va., was elected treasurer of the
American Geological Society, In ses
sion at Washington, D. C. C. A. Dud
ley, ot Altoona, Pa., was elected a
chancellor ot tho American Chemical
Society.
A territorial charter was granted
at Guthrie, O. T., to the St. Louis,
Ed Reno and Western Railway Com
pany to build a railroad 200 miles In
length In Oklahoma. The Missouri
Pacific is believed to be back ot the
road.
Secret Service Agent George F.
Foster and tho police raided a coun
terfeiters' den at Wilmington, Del.,
and captured Blagnl Malaroso, his
wife and her brother, Nleola dl Paco.
A complete plant and 100 bogus dol
lars were found.
Clara Ware,' aged 19, died in Mad I
son county, Tenn. She was deaf and
dumb from birth, and was nevei
known to uttor an Intelligible word
until a few hours before death, when
Bhe called to members of the famllg
to come to ber bedside.
THE MAMKKTH.
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REVIEW OF TRADE.
Business Year Opens With Fine Pros
pects-lncresse In Wages Helps
Purchasing Power.
ft. O. Dun c Co.'s Weekly Ilevicw
of Trade says: Despite the interrupt
tlon ot a holiday, taking ot Inven
tories and other disturbing elements
Inrldontal to the closing; of tbe old
year, the past week has been far
from dull. Consumers were not per
ceptibly lessening purchases, while
tha approach of higher freight ratfs
accelerated shipment of goods. New
wage scales bave become effective,
largely enhancing the purchasing
power of tho people. The new year
opens with every pronpect of excep
tional activity in all branches of
business. Railway earnings thus far
available for December show a gain
of 7.7 percent over 1901 and 10.9 per
cent over 1900, while for the full
year there are increases ot 4.1 and
16.5 per cent respectively, notwith
standing the heavy loss ot coal traf
fic. The declines in clearings for the
Inst week are not actually as unsaU
Isfactory as the percentage would
suggest, owing to the fact that last
year's figures include one day of
January and those of two years ago
embrace two days of January, when
payments are abnormally heavy, Tbe
question of higher freight rates com
pllcalce the situation regarding iroa
and steel, but new orders are con
stantly coming forward,, and the ac
tivity ot plants would equal capacity
were it not for the fuel shortage.
Quotations of all products In this
Industry are folly maintained, with
a tendancy toward still higher prices
because of freights and fuel. The
first advance la expected to occur in
wire nails. No new features bave
developed in the footwear situation,
prices remaining firm and order
books full. Domestic bides are dull,
prices again declining. Textile mills
are busy, with only a hand-to-mouth
home demand for cotton goods, but
export buying for China continues
largo. Farm products weakened as
visible supplies Increased, and re
ports from the west indicate that
much more grain is offered for ship
ment than the railroads will except.,
Exports ot corn are steadily gaining.
For the week at Atlantic ports 2,
335.403 bushels were sent out, com
pared with only 347,193 bushels in
the corresponding week a year ago.
Atlantic exports of wheat, including
flour, amounted to only 1,435,061
buFhels, against 2,705,044 bushels a
year ago, and arrivals at Interior
cities were 3,773,263 bushels, com
pared with 3,736,369 bushels lit
year. Wool tends upward, ship
ments to the mills continuing heavy
and Inquiries numerous.
FRANK GOULD HAS CONTROL.
Secures Possession of 122 Miles of
Virginia Street Railway.
Announcement was made In New
York that Frank Gould bad obtained
control ot the Virginia Passenger and
Power Company, which operates a
traction system In Richmond.
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