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Th b T to Live on
Bread Mad. o'mom.
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Advice Jm 'on,'on, England y
bout 7-' nprson" ar f'tel by
tho fp'1 6 ,n NTtnorn Sweden. The
Btt(r.tiK peoplo lire eating pine bark,
.ich I dried, ground to powder,
flilxed with stowed Ireland moss and
evade into a kind of famine bread.
Coincident with the failure of the
crops In the extreme scarcity of fish.
Even ptarmigan, usually found In
great numbers In the Mrlrken dls
trlct, have almost completely disap
peared. A relief fund of $?.ntKl,000
J urgently needed, but only $i()0.000
tiU been subscribed, of whlrh (12,F0D
wag aent by Swedes in the United
State. The pennants are making
pathetic sacrifices to avert the ex
termination of the hardy northern
cattle. In previous Union of scarcity
good fodder was obtainable by mixing
reindeer mean and aspen bark. Now
thin la not available, and finely chop
ped twlcs of birch, v illow and ash are
anhfttltutcd. Tho mixture is boiled
and fed to the ca'Ue warm, but the
milk ot cattle tVus fed leads to
typhoid fever. Tills and other dis
ratios nre certain 10 spread unless re
lief is hastened. The situation
threatens a repetition of tho terrible
In nine of 18G7, when thousands dle;l
ol 1 tcrvatlon and typhoid. A special
etw.'sslcmer of tho Swedish govern
ment who has Just returned from the
Rctne ol the distress emphasizes the
necessity for Immediate plans to
abate tho distress. Up to the present
l.fion cnrloarls, valued at over $too,
000, represent the total provisions
and f.xldcr shipped to the famine
area,
ADMITTED HE TOOK MONEY.
Indiana Judge, Recently Elected, Re
signsHe Accepted Cash.
Judge Louis Rasch, who was re
cently elected to the circuit bench of
Vanderhurg county, Indiana, has ac
cepted tho suggestion of the local bar
association and forwarded his resig
nation to Governor Purbtn. He was
charged with selling appointments lu
his court, and admitted that he had
received certain sums from prospec
tive appointees. He said he only in
tended that his subordinates should
help bear his campaign expenses.
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.
The House committee on miliary
affairs hv rennlnt.inn rloelnvl in tnkn
"no action at this session cn the can- j
teen question.
' Lieut. Col. John A. Johnston was
commissioned a brigadier general.
He Immediately tendered his reslg
nation, which was accepted to take
effect at once.
President Roosevelt hag been as
sured by Senators Aldrlrh, Lodge and
Bpooner of their belief that the Cuban
reciprocity treaty would be ratified
by the Senate.
General Frederick D. Grant has
feft to resume his duties ns com
mander of the department of Texas.
Ho paid his rospects to the President
before his departure.
.Tho House committee on merchant
marine and fisheries directed that a
sub-committee of five be appointed
to begin the Investigation into th5
subject of coal transportation.
A bill was introduced by Represen
tative Cochran, of Missouri, to au
thorize national banks to Issue cur
rency secured by the deposit of Unit
ed States, state and municipal bonds.
The naval appropriation bill was
reported to the house naval commit
tee Wednesday by the sub-committee
and Its consideration begun. It car
ries an appropriation of $78,713,420.
President Roosevelt received from
Emperor William of Germany,
throueh Count vin Quadt, In charge
of the German cmbRssy, an edition de
luxe of a work entitled ' The Reform
of the Higher School Sy.tem In Prus
sia." The Navy department probably will
not further investigate the alleged
hazing of Midshipman Pearson at the
Annapolis Naval academy, being con
vinced that ho was not hurt in unfair
V'ay.
A statement prepared by the Inter
Btatc Comeree Commission shows
that during the three months endec
September 30, 1902, there were 21
persons klled and 2,613 injured lu
train accidents.-
Jacob K. Upton, cliiof clerk of the
United States life saving service
died suddenly. He was f5 yoars of
ase and leaves a widow and three
daughters. Ho was formerly Assist
ant Secretary of the Treasury.
President Roosevelt Is considering
the Ban Bias route, known as the
Darien-Manlingo canal, as a substitute-
for the Panama and Nicaragua
rmuB. He Is discussing tho ex
jodlency of this route with Senators,
Xepresentatlveg and engineers.
Commissioner of Pensions Ware
in recommended to the secretary of
tho interior the dismissal of James
Roberts, a principal examiner in the
law division of the pension bureau,
nn the charge of writing anonymous
letters to the commissioner regard
ing clerks In the bureau.
Twenty private soldiers who lost
tholr lives In the Philippines were
burled fit Arlington Natl-mal ceme
tery with the usual military honor,
All the Interments were made in
what Is known as the Spanish war
section of tho cemetery, .
The complete statistics of the
United States relating to nmrlage and
divorce will be colected if Congross
adopts n amendment to the sundry
clvij appropriation bill suggested by
Senator Hoar. The amendment places
the work In the hands of the director
of the tensui. ' The inquiry la to extend-
back IS years.
CONGRESSIONAL NOTES.
LVII. CONGRESS.
Tariff Debate.
In the Senate Tuesday the bill to
remove duty on coal was under dis
cussion throughout, the session and
was not concluded when tho hour for
adjournment arrived.
Receiver for 8trlkes.
In the House Tuesday a bill was
Introduced by Mr. Gibson, Tennessee,
making it the duty of the. attorney
general to apply to the federal court
for a receiver In the event of a strike
or disagreement which stops the
operation of coal mines. It also pro
vide that the court shall appoint a
receiver who shall operate the mines.
The bill provides further for the ap
pointment of a receiver for any trans,
port at Ion line whose operation Is sus
pended by any disagreement between
tho company and Its-employes, '
Militia Bill.
The Senate Wednesday passed the
bill to provide a rebate on foreign
coal, passed without a dissenting
voice. The mllltla bill was passed
after striking out the section provid
ing for a reserve force of trained
men. Mr. MeCumber, North Dakota,
spoke on the Statehood bill, favoring
the admission of New Mexico, Arizo
na and Oklahoma as 8tates.
Army Appropriation Bill.
The Home Wednesday passed the
bill to provide a rebate on foreign
conl, by a vote of 258 to 5, those vot
ing In the negative being Messrs.
Oalncs. West Virginia: Patterson,
Pennsylvania; Mondell, Wyoming,
and Cushman an.l Jones, Washington.
Tho House got through a largo part
of tho army appropriation bill and
adopted an amendment to add 23 offi
cers to the Signal corps.
Statehood Bill.
In the Senate Tuesday Mr. Tillman,
South Carolina, concluded his address
attacking "trusts." Mr. Foraker,
Ohio, spoke in favor of the admission
of New Mexico, Arizona and Okla
homa to Statehood. The Senate ad
journed to Monday.
Labor Bureau.
The House Thursday paswd the
army appropriation bill and a special
ordor was adopted to make the de
partment of commerce bill passed by
the Senate the continuous business.
Mr. Richardson, Alalia ma, opposed
the bill on the ground that the labor
organizations had protested against
the transfer of the bureau of labor
to tho proposed department, which
would .subordinate labor interests to
the great combinations of capital.
Mr. Hepburn, Iowa, denied this as
sumption. He contended that by giv
ing the head of the department of
commerce and lalor a seat in the
cabinet the bureau of labor would
be elevated and dignified.
Old War Report.
The House Friday passed 20 pri
vate war claim hills. When tho claim
of B. F. Moody A Co., of Keokuk, la.,
for $S.S4fi for balance due tinder n
contract for the equipment of thi
Third Iowa cavalry during tho civil
war was taken up Mr. Hedge, Iowa,
denounced " the claim with a vigor
which attracted tho attention ot the
entire House, and produced a report
of an investigating committee- of 18(12
referring to this and other claims.
"This report of that committee," said
he, "was never printed becauso Lin
coln believed that Its revelations
would make the people despair." Tho
House rejected the bill by a vote of
30 to 70.
- Department of Commerce.
The House Saturday passed the sub
stitute for the Senate bill to establish
a department of commerce and labor.
The vote stood 137 to 40. It places
under the control ot the new depart
ment the national bureau ot stand
ards, the coast and geodetic surveys,
the bureau of statistics, the census
bureau, the bureau of foroign com
merce, tho bureau of Immigration,
including Jurisdiction over Chinese
immigration, and also creates tho
bureau of manitactures and corpora
tions. FAST TRAIN WRECKED.
Engineer Killed, Four Other Train
men 'Injured Coaches Derailed.
The St Paul passenger train on tho
Chicago, Burlington and Qulncy road,
running 50 miles an hour, was wreck
ed by spreading rails five miles north
east of Alton, III., killing the engi
neer, of Beardstown, 111., and injuring
four trainmen. The locomotive was
overturned, the baggage, mall and ex
press cars and one coach were thrown
on their sides,' and the Pullman
sleeper and remaining coach left tho
rails, but remained upright. - No pas
sengers were injured beyond minor
bruises.
Gov. Pennypacker's Cabinet
It was seml-ofnclally given out at
Harris-burg, Pa., Friday that Gov-ornor-elect
Samuel W. Ponnypacker
had decided to appoint Hampton L.
Carson of Philadelphia attorney gen
oral: Frank M. Fuller, of Fayetlo
county, secretary of the common
wcaltl. ; Israel W. lUirham, insurance
commissioner; James M. Shumaker.
Cambria county, superintendent of
public buildings; Thomas J. Stewart,
adjutant general; Robert McAfoe, Al
legheny, banking commissioner.
To Fight Tobacco Trust.
Independent cigar dealers from
most of the large cities met in Chi
cago to form a National organization
to fight the tobacco trust; which Is
said to have Invaded retail trade
circles.
M. F. Cavanaugh Caught.
M. F. Cavanaugh, or Pittsburg, was
arrested at Richmond, Va., as a sus
picious character and eonfeases to
the embezzlement of f 400 of the funds
of the UrWgabulIders' union, of which
ha was treasurer.
45.000 Mill III Cit IDIH.
BI-MONTHLY CONFERENCE.
Examination of Sales Under Sliding
Scale Brings Highest Wage for
Twenty-Flve Years.
Under tho sliding scalo arrange
ment of tho Amalgamated assrclatlon
with the bar Iron manufacturers the
wages of about 15.000 puddlers and
finishers will be substantially ad
vanced for this and next month. Tho
bi-monthly examination of sales
sheets of the Rnpublic Iron and Steel
Company was made at Youngstown,
O., January 13 by James H. Nutt,
head of the labor bureau of the com
pany, and John Pierce, assistant to
the president of the Amalgamated
Association of Iron, Stool and Tin
Workers. The examination showed
tnat deliveries In November and De
cember were t an average price of
upward of $1.70 the 100 pounds. This
advances the wages of puddlers from
$fl to 10.12 a ton and of the finish
ers 2 per cent. It Is the highest rate
for puddling In 25 yoars. liar Iron Is
selling now at $1.80 and higher tho
100 pounds, but throughout lost year
there were running contracts at $l.f.O
and as low as $1.50 the 100 pounds.
All bar Iron concerns employing
Amalgamated men, and some others,
met the advance. Tho puddlers were
paid t3.R0 at the opening of the year.
Under two subsequent bl-monthty ex
aminations tho wagn was advanced
to $5.75 and to $0, and this latter
price was held till this readjustment.
CASSATT ON COAL SITUATION.
Part Taken by Pennsylvania Railroad
In 8ale of Coal.
A letter from A. J. Caasatt. presi
dent of tho Pennsylvania railroad,
was read before the Senate coal fam
ine investigating committee. In it
was said: "Now that the control
from tho mines which this company
controls Is being sold at the circular
prices and the coal ot the private
operators who ship over our lines is
being sold at the best price that can
be obtained, a distinction Is drawn
and this accounts for the apparent In
crease In the proportion of coal
shipped by private operators." Mr.
Cassatt accounts for the scarcity of
coal by stating that the output Is 24,
000,000 tons Bhort and that the output
In the winter monhts has never been
equal to the demand. He Bays there
will be little Improvement for some
months to come.
OLD OFFICERS RE-ELECTED.
Delegates Vole Against Plan to Di
vide Pittsburg District
The convention at Pittsburg for the
second time placed Itself on record as
ugalnst any division of the Pittsburg
district, when a resolution to form
five sub-district organizations was
voted down, B8 to 8. A proposition
to, allow the district to override the
national organization was also voted
down, 4(1 to 18. The tellers made
their report on the election of offi
cers for the district an follows: Pres
ident, Patrick Dolan; vice president,
Uriah Tlelllngham; secretary-treab-urer.
William Dodds; member na
tional executive board, William Lit
tle; members district executive
board. Frank McKenna, Matthqw
Kerrigan, Thomas Brown, James
Watchorn, Charles E. Wallls and
John W. Fisher.
ASKS ANTI-TRUST LAWS.
Advises the Legislature to Provide
Emphatic and Precise 8tatutea.
In his message to the Legislature
Governor Lafollette, of Wisconsin.
says concerning trusts: "I desire to
emphasize for your attention the Im
portance of providing most specifical
ly the form and manner for enforce
ment of such laws as you may enact
for tho 'prevention of llleral com-
blnatlons within the state, to restrain
tho operations in this state of such
combinations organized elsewhere
and for the punishment ot violators
of such laws." The governor strong
ly urges the enactment of a law
against the paid lobbyist.
STREET CAR MEN INDICTED.
Struck President's Carriage and Kill
ed William Craig.
Tho grand jury In the case of Euclid
Madden and James T. Kolly, at Pitts
field, Mass., reported an indictment
iqalnst each, charging manslaughter.
These men wore In charge of tho
filectrlo car whloh last August ran
Into the carriage ot President Roose
velt with tho result that Secret Ser
vice Agent William Craig was killed.
Conscience Made Him Settle.
A man wbo refused to disclose his
identity called on the city chamber
lain, New York city, and handed him
five $1,000 bills. The stranger said
he bad been troubled mentally for
some time over a financial indebted
ness to the city.
Valuable Paintings Burned.
A fire took 'place In the residence
of George J. Gould. New York, In
which soveral valuable ' paintings
were destroyed. The loss was esti
mated ot first at $10,000, but after
an inspection had been made by Mr.
Gould his cecreatry said the loss was
about $125,000. Among the paintings
burned was "Tho Cavalier," by Stu
art. Toasts at McKlnley Banquet
Following are the toasts to be re
sponded to at the McKlnley memorial
nanqiict. January 27, at Canton, O.
President Roosevelt, "William Mc
Klnley;" Secretary of War Root,
'The Ai-mv:" Ranretarv Mnrwlv "Tlio
Navy;" General Luke E. Wright, vice
governor of the Philippines, "Tate Fu
ture or the Philippines;" Charles
Emory Smith. "Our Oountry.j". Gov
emor Nash, Ohio.
LAicST NEWS NOTES.
Abram 8. HewiU, died at his homi
In New York, Jan. 18.
The Fremh Arctic expedition will
anil on May 15 for Franz Joseph land.
President Roosevelt signed tho bill
admitting coal free of duty for one
year.
Adam Tread well was hanged at
Norfolk, Vn., for tho murder ot hla
vlfe.
Thirty persons were hurt and engi
neer killed In bad wreck near Syca
ore, III.
Governor Hunt's message showed
that Porto Rlcan treasury Is in ex
cellent condition.
Ynlo university during the year re
ceived In girts $255,123, and has as
eeU of $,k06,752.
Four were killed and three Injured
by wreck on the Baltimore and Ohio
nt Cumberland. Md.
Pope Leo has planned a wlentlflc
educational movement for tbo uni
versity at Washington.
The Ohio society of Now York, gave
a dinner, at which Secretary of Stato
Hay win the chief guest.
Conl dealers refused to answer
questions of senatorial Investigating
commlttco at Washington.
German cruiser Panther engaged a
Venezuelan fort near Maracalbo and
retreated after tho fight.
The President nominated Colonel
Edward M. Hayes, Thirteenth caval
ry, to be brigadier general.
A monument to Baron von Kettolor,
who was murdered by Chlneso boxers,
was dedicated at Peking.
Another rich gold strike has been re
ported In Alaska and miners stam
peded for the new Eldorado.
Editor Gonzales of Columbia, S. C.
was shot down In the street b)
Lieutenant Governor Tillman.
I.nto Dr. llushrtid James left Phila
delphia property for an endowment
for free eye and ear hospital.
Myrtle Fast, aged 25, and Charles
Harris, aired 20, were killed at M tin
tic, Ind., by a Panhandle express.
Tho Hon. A. II. Hunter was Injured
snd his Ron killed by a boiler explos
ion in Westmoreland county. Pa,
United States Senator George C.
Perkins, California, was elected to
succeed himself by the Legislature.
Officer Jacob Smith was shot and
killed at Pacolet, 8. C, by William
Davis, whom he was trying to arrest.
North German Lloyd liner Lahn
went nshore In thick weather 10 miles
east ot Gibraltar In tho Mediterra
nean. Georgo Stone, charged with the
murder of a negro In Chicago in 189:1,
wan brought from London to Now
York.
The Bryan infirmary a Pensaeola,
Fla., was destroyed by fire and Philip
Bracken a patient, was burned to
death.
The second trial of Jas. E. Wilcox,
for the alleged murder of Nellie Crop
soy, bin sweet heai t, at Hertford, N.
C, began Janunry 13.
United States Senator Mason for
mally announced at Springfield, 111.,
hlu withdrawal from tho contest to
be his own successor.
Report on civil war frauds sup
pressed by President Lincoln turned
up and defeated old army claim lu
Houso of Representatives.
John D. Rockfeller has promised
the Young Men's Christian associa
tion of Brooklyn $100,000 if it raises
$700,000 more during this year.
Thomas Whitman, aged 13 years,
shot and killed at Hopkinsvllle, Ky.,
his insane aunt, May Phlpps, who
was choking his mother to death.
Official figures show that 4,714 per
sons were killed and 33,112 houses
were destroyed by the recent earth
quake at Andijan, Russian Turkes
tan. Mayor Seth Low and representa
tives of the coal-carrying railroads
held a conference to discuss the coal
situation In the Ave boroughs ot New
York.
The steamer St. Louis, long over
due, reached New York with passen
gers Indignant over slow progress,
shortage of food and water with which
to bathe, delay was due to leaky boil
ers. The wife of Daniel S. Kidder, Uni
ted States consul at Algiers, Africa,
was knocked down by thieves in the
streets and robbed of her purse and
jewels.
Lieutenant Mitchell, a graduate of
Annapolis, was an officer on board the
Columbian Government gunboat Bo
gota, died at Panama, Columbia, o(
yellow fever.
Fireman Lnwls Hahn and Jame?
Graham were so badly injured by tho
explosion ot a Baltimore and Ohio
freight locomotive at Monrovia, Md.,
that they died.
Attorney Shortrldge, of the de
fense, In the Tlngley-Times libel
suit at Ban Diego, Cal., declared the
same right to exist to priut as to
think and speak.
Sixty Boers, former prisoners of
war, sailed to Natal, South Africa, to
serve In the British army In the
Somallland campaign. They enlisted
for six months.
The National committee of the
United Christian party has called a
convention to meet at Rock Island,
III., May 1, to nominate candidates
for President and Vice President,
and an international religious conven
tion at St. Louis in May, 1904.
The House of Representatives of
the Illinois Gcnoral Assembly adopt
ed a resolution for the appointment
of a commiltoo to Investigate tho coal
situation in the Stato.
G. Christie Batvcr, recently elected,
county clerk, disappeared from Circle
ville, O., being accused of a shortage
of about $109,000 as secretary of build
ing and loan associations.
The famous bas-relief, "The Des
cent from the Cross," by Luca Delia
Robbla, haB been stolon from the
church of San Severo. Florence,
Italy. It Is valued at $100,000.
PRESU! 10 U 1 POWERS
MUST NOT INTERFERE.
Congress May Declare Attempt to
Secure Franchise for Columbian
Canal an Unfriendly Act.
The expected crisis In the Panama
canal negotiations Is regarded by the
administration as having at last ar
rived, and the President, appreciating
the seriousness of the situation. Is
contemplating action which will, If
carried nut, cam- a sensation In
Congress and excr lively comment
In the capitals of some European na
tions. The President, has under the
advisability of abandoning the nego
tiations with Columbia and announc
ing his action In a special message to
Congress In which ho will set forth
reasons for the failure of the two
governments to come to an under
standing. There Is authority also for
the statement that Mr. Roosevelt will
suggest In tho message that Congress
make a formal declaration that It is
contrary to tho Interests of this Gov
ernment to permit any other nation
to construct an Isthmian canal, an.l
that any effort In that direction by a
foreign power would bo regarded as
n unfriendly act toward the United
States. The natural Inference to bo
drawn from this contemplated recom
mendation of Mr. Roosevelt Is that,
some foreign government has been
endeavoring to secure tho right to
construct nn Inter-oceanlc canal on
this hemisphere. The prospect of an
Indefinate delay In the cnnnl negotia
tions Is so great at this time that tho
President believes, that, pending a
final adjurtment of nn agreement
which will enable the United Slates
lo undertake the construction of an
isthmian waterway either over the
Panama or Nicaragua route, It will bo
well to havo It known to all the world
:hat no Interoceanlc canal shall bo
jon.dructed on the Western hemis
phere that Is not owned and con
trolled by tho Ooverninont of tho
United States.
8AVED BY FORMALINE.
Dying Woman Brought Back to Life
by the Antiseptic.
A I a meeting of the New York Ob
stetrical Society Dr. C. C. Harrows re
port eil his successful test of forma
line lu tho case of a patient in Hellc
vue hospital who had given birth to
child. Tho woman was suffering
from bliod poisoning and her temper
ature was 108 and pulse 100 when Dr.
Barrows Injected 500 centimeters of
formaline into her left arm. The ef
fort seeemd to bo almost lustanlaiie
oih. A second Injection was given
her and her pulse and temperature
fell to normal. The patient Is re
ooverlng. Experiments nre belnjc
made nn animals and further Impor
tant results are expected. The Injec
tion of fcrmnllno Into tho veins hnd
never been heard of until Dr. Barrows
read his paper.
FOREIGN 8HIPMENT3 PREVENTED
Reading and Jersey Central Refuse
to Carry Independent Product.
An order has bfen Issued by tho
Reading railway at Philadelphia tem
porarily sunpending the shipment of
coal from Individual iterators Irom
Port Richmond to New England
ports. President Baer purposes to
nrevont the Independents forcing up
the price of fuel In the present
it.rcss. Tho order Is practically an
embargo. With this order in effect
In Phiadolphla, tho Jersey Central, a
ronstituont company of tho Reading,
placed a vtetual embargo on Inde
pendent coal at Elizabethport, where
:he individual operators have In stor
tge on cars a very large quantity ot
:oal, held for higher prices.
Liner St. Louis Safe.
The American line steamer St.
I ouls, which left Southampton on
January 3 and Cherbourg oh Janunry
1, was sighted off Nantucket light
ship January 16, going dead slow.
Blio made Blgnals to the lightship,
iiut they were not Intelligible, bocaiiso
jf tho heavy gale. Her slow move
ment Indicated that she was short of
etcam power.
Return From Philippines.
The transport Logan arrived nt
Ban Frr.nclsco from tho Philippines,
bringing about 1,164 discharge j sol
diers. One-half cf tho soldiers on
board were dishonorably discharged,
and most of the others wero weeded
out ot the service as undesirable. In
pite ot the records of tho men per
fect dlhiplino was maintained during
the entire trip.
Measures mental Exertion,
Among the exhibits that the Pru&
sinrc ministry of public Instruction
will send to the St. Louis exposition
Is an apparatus for measuring mental
fatlguo. It is called an acstbeslo
jnotor and records tho scnsltlvcnesti
nf the skin, which corrtf ponds di
rectly to brain fatigue, the sensitive
ness diminishing as the mind worries
Wool Growers' Meet.
The Nation Wool Growers' Associa
tion met at Kansas City, Mo., Jon. 17.
In annual convention end many dele
gates to tho National Live Stock
meeting remained over to attend its
boshIoiih. Senator FranciB E. War-1
ren of Wyoming, President of VJio
association, delivered his annual ad-1
JroHg.
China Delays Reply.
China has not replied to tho nolo
ilgned by nil the foreign Ministers' at
Poking, with the excoptlon of United
States Minister Conger, Informing
the Chinese Government that the fall
nro to fulfill its obligations, in re
fusing to pay the war indemnity on a
gold basis, aa provided tor by the
peace protocol, would entail grave
consequences,
WELCOME PAN-AMERICAN
Secretary Shaw Tells of Many Tlaa
That Bind 8Utos Together,
Hope for Future.
Tho first formal neswlon of tin Inter
national American customs congress
was opened at New York, January 17,
with an address by Mayor liow. He
was followed by Leslie M. Shaw, see
retary i-f the treasury, who said:' "It
Is not my province at this hour to en
ter upon an extended discussion of
all or any one of the many 4ntcrest
Ing and Important questions that may
properly come before this customs
congress. It Is more Blmply to give
formal expression to" what yon must
have already discovered that the peo
ple of the United States welcome, wlt.'t
greatost cordlallnj-, tho distinguished
representatives of the Amcrlran re
public of whlrh congress Is composed.
Tho errand which .brings yon Is well
caltul.ited to ftlrciigtben tho bonds of
friendship whl;.-h so naturally unit-?
tis. American republics have much
In common, little In competition, an!
seldom anything In dispute. I cannot
well underFt4ind bow any unfortunate
complications can arise to interfere
with theso relations, but I do appro
cla'.o hew these relations In the com
Iiik yoars may and ought to become
more ronilnl, end how each mav lin
benefited by the Inlerchango of
thought and literature ami commerce.
You will pardon the hope, which I
venture to express, that the time will
come nhd perhaps sooner than we
dream fur commerce Is the' great
leveler as well as the great civlllzer
and great educator when the peo
plTS rcprif.i nted ,licre will be speak
ing n. fornnion Icngnae, and If bo,
then that iHnmgo will be the mo.i
convenient language of commerce;
when these peoples will have uniform
standard i f w"lg:itn and measures.
Win n rtandlng or VRlue nr.d -lenoml-nnlions
of n:one shall be uniform
tind Intorrn'lnnll.f ilntcvrhnngoabln,
bill If tills Is to bo realised, t tin adopt.
c-d strndnnl mict be the l.est and the
denominations the most convenient;
when slttiiclards of wnge.-s shall be
come mearurably uniform, but If thN
shall ever be lU'campLslied. then the
standard must he the highest. There
Is no greater blessing to any people
than high priced labor. The com
nicrcial Importance of a country is
measured by the ci nsumptlve capacity
of its people: annual Income Is tho
test of c-msumpllve capacity, and an
iiual Income Is determined by tho
Btnn.iard of wages. Gen. N. Bolol
Peiiaga. delegate for Honduras, re
sponded to the sddreKa of welcome.
He referred In opening to the honor
conferred upon him by his colleagues
and to tho flitt Pnn-Amerlcan con
fresa which met In Washington 13
years ago. presided over by James G.
Hlalne. It was grnttfylnx. he said,
to find in the words of Mr. Sha'v
the name spirit of fiaternlty, tho
sar.io tone of familiar Intimacy which
characterized tho words of Mr. Blalno
nt the opening jf the first Pan-Amer!-cbii
congress.
CABLE FLASHE3.
I
Ambn'ador Choote and party havo
lctt Cairo for Klinrtoum, performing
part nf the journey In a special Da
hableh. Portugal ordered of Krupji. at Es
sen. Gcimany, 32 field guns, Sweden.
72 field guns, and Turkey 89. Den
marl; also pri-nilted to order tamo
mcu-killiiig machinery In the wwr fu
ture. Cardinal Sei-afino Vannutelll at
Home, Italy, has been appointed vice
chancellor 'f tho Catholic church. In
Kucce?-slon to Cardinal Parrochl. Car
dinal Vannutelll Is now regarded as
the probable successor of Pope Leo.
Th9 German cruiser Vlneta, at Port
'"abcllo. Venezuela, fired a shot at La
Vlg'a, tho fort crowning the hills be
hind tho port. The shell, which was
fired because men were believed to be
In the fort, exploded without caus
inn rtamngo.
In the lower house of the Hun
garian parliament Premier Coloman
!o Szell Informed the deputies that
under the recent Ausglelch agree
ment a customs alliance between Aus
tria and Hungaria had been concluded
for 10 years.
Tho original of the famous Bernigo
roth Luther portrait on copper-plate
was discovered lu the tower of the
Htadtklreho (City Church) at Wur
tenbiirg. Luther is represented in
l-.ls inth year, with full locks an.l
beautiful eyes.
Cardinal Lncldo Mary Parocchl,
vice chancellor of the Catholic church
and iib-dean of the Sacred college.
Ilei'. at. Rome, Italy, aged 70. His
death removes one of the prelates
considered to bo the most likely to
'iccoed Pojie Loo.
A terrific explosion occurred at the
Hamilton Powder Company a works
nt Departure bay, Nanalmo, B. C.
George Simonctte, James Fulforte
ar.d 10 Chinamen were killed. Only
one body, that of a Chinaman, was
recovered. The others were absolute
ly blown to fragments.
Com tabulnry Inspector Fletcher,
':lle traveling alone In the province
of AU'tiy. Luzon, Philippine Inlands,
was attacked by 30 bolomen. Fletcher
killed tivo of hla opponents, but was
himself wounded. Ho escaped and
formed a party which pursued the
iKilomen. overtook them and killed
sly more.
Tho Prussian Diet was icopeued at
Berlin. Chancellor Count von Bue
low read the speech from tho throno.
The speech said that the accounts for
1C01 closed with a deficit of $9,375,000
and added that it was not anticipated
that tho accounts for 1902 would be
apureelably more satisfactory.
The steamer Acapulco at Panama
has been refused pormisaion to land
by the health authorities, because
of fc-ar of tho bubonic plague. She
will probably bo obliged to return to
Ban Frunelsco with her passengers
nnd cargo. Efforts are being made to
nrr.-no for taking oft her malls alter
fumigation.
THE MAHKETfJ,
PITTSBURG. '
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Butt-r-Elgin rrminicrr a 91
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CDWMi-oliin, bow 14
New; York, now II
Poultry, Etc
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Fruits and Venetablee.
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LIVE STOCK.
Central Stock Yards, East Liberty,
Cattle.
Prime heavy, Ifroto lew Ibi ( 60
time. IkOH lu Hiiu II a id
W vi i u iM. jaji to law iba '. 4 1
ratiieller 4,
Itut-her, tw to low ibe.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.l a 71
Common to fair S7i
Oxen, common to tat ! !'!.'. K 00
lomiiion luKonil (at bulla and cow Y
allli-h vowA, ea'-h. jftiji
kltia milch i-owe, each..... 1HJD
Hogs.
Prime bear? boira . f.T
rilme Uiedlum weights t 07
Ileal t beat? lorkera and medium.. SA
Oood to choice pari era e li
lood l(a and light jorkera 6 M
rlga, common to good S Ml
Common to lair em
"ogba 0,n
elaga 4 so
Sheep.
Kitra, medium wetbera $ 4 SO
V.'"1 to choice 4tio
aledlnm g f,
Common to fair IM
Lambs.
fambicllDned 6 00
Lamhe, good to choice, clipped. . bw
J-ainln, common to fair, clipped.. 4 31
spring Lamba
Calves.
Val,etr TW
Veal, good to choice got)
eal, common heavy g.vj
V eal, common to fair 801
REVIEW OF TRADE.
Pa.
A 63
6 4t
6 10
4 76
4. VI
4 10
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Fuel Shortage Disturbing Element
No Hope of Improvement
In Transportation.
H. 0. Dun & Oo.'s Weekly Review
of Trade says: Fuel shortage Is still
tne one seriously disturbing element
In the industrial situation. Trans
porting facilities have been diverted-,
from other merchandise to the disad
vantage of shippers, yet Iron furnares
are unable to secure su.i'elent sup
plies of coke, and many other manu
facturing plants are closed because ot
Inadequate coal deliveries. Mines are
more fully operated, but there is no
prospect of normal conditions until
spring. Extremely low temperature
during tho past week stimulated dis
tribution of heavy clothing and other
seasonable goods. Retail trade was
accelerated by the customary clear
ance sales, especially in dryijoods
and kindred branches. Traveling
men are sending In large orders for
goods, the volume ot advance busi
ness surpassing the customary
amount for this time ot the year.
Quiet conditions in the Iron and steel
markets do not mean dullness or di
minishing consumption, but merely
the oversold condition of furnaces
and mills, together with great uncer
tainty about keeping plants active on
a day to day to supply ot fuel. In
quiries are numerous, especially In
structural lines, but makers are not
ready to accept bids until the future
appears more definite. New plans
constantly come forward for large
offico buildings, notably at the West,
which means vigorous ronmtnrption
of structural steels, and the demandJ
from oar builders' are phenomenal.
Practically the entire capacity of the
leading plants Is already booked for
3lx months, and at many concern
tho last h&lf of the year will bring no
Idleness unless orders are canceled.
Extern manufacturers of footwear
are fully employed on spring shoes,
hut new orders are light for later de
livery, although Western Jobbers pur
chase freely of fall samples. Quiet
conditions in leather have been suc
ceeded by an Increased demand for
hemlock sole amd standard upper.1
ihoe manufacturers placing liberal
orders. Drygoods trading has in
croajod in volume, buyers Arriving
in greater numbers. There Is little
disposition to anticipate wants In the
cotton goods division, but Immediate
needs have evidently grown mora
5rc,3lng. In the woolen goods divis
ion the opening ot piece dyes w&a
ma le at an advance, but not as much
as some sellers anticipated. Only
moderate fluctuations have occurred
in the groat staples, with the tend
ency upward and a conspicuously
firm tone in evidence. HUher prices
hao been charged for reiined sugar,
and raw grades are firm, but weak
ness is the feature In coffee, owing
to excessive supplies at all polnu.
Failures tor the week numbered 2b7
In the United States, against 334 last
year, and 3s In Canada, compared
with 40 a year ago.
in Belgians are the greatest po
tato eaters In ttta world, and the
Irian come second.
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