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DEMI IN FUMES OfBURKING HGID
FATAL CONFLAGRATION.
Milwaukee Firemen Breathe Poleoned
Air and Pour Are Dead Other
Expected to Die.
Pour firemen are dead and nine oth
er were made eerlously ill from the
effects of inhaling the fumea of nitric
acid while fighting a Are at the plant
cf the Schwab Stamp & Seal Company
at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The vic
tims of tho disaster were not over
come for many hour After the Are,
when, one by ono. they succumbed.
The dead are: Jamos Foley, chief;
Andrew White. Edward Hogan, Thom
as Droney. Seriously ill: Thomas
Clancy, Daniel McCarthy and Peter
Lancapter. The following will proba
bly recover: William Meloy, Georgo
Hanrnhan, William Kennedy, John
Llnehan, Joseph Nitnwash, George
Ryan and Jack J. Hcnnrssy. Assist
ant Chief Clnncy' condition is criti
cal, and the physician? cannot deter
mine his chances of living. Captain
Peter Lancaster is dying and Truck
man William Meloy and William Ken
nedy are in a serious condition. The
men became 111 a few hours after the
Are, end rapidly grew worse. Doctors
worked over them, but Capt. Lancas
ter appeared to be dying and a priest
wa sent for and the last rites of tho
Church administered.
MIDDIES RECEIVE DIPLOMAS.
Annapolis Cadets Are Given Some
Wholesome Advice.
The 60 midshipmen of the class of
1903 at Annapolis. Vd., received their
diplomas from the hands of Secretary
of the Navy Moody February 2. The
ceremonies took place in the new ar
mory. The midtihipment assembled in
front of the bErrncks and marched
to the armory, where a large crowd
had UKRembled to witness the ceremo
nies. In rrecentlng tho diplomas Sec
retary Moody said in part: "At this
time there is no war, no war Is In
Eight, and let us pray God that there
will be no war. But our people have
at last learned tho truth of the im
mortal Washington's advice: 'Tho
way to preserve peace is to prepare
for wtr.' "
Children Plot to Burn.
Two 10-year-old girls, named Reeves
and Curtis, serving sentences for gen
eral incorrigibility at Ogden, Utah,
confessed that they set Are to the dor
mitories in the State Industrial school.
They said that tho fire was part of a
plot for a general escape by the girls,
nearly all of whom had knowledge of
the contemplated break.
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.
Secretary Root transmitted to the
House a statement that the mllltla
numbers 109,338 men and 8,291 offlcers,
while 10,853,396 are available for mlll
tla duty.
corps of naval constructors. Insists
on the acceptance of his resignation
from the naval service Secretary
Moody received a telegram from him
to that effect.
The Senate Committee on Postoffices
ha authorized a favorable report on
the bill authorizing additional pay to
postmasters who served between the
years 1864 and 1874.
The sub-Committee of the House
Naval Affairs committee discussed
what report It should make on the
Lessler-Quigg-Doblln bribery case, but
reached no agreement.
Jobn F. vintey, of Pottsville, until
a few days ago Assistant Treasurer of
the United States at Philadelphia, has
been appointed bank examiner for the
Middle district of Pennsylvania.
The nomination of Dr. W. D. Crum,
colored, to be collector of the port at
Charleston, S. C, was discussed by
the Senate committee on commerce,
but action was again postponed.
Tho Great Memorial Commission,
appointed under the act of Congress of
1901 to select plans for a monument to
General Grant, has decided to select
the model submitted by Henry Merwln
Shrady of New York. .
Bridadler General Wade will be
promoted to the grade of Major Gen
eral on the retlromont of Major Gen
eral Hughes in April next. He will re
lieve General Davis of command of the
Divir.ion of tho Philippines In July.
Representative Hemenway, of In
diana, introduced a bill to pension all
soldiers and sailors who served at
lea'it 90 days In the Civil war at $12
per month and all vldows of such boI
dlers and Bailors who were married
prior to July 27, 1890.
The House Committee on Pensions
has authorized a favorable report on
tbe Senate bill to Increase the Derision
of all Mexican war veterans from $8
to $12 per month. The number of
Mexican war survivors on tho ponsion
roll is shown by a report from the
tension Commissioner to be about
3,uou.
President Roosevelt i to take fenc
ing lessons. He has decided that the
work will exerelso all the muscles of
his body and prove a pleasant relief
from the gymnastios and wrestling
matches with which he has kept In
irim during us last rew years.
fThe president vetoed the house bill
providing for additlonnl terms of court
in tne western Judicial district of
JcSoutli Carolina. His voto megsaKe
among other things, stated that the
attorney general bad advised that
much exponse would be Incurred and
that the necessity for the measure was
Questioned.
In an opinion rondered by Justice
Shires the Supreme court. It Is held
that State laws for the regulation of
State banks ere not applicable to Na-
tlonal bank. The president of a Na
tional bank at Decorafh, la., had been
.convicted In a State court of receiv
ing a deposit whon be knew the bank
to be Insolvent. Tbe court held that
National banks are only subject to the
CONGRESSIONAL NOTES.
LVII. CONGRESS.
Amended BUI.
The Senate Monday had up the army
aproprlatlon bill, which took prece
dence over Mr. Quay's statehood bill.
Amendments were adopted appropriat
ing $2,)(I0.(H)0 to arm and equip the
State mllltla tho same as t'n regular
army and to appoint on ofllcer of the
tlgr.nl cotps as chief of the telegraph
and cipher bureau of tho White House
with the rank of major. The resolu
tion rilling en the War department
lor information regarding court mar
tinis In tho Philippines was briefly
dlsctinced.
Seal Killing.
In the House Monday Mr. Rates,
Pennsylvania, moved the pawago of
the Mil to i-ermlt tho Secretary of the
Interior to exchange arid and semi-arid
lands within the limits cf railroad and
wnnon grants for public lands of equal
value in order to assemble public and
private lands In more compart bodies,
so as to penult them to bo advantage
fusly iiRed. T'no bill was rejected.
The Senate bill for the construction of
a new building for the Department of
Agriculture at a cost of $1,600,000 was
passed. Other bills passed were to au
thorize reaumptlon of the negotiations
with Great Britain for the preservation
of the Alarka fur seals and to give the
Secretary of the Treasury authority,
if a modus Vivendi Is not concluded
prior to the opening of the pelagl-seal-Ing
season this year, to exterminate
tho seal herd on the Prlbylov hlands.
except 10,000 females and 1,000 males.
Railway Rebate.
The Senate . Tuesday passed the
army appropriation bill after eliminat
ing from it the section providing for a
general stafT. Mr. Quarles, Wlscon.
sin, spoke for two and a half hours
without concluding In opposition to
the Statehood bill. The bill to prevent
the giving or receiving of railway re
bates was passed.
Claim Bill Defeated.
In the House Mr. Payne, New York,
renewed his flght against the claims
bills left over from Friday, and suc
ceeded In defeating three out of 13.
The bills to pay the widow of Samuel
A. Muhleman, of Wheeling, one of the
victims of the Ford Theater disaster,
$5,000, and George C. Ellison, former
engineer at the capltol. $5,000 for ex
penses Incurred In defending himself
against the charge of murder, were
defeated.
Diplomatic Bill.
The Senate Wednesday adopted the
conference report on the diplomatic
and consular appropriation bill, and
amended the army staff bill to place
the chief of staff under the direction
of the President or Secretary of War,
under the direction of the President.
The House bill appropriating $63,620
to X. F. Palmer & Co. for losses In
the construction of tho first battleship
Maine, destroyed In Havana harbor,
was passed, as was the House bill ap
propriating $1,600,000 for a new build-
ng for the Department of Agriculture.
Postal 8ervlce.
Iu the House Wednesday the post-
office appropriation bill being under
discussion. Mr. Loud. California, chair
man of the Postoffie committee, who
retires from Congress on March 4,
warned those who were to follow htm
In the House of the Insidious methods
employed to Increase expenses of the
postal service. A motion made by Mr.
Talbert, South Carolina, to strike out
the $142,000 for special mail facilities
between Washington and New Orleans
was pending when the House ad
journed. Anti-Mormon.
The Senate spent Thursday discus
sing the Statehood bill. The discus
flon turfed upon polygamy and tho
influence the Mormon church would
exercise In New Mexico, Arizona and
Okluhoma, If they are admitted as
States. Adjoin nment was taken with
out definite action.
Industrial Proceedings.
After the House had passed the
post-offlee appropriation bill Thnrs-
day and conferred in the conference
report on the diplomatic appropria
tion bill It adopted tho bill by 104 to
107. The bill to expedite judicial pros
ecution of trusts under the Sherman
law was passed. The LIttlefleld bill
was discussed up to adjournment.
HUNTER PRESSES CHARGE. .
Declares Consul General McNally I
Chief Conspirator.
According to a statement made by
W. A. Hunter, at Louisville, Ky., son
of the retiring minister to Guatemala
charges preferred by Dr. Hunter
against Consul General James C. Me
Nally are to be pressed as quickly as
the minister and his family can reach
this country. In the cablegram to his
son advising of the acquittal of bis
eldest son, W. Godrey Hunter, Jr., of
the murder of W . A. Fitzgerald, Dr.
Hunter declared Consul General Mc
Nally was the chief conspirator.
Military Camp 8lta.
Capt. Slbert's report on the avalla
bllity of Somerset, Pa., for a perma
nent camp alto for joint maneuvers of
the regular army and militia of the
eastern states, to Secretary Root, is
favorable. That much was learned at
Washington from an official of the war
department, but access to tbe captain'
report was denied,
Cuban Treasury Report.
Tho Treasury report of Cuba for
January gives the balance In hand at
the end of the month as $2,180,841,
against $1,824,882 at the close of De
cember. The January receipts were
$1,623,400 and the disbursements $1
172,450.
Ship Believed to Be Lost.
The ship Florence, owned by the
California Ship Building Company, at
Ban Francisco, has been given up as
lost.
CLAIM 10 PREFERENCE REJECTED.
CASTRO'S ULTIMATUM.
Venezuela Will Not Consent to Any
Preference In the Payment
of Claims.
Herbert W. Bowen, Venezuela' rep
resentative In the negotiation for a
settlement of the claims against that
country, has sent through the British
nibaaiador at Washington what Is
practically an ultimatum to the allied
powers of Great Britain, Germany
nd Italy regarding their Inslstance
for preferentlalltreatment In the set
tlement of their claims against Vene
zuela. This note was cabled at once
to London, copies of It being trans
mitted to the Italian and German em
bassies for transmission to Rome and
Berlin. It Is In reply to the proposi
tion submitted at a Joint conference of
he negotiators this afternoon by the
Hrltibh ambassador that the allied
powers be allowed two-thirds of 30 per
cent, of the custom receipts of the
ports of Laguayra and Puerto Cabello
and that the United States and the
other claimant nations, France, Bel
gium, Holland, Denmark, Spain and
Norway and Sweden, content them
selves with the remaining one-third of
this percentage. Mr. Bowen refuses
point blank the proposition for a 20
and 10 per cent, division on the ground
that to recognize the principle would
be offensive td modern civilization.
In view of the fact that the negotia
tors are agreed on all save the ques
tion of preferential treatment the am
bassador Is Informed that Venezuela
has decided to submit that question to
The Hague arbitration tribunal. Ac
ceptance of this proposition, Venezue
la contends, carries with It raising of
the blockade, the general understand
ing being that tbe blockade would end
wheti the negotiations at Washington
had reached an agreement. In refus
ing this last proposition submitted by
the British ambassador on behalf of
the allies, Mr. Bowen takes the ground
that he cannot accept In principle the
contention that blockades and bom
bardment of forts and the consequent
killing of helpless men, women and
chlldien entitled any power or alliance
of powers to preferential treatment at
the hundtt of a civilized nation. Ven
ezuela regards the preferential de
mand of the powers as objectionable
becauso It would enable the continu
ance of the triple alliance of Great
Britain. Germany and Italy for six
years or more, and In accepting It
Venezuela would be encouraging and
abetting the maintenance of (hostile al
liances against herself. Tbe British
ambassador Is Informed In the note
that Americans, north and south, want
peace and not alliances. In suggest-
ng that the question of preferential
treatment be referred to Tho Hague,
Mr. Bowen does so In view of the fact
that this question Is the only one
which remains In dispute.
WILL AVERT WAR.
Brazil Agree to Pay American 8yn-
dlcJt $1,000,000.
To avert war between Brazil and
Bolivia the former government 1
ready to pay the Anglo-American yn
dicate, of which Sir Martin Conway 1
the president, an Indemnity of more
than $1,000,000 to relinquish the con
cession In the rich rubber bearing ter
ritory of Acre, which haa been the
cause of friction between the two
governments. Brazil ha contended
that Bolivia had no right to grant a
foreign syndicate a charter In the ter
ritory of Acre, the possession of whicb
s dlcputed by Brazil, Bolivia and Peru.
Brazil contends that the concession Is
a virtual bettowal of sovereign right
upon the syndicate, giving permission
of maintenance of a military force.
The presence of chartered companies.
which Brazil likens to those which
caused so natch trouble In South
Africa, la held by tbe Rio Janeiro gov
ernment to bo inimical to Brazilian In
terests. Many New York capitalists
are interested In the Acre syndicate.
Immediately the concession Is dispos-
ed of Peru, Brazil and Bolivia will
enter an agreement for determination
of the possession of Acre by arbitra
tion.
EPIDEMIC EXPENSIVE.
$100,000 Paid Out In Stamping Out
Cattle Disease.
Dr. D. F. Salmon, chief of the Bu
reau of Animal Industry, who has re
turned to Washington from Boston,
where he superintended the fight
against the foot and mouth epidemic,
said that about 3,000 animals already
have been slaughtered in Massachu
setts. Rhode Island, Vermont and New
Hampshire, and that the Indemnity
the Government has paid the owners
aggregate over $100,000. There were
2.671 head of live stock killed in Mass
achusetts, the Indemnity In that State
amounting to $82,842.
Anniversary at New Amsterdam.
Two hundred and fifty years ago on
February 2, tho first municipal govern,
ment cf New York was Inaugurated In
proclamation issued by Peter Stuy
vesant. Tbe present borough of Man
hattan, which constituted the new mu
nicipality, then became known as New
Amsterdam.
Council Set It Limit
The Cape May, New Jersey, Council,
agreed to build a beach boulevard ana
a new sewer ycteiu, uotn improve'
menls to coBt $285,000. The city 1 to
pay $125,000 toward tbe improvement
and the syndicate u to pay the re
mainder.
Municipal Owr-ershlp In Chicago.
By a unanimous vote the city coun
cil of Chicago, in., placed itself on
record a desiring municipal owner
ship and operating of gas and electric
lightning plant.
LATEST NEWS NOTES.
Congestion on eastern road wa o
great that western road Issued a
blockade notice.
Gen. Wade was ordered to relieve
Gen. Davis In command of the depart
ment of the Philippines.
The death of the former Boer com
martant, General Prim loo Is announced
at Cape Town, South Africa.
At a meeting of the Biscuit ft Crack
er Manufacturers' association, George
S. Ward was chosen treasurer.
Fifty-six members of the United
Lumber Dealers' association arrived
In New York from a trip to Cuba.
A bill providing for the executing of
criminals by electrocution was intro
duced in the Mouse at Springfield, 111.
Mobs attacked street cars at South
Bend, Ind., being run by non-unlonlsts,
and caused a suspension of operations.
Minister Bowen offered three
months' preferential time to allied
powers as limit f Venezuelan conces
sions, Thomas B. Reed and Jerome Unlet,
each C5 years old, were found frozen
to death In a cornfield at Mt. Rose,
N. J.
President Roosevelt refused to pass
upon claim of allies to preferential
treatment In claims agnlnst Vene
zuela. Lewis Kare, arrested at Buffalo for
the murder of hi daughter, confessed
that be beat her brains out with a
hammer,
A crowd attacked a 'bus at Water
bury, Conn., run by strikers and aev
eral persons were hurt. Striker bad
ly beat a soldier.
P. W. Wellford and Palmer Keller
were Instantly killed and L. El. Payne
fatally Injured nt Roanoke, Va., while
thawing dynamite.
Levi Well, aged 46, a New York
broker, died of heart disease while In
a rolling chair on the board walk at
Atlantic City, N. J.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt gave
their annual reception to Congress at
Washington. Colonel and Mrs. Myron
Htrrick were present.
Masked men at Mt. Gllcao, Ky.,
bound John Ferrow and wife and rob
bed them of $5. Being refused more,
they wounded Ferrow fatally.
The power house of the Pennsyl
vania railroad at tho Waldo avenue
yards. In Jersey City, N. J., was de
stroyed by fire. Loss, $30,000.
Amelia Sach and Annie Walters,
'baby farmers," were hanged at Hal-
loway jail, London. They showed re
markable nerve on the scaffold.
According to tbe physicians' bulle
tins, ex-Secretary of the Navy John
D. Long, at Boston, Mass., Is making
a steady but slow Improvement.
Receipt of cattle at Chicago, Kan
saa City, St. Louis, St. Joteph and
Omaba In 1902 were 7.710.669 head,
compared with 7,243,469 In 1901.
The strike situation at Waterbury,
Conn., has quieted down, but two com
panles of mllltla will be held here
until a definite settlement I affected,
Angelo Splnozzole wa held In $60
ball at Altoona. Pa., by United State
Commissioner James H. Craig for pro
curing naturalization papers by fraud.
Mr. Annie Peterson, of West Ches
ter, jumped from a rapidly moving
street car at Sixty-third and Market
street, Philadelphia, and was Instant
ly killed.
Jordon Watklns wa probably fatal
ly Injured and William Taylor and
Charles Watson were seriously Injur
ed In a dynamite explosion at Cumber
land, Md.
Judge Wright, vlco governor of the
Philippines, left for bis borne in Mem
phis, preparatory to bis return to Ma
nila. He expects to start from San
Francisco about March 10.
Jamea F. Shirra, of Pittsburg, wa
entenced at New Orleans, La., to 180
dav In prison, accused of forgery and
embezzlement from the Home Co-operative
Building Company.
Four men who robbed the First Na
tional bank at Cambridge, 111,, of $10,
000, were tracked through the snow
to a barn and arrested In their hid
ing place under the hay.
Tho British government has revoked
the proclamation Issued last year.
placing 13 districts) in Ireland undor
martial law, and conferring summary
jurisdiction on magistrates.
George H. Daniels, general passen
ger agent of the New York Cential,
dented that the Central contemplates
the withdrawal of Its 20-bour train be
tween New York and Chicago.
A carboy of nitric acid exploded In
a fire at the Schwab Stamp and Seal
Company, Milwaukee, Wis., the fumes
killing Captain Andrew White and In
juring four men of the fire depart
ment. The New York banking bouse of
Brown Bros, of San Francisco, Cal.. has
closed the contract with the under
writing syndicate, furnishing the $27,
000,000 consolidation of San Francisco
street railways.
In the Girard yards of the Erie
railroad, Youngstown, O., Timothy
Maboney and John Lewis, stepped in
front of a twitching engine. Mahoney
wa decapitated while tbe right leg of
Lewis was cut on.
The Austriln Industrial association
ha reported against participating In
tbe St. Louis exposition because of
tbe cost and because the United
States tariff I an obstacle against
obtaining a profitable market.
President Roosevelt Is suffering
from the effects of a cold contracted
recently. It has not incapacitated him
and he Is attending to his usual du
ties without serious Inconvenience,
but he is troubled by an aggravated
hoarseness. This Is yielding to treat
ment, and Iv expected to pas away
in a few day.
Tbe Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Railroad company conceded the de
mand of the 1,000 conductor and
trainmen for an advance of wage of
15 per cent, for tbe freight men and
12 per cent, for the passenger men.
Edward M. Sturgeis, a prospector
from Mexico, at El Paso, Tex., report
a tremendous gold strike In the Terre
mountains, about 40 mile from Cos,
f 50.000.000 FOR MILL EXTENSION.
LITIGATION ENDED.
New Jersey Court Dissolves the In
Junction Against the U. 8. Steel
Corporation.
All litigation standing In the way of
the conversion plan of the United
Ftates Steel Corporation, ly which
$50,000,000 Is to be created for Im
provement, Is nt an end, except for
the possibility of appeal to the su
preme court. The court of errors and
appeals in Trenton, N. J., dissolved
the temporary Injunction granted to
Asplnwall Hodge and others. This
removes all court decrees asalnst the
steel corporation proceeding with its
great plans of bettetments which are
of spf clal and far-reaching Importance
to PlttBburg. The plan to erect the
$10,000,000 tube mills nt McKeesport
has been in a measure held up by the
court proceedings, although It was the
purpose to go ahead with funds from
other sources, and steps have been
taken with this In view. Last year
the Steel Corporation planned to
spend $50,000,000 on Improvements,
but the court proceedings stayed this,
and probably half that sum would
cover the expenditures for improve
ments and renewals, a little more than
In the first fiscal year of the corpora
tion. Now the corporation plans to
revolutionize operations In Its tin
plate mills, which will Involve an ex
penditure of millions of dollar. It Is
planned to erect and rebuild several
furnace in the Pittsburg district and
to erect new tube mill at Lorain, O.,
at a cost of about $8,000,000. Bonds
to the amount of $250,000,000 are to
be Issued, making a fund of $50,000,
000 available for Improvements at
cnee.
The New Jersey court ws unani
mous in It finding for the Steel Cor
poration. MURDERED IN PENITENTIARY.
Victim Assaulted In HI Sleep and
Beheaded With Knife.
Crazed by rellgloui mania. Induced
by solitary confinement, in the East
ern penitentiary, at Philadelphia, Cor
nelius BiiBh set upon James Pratt, a
fellow convict in whose cell he had
been placed only two days before, and
as he lay asleep In bed, beat In his
skull with a heavy wooden stool. Then
with a table knife notched like a saw,
hacked the head from the trunk. Plac
ing the head on a rough wooden table,
the murderer huddled hlniBelf beside
the body in a corner of the cell and,
with eyes staring at the table and Its
ghastly burden, waited for daylight
and tbe discovery of his crime. Bush
Is a negro, 21 years old, and was under
sentence for two year for murderous
assault. Pratt also was a negro, 37
year old, and was serving a term of
20 year for burglary and assault and
battery with Intent to kill.
DE8IGN ACCEPTED.
Memorial Will Be Neither an Arch Nor
a Shaft
. At a meeting of the McKlnley Me
morial Commission at Columbus, O.,
the design for the proposed memorial
was selected. It will be neither an
arch nor a shaft. It Is more like an
arch lying flat on the ground. A life
like statue of McKlnley will docorate
tho center. Ills position will be that
which he generally assumed when
making an address, tho figure showing
his manuscript In one hand. At either
end of the memorial will be a figure,
one representing "Peace," the other
"Prosperity." The memorial will be
erected on the State House grounds
NEW POWDER COMBINE.
Company Formed at Philadelphia to
Take Over All Manufactories.
At a meeting In Philadelphia at
tended by a number of capitalists of
New York, Baltimore and Philadel
phia, the American Explosive Manu
facturing Company was formed, hav
ing for its purpose the combination
of all the manufacturers in this coun
try of dynamite, powder and other ex
plosives. The authorized capital of
tbo concern is $1,000,000, and this, it
is stated, will be increased to $5,000,-
000. Samuel W. Regester, of Baltl
more, is president of tbe company,
which Is said to have obtained a num
ber of plants.
PLANNING A NEW 8TATE.
Propose to Carve It Out of Montana
and North Dakota.
Nine members of tho North Dako
ta Legislature and J. N. Tolman,
Legislative representative of Carbon
county, Mont., have hold a conference
to arrange for the segregation of East
ern Montana and Western North Da
kota and the creation of a new State,
to be known as Montague, extending
from tbo Belt mountains In Montana
to the Missouri river In North Dakota,
Glcndlve, according to tholr plan, la
to be chosen the capital.
The Successor of Maurice Grau.
Only two candidates have yet appear
ed for director of tbe Metropolitan
Opera Company, New York, to succeed
Maurice Grau, retired. They are John
Schoeffel, manager of tbe Tremont
theater, Boston, and formerly of the
theatrical firm of Abbey, Schoeffel ft
Grau, and George H. Wilson, manager
of the Pittsburg orchestra.
Battle With Robbers.
A desperate battle occurred between
a posse beaded by Postofftce Inspec
tor S. C. Kile and four robbers in the
little postofflce at Huntlngburg, Ind
which the men attempted to rob,
About 70 shots were fired and it Is be
lieved that two of the robbers were
t hot. All four escaped.
Aimed at Bucket Shop.
The manager of the New York Pro
duce exchange have aimed a blow at
bucket ihop by framing a custtron
amendment to tbe law of tbe ex
change.
REVIEW OF TRADE.
Despite Handicap of Freight Conge
tion Business Continue Re
markably Good.
It. O. Dun ft Co.' "Weekly Review
of Trade" says: Vigorous vitality li
conspicuous In trade and Industry, de
spite the handicap of overstrained and
Inadequate facilities for transportation.
Concentrated efforts to reduce the con
gestion at a few favored points appar
ently Intensified the blockades else
where, and Inclement weather added
a new disturbing factor of an already
complicated situation. Retail dealings
In most staples are fully sustained,
eepeclally of seasonable wearing ap
parel, but distribution at many points
has suffered through weather condi
tions. Wholesale and Jobbing trade
Is steadily Improving, although deliv
eries cannot be guaranteed. Hallway
earnings during January were 8.6 per
cent larger than lost year, and 17.7
per cent. In excess of 1U01. Condi
lions In the iron and steel Industry
ore without essential alteration. Traf
fic difficulties Increased; deliveries of
fuel ond pig Iron ore uncertain, and at
Chicago coke Is nominally $10 a ton,
while Connellsvllle ovens produce
freely. Purchasers In some divisions
of the market show an Inclination to
postpone placing contract In expecta
tion of better terms, but the general
evel of quotations does not recede.
Numerous contracts are taken abroad
because domestic plant cannot make
hlpment within the specified time.
and one result of the excessive ac
tivity has been a decided Improve
ment In the foreign Industry. This
has militated against imports, a
prices are firmer In European mar
kets, yet engnrements continue on a
moderate scale. Plans for railway ex
tension assure much new business.
while carriage and Implement maker
are constantly In the market for ma
terial. Failure In the United States
were 2C4 this week, against 263 last
week, 205 the preceding week and 261
the corresponding week last year, and
In Canada 32, against 30 last week, 27
the preceding week and 25 last year.
Bradstreet's says: A feature mak
ing for stability of present Iron prices
Is the feeling that Iron ore prices will
be advanced this Bprlng. Wheat, In
cluding flour, exports for the week
ending February 5 aggregate 3,965,
910 bushels, against 4,420,065 last
week, 4,800.457 in this week a year
ago and 4,997,813 in 1001. Wheat ex
ports since July 1 aggregate 152,665,-
538 bushels, against 170.146,643 last
season and 180.823,459 In 1900. Corn
exports aggregate 2,400,316 bushels,
against 2,045.999 last week, 169,145 a
year ago, and 1.171,440 in 1901. For
the fiscal year exports are 22.801,016
bushels, against 22,031,130 last Bea
con, and 119,566,794 In 1901.
CABLE FLASHES.
Adelina FattI ha finally signed a
contract for 60 concerts in America,
commencing November 3 next.
The Board of Agriculture of London,
England, haa revoked the prohibition
agnlnst the entry Into Great Britain
of live cattle from Argentina and Uru
guay. A correspondent at Tlen-tzln, China,
telegraphs the rumor that the empress
dowager Is dead, the news being con
cealed until the completion of the New
Year observances.
The report of the Italian commis
sion at Rome which has made a study
of yellow fever In Brazil, Is published.
It rejects the theory that the disease
is transmitted by mosquitoes.
The Porte at Constantinople ha
notified the Embassies that It has re
ports showing that the Macedonian
Committee Is organizing seven large
band for the invasion of Macedonia
In the spring.
Dispatches from Helstngsfon, Fin
land, announce that the czar of Russia
has decreed severe disciplinary meas
ures for all Flnlanders who failed to
comply with tbeir military obligations
in 1902. The total Is 14,798 men.
Several unemployed person march
ed through the streets at Valladolld
Spain, demanding work or bread. They
looted bread wagons and were charged
by the gendarmes. Shots were ex
changed, some men were injured and
many arrests were made.
President Castro' troop engaged
In battle with a stronge revolutionary
force 14 miles south of Caracas.
There was no decisive result, but thJ
revolutionist gained ground. Accord
ing to tho latest reports the Insurgent
were advancing on all sides.
A special from Dawson say a shaft
sunk on the Eldorado struck ground
bed rock 65 feet below tbe first bed
rock, with six feet of pay gravel run
ning as high as $25 to the bucket. The
htrike was not far from the famous
gusher, whlc'.i is now under control.
C. C. Craig (Unionist), at Dublin
Ireland, has been elected to represent
South Antrim In the houso of com
mons, by a majority of 949 over Dr.
Keiahtley, the farmers and laborer
candidate. The campaign was fought
on the land question, Dr. Keightley
(uportlng compulsory sale.
The prospect of war In ,Macedonta
has prompted the Turkish government
to notify the Idarel Massousteh Steam
ship company to send in a return of
the number of steamer available for
use as transports In view of tbe pos
sible dfsuatch of considerable bodies
of troops from Anatolia, Asiatic Tur
key, to the European province of Tur-
Key.
In tho discussion of the budget of
public Instruction in the Chamber of
Deputies in Paris, France, Nationalist
Doputy Byveton attacked ne govern
ment on tho ground that It bad en
couraged and forced teachers in the
primary schools to use their influ
ence with the pupils for political pur
poses. A big agitation on the Macedonian
question has been started in London,
England, a special commissioner at
Dubnltza, Bulgaria, describing Turk
ish atrocities, a related by the fugi
tive, declare that $.000 refugee
from Macedonia have fled to Bulgaria
THE MAHKKTB.
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REVIEW OF TRADE.
Contract Far Ahead Coat of Labor
and Material Does Not Imped
Induetry.
R. O. Dun A Co.' "Weekly Review
of Trade" ay: : "Domestic trade
and Industry continue to prosper.
while the fuel situation has grown
less disturbing. Distribution of other
product ha been restricted by the
discrimination In favor of coal, and
shipper are Importunate. Clearance
sales are about ended, leaving only
mall stock of winter good. Ad
vance business in spring deliveries Is
very heavy and fall contracts are also
placed liberally. In most case where
tbere is no delay on fuel account man
ufacturing plants are busy, though
cost of material and labor la very
high. Firm prices for finished pro
duct are to be expected. Favorable
return of railway earning are con
stantly Issued, figure thus far avail
able showing an Increase of 5.7 per
cent, over last year and 17.9 per cent
over 1901. Miles of loaded car and
thousand of tons of coke piled in the
yards at Connellsvllle tell of condi
tions In the Iron and steel Industry.
Furnaces are closing because of the
fuel shortage. By giving coal, live
stock and perishable goods precedence
over all other freight the railroads
helped consumer everywhere, but at
tbo expense of the leading manufac
turing Industry. Many plants are dol
ed or running only part time, and few
order for distant delivery are sought
or offered, owing to the uncertainty a
to when normal conditions will pre
vail. It la stated that deliveries of
pig Iron to the leading consumer are
several months behind, and spot Bes
semer has risen sharply. Locomo
tives are being turned out of the shops
with record-breaking rapidity and
other railway equipment is In equally
good demand, while structural mate
rial Is still a feature. Many additional
contracts for bridge building are rec
orded. Failures for the week num
bered 243 In the United States,
against 301 last year, and 30 In Cana
da, compared with 40 a year ago.
Bradstreet's says: "A significant
feature is that pig Iron prices have
been marked up $1 per ton at all lead
ing markets, and the lower prices so
freely predicted are yet to material'
tze, notwithstanding that production
ia In excess f' the largest ever be
fore reported. ! Vheat, Including flour,
exports for tbe week ending January
29, aggregate 4.420,005 bushels,
against 8.538,757 bushels last week.
3,702,368 bushels In this week a year
ago, and 3.776,000 bushels In 1901.
Wheat exports since July 1 aggregate
148,599,622 bushels, against 105.3411,
186 bushel in 1900. Corn export
aggregated 2,045,999 bushels, against
, 2.370.CS3 bushels last week. 427.018
bushels a year ago, and 2,487,707 bush
els in 1901. For the fiscal year ex
ports are 20,400.700 buehela, against
21,861,985 bushels last season, and
115.395.354 bushel In 1901."
Coffee ba been cultivated In Ven
ezula only wince 1S79. and yet It I
now that much-talked of country'
cklet commercial product.
laws of Congress.