GARFIELD PROMOTED.
Senate Approved Hit Selection for the
Department of Labor and
Commerce.
The President sent to the Senate the
nomination of George P.. Corteiyou, of
Now York, to lie Secretary of the new
Department v.t Commerce and Labor.
The nomination of Mr. Cortelyon was
qulckty confirmed, fioorgo lirurc Cor
telyon was horn In New York city July
26, 18li2. Ilia ancestors were among
the leaders In the colonial and Revolu
tionary history of New Yotk. He was
graduated from the Hempstead Insti
tute In 1879 and three yenrs later
completed his preliminary education at
the State Normal school In Westfleld,
Mass. He then entered the New Eng
land Conservatory of Music to con
tinue musical studies. Subsequently
he became a pupil of Dr. I.ouls Maas.
formerly conductor of the Boston
Philharmonic society. He Is an accom
plished musician, a thorough student
of the best composers and a musical
critic of rare ability. Mr. Corteiyou
while continuing his musical studies,
began the study of stenography and
was graduated from Walworth's insti
tute. In New York. While acting as
an assistant In the Walworth school he
took the clinical course In the New
York hospital. He became widely
known as an expert medical stenog
rapher and, In association with James
E. Munson, reported many notable
cases in the courts. His official career
In the government began In 1889, when
he became private secretary to the
postofflce Inspector In charge at New
York. After serving the surveyor of
the poit of New York as confidential
stenographer he came to Washington
In July, 1891, as private secretary to
the fourth assistant poBtmastier gen
eral, and In 1895 President Cleveland
appointed him executive clerk and con
fidential stenographer. He served
President McKlnley In the same ca
pacity until 1898, when, on account
of the increased work at the White
House, he was appointed assistant sec
ret at y to the President. On the re
tirement of John Addison Porter, Mr.
Cortelyon was named secretary to the
Pre.ldent. While Mr. Cortelyou's abil
ity was appreciated before the assassi
nation of President McKlnley, the
work performed by him during the anx
ious days at Buffalo revealed an unex
pected phase of bis character. It was
at the personal request of President
Roosevelt that Mr. Corteiyou contin
ued as secretary to the President and
In naming him as the first secretary
of the new Department of Commerce
and Labor and elevating him to a po
sition in the Cabinet, the President
has done gladly that which Mr. McKln
ley probably would have done had he
been permitted to provide for the or
ganization of that department. Presi
dent Roosevelt has decided to appoint
James R. Garfield, son of the late
President Garfield, and now a civil
service commissioner, to be commis
sioner of the bureau of corporations, a
part of the new department.
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.
Hot controversy occurred In Senate
between Senators Depew and Teller
over the statehood bill.
Mrs. P. C. Knox, worn out by ardu
ous social duties, ordered by ber phys
ician to cancel all her social engage
ments. John K. Richards, of Pennsylvania,
Solicitor General, has been appointed
to the vacancy of the Sixth Circuit,
rice Judge Day, appointed to the Su
preme Court.
The President signed the Elklna re
bate bill. With the signing of this
measure the Administration anti-trust
programme for tbla session o Con
gress is completed.
The President announced the ap
pointment of Judge William R. Day,
of Ohio, to be justice of the Supreme
Court of the United States In place
of Justice Shlras, resigned.
Representative Richardson, of Ten
nessee, Introduced a concurrent reso
lution declaring that It Is the sense
of Congress that the Isle of Pines Is
territory belonging to the United
States.
The resolution which passed the
Senate, providing that Rear Admiral
Schley be given the pay and allow
ances of a Rear Admiral on the active
list, was called up In the Houbo Com
mittee on Naval Affairs. The resolu
tion was tabled.
The Navy Department has decided
to send three more ships In search of
the missing collier Alexander. These
are the Hannibal at Norfolk, Prairie
at Galveston and the Topeka at Kings
ton, Jamaica. The Lebanon already
to searching for the Alexander.
Senator Culberson Introduced a bill
fixing $5,000 for a monument at Ar
lington National cemetery to Captain
Charles Qridley, who commanded the
Olympla, Admiral Dewey's flagship, at
the battle of Manila bay, and died a
few months after that conflict.
J. 8. and T. W. Dewey, of Manches
ter, O., have filed a petition with the
Interstate Commerce commission
against the Toledo and Ohio Central,
Kanawha and Michigan Central and
the Chesapeake and Ohio railways, al
leging that they charged unreasona
ble sums for shipments of hay from
various points In Ohio.
The anthracite coal strike commis
sion has consideration of testimony
In the office of the Inter-Stnto Com
merce Commission. How long It
might take to analyze the evidence
and prepare the report cannot be fore
told. A petition signed by ex-Gov, P. B.
S. Pinchback. of Loulsiaua; Dr.
Charles B. Purvis, John F. Cook, Kelly
Miller and Whltefield McKlnley, urg
ing the confirmation of the nomination
of Dr. W. D. Crum as collector of the
port of Charleston, 8. C, was submit
ted to the Senate. .
Judiciary committee of the Senate
decided to report favorably the Little
geld anti-trust bill with several Im
portant amendments.
CONGRESSIONAL NOTES.
LVII. CONGRESS.
Philippine Currency.
In the Senate Monday Mr. Quay
offered a resolution, which went over
under the rule, declaring that a date
prior to March 2 should he fixed for
n final vote upon the statehood bill.
The Philippine currency hill was pass
ed with nn amendment for a confer
ence between gold and sliver coun
tries to fix a commercial exchange,
and the Indian appropriation bill also
went through. The statehood bill was
taken up. but debate on It was cut
off by Mr. Morgan, Alabama, making
a privileged statement concerning the
publication of a denial of Rafael
Heyes. Colombian minister to Mex
ico. A resolution was passed calling
upon the President for information as
to whether the United States or Cuba
Is exercising authority In the Isle of
Pines. The House bill to amend the
railroad safety appliance law was
passed. A special rule was adopted
which practically will make the Fow
ler curiency bill a continuing order
for the remainder of the session.
Coupler BUI Amended.
In the House Monday the amend
ment to the compulsory coupler law
was passed.
Cloture Rule.
There was lively debate In the Sen
ato Wednesday over Senator Quay's
resolution declaring It to be the sense
of the Senate that there should be a
vote on the Statehood bill before the
adjournment of Congress. To this
proposition Senator McComas re-offer
ed Senator Piatt's cloture resolution,
Introduced two years ago, and a mo
tion was made to refer the whole
proposition to the Committee on Rules.
This was pending when the Senate
went Into executive session.
Army Bill.
When the House met Wednesday,
the Speaker announced that the Com
mittee on Rules had considered the
question raised by Sir. Cooper. Txeas,
concerning a bill passed Monday,
which he thought technically repealed
the river and harbor bill, and had
found that the assumption was Incor
rect. During the heat of debate over
the army bnl Lit. Hull accused Mr.
Slayden. of teil.'r.s an untruth.
Allegheny River Bridge.
The Senate Thursday passed the
bill granting the Pennsylvania rail
road the right to build a bridge across
the Allegheny river at Brilliant Sta
tion. Submarine Boats.
The House Thursday passed the
naval appropriation bill. Many amend
ments were offered to the provisions
relating to the increases of the per
sonnel and authorization of new ships
to be built. The most Important
amendment adopted was one to au
thorize the secretary of the navy. In
his discretion, to purchase or con
tract for submarine torpedo boats
after investigation of their merits,
and appropriated $500,000 for that pur
pose. Executive Session.
The Senate spent the entire day
Friday, In executive session consider
ing the Panama canal treaty. No vote
was taken on any of the amendments
which have been pt-epared by Senator
Morgan. At 5:30 o'clock In accordance
with a decision of the Steering com
mittee. Senator Cullora moved a recess
until Saturday, and the motion pre
vailed. Judicial Appropriation.
The House Friday passed the forti
fications appropriation bill, adopted
the conference reports on the bill for
the protection of the President and
on the legislative, executive and ju
dicial appropriation bill, and then
spent three hours wrangling over the
Fowlor currency bill. The latter bill
had been given privileges by the
terms of a special rule adopted Mon
day, but when the decks had been
cleared for it filibustering began and
Ms. Bartlett (Georgia) declared that
It was useless to waste time on a
measure which It was not intended
should become a law. After a, half
dozen roll calls the House finally got
Into committee of the whole to con
sider the bill, but It then being S
o'clock on motion of Mr. Fowler the
House adjourned.
MITCHELL WILL REFUSE.
Wilson Saya President Will not Take
Miners' Proposed Gift.
Vice President Lewis, of the
United Mine Workers will make In
dianapolis his permanent headquarters.
In the future Vice President Lewis
will act as national chief over organ
izers. President Mitchell will attend
a number of State conventions during
the next six weeks, beginning with the
Illinois State meeting at Springfield.
Secretary Wilson was shown the re
port from the anthracite district that
the miners had started to raise a $75,
000 present for President Mitchell. He
said: "Mitchell will not accept it
He has already called off two move
ments such as this."
National Biscuit Enlarges.
According to the annual report of
the National Biscuit Company, pub
lished in New York, there will be com
pleted two new fuctorles, one In New
York and one in Chicago, which will
have a capacity of 600,000 packages of
biscuits a day. Their coat when
equipped will be "$1,350,000.
. rTo Women's Building.
At the close of the meeting of the
women managers of the St. Louis
world's fair. In New York, It was an
nounced that there will be no women's
building at the exposition. "One of
the university buildings has been plac
ed at our disposal," said Mrs. James
L. Blair, "to be used as our head
quarters. This we will accept and It
will be built to suit our wishes. There
will fce oo exhibit placed In the build
ing; It will be used simply for exec
utive officers and for social functions."
Gil ffl OR UNITED SHIES.
QUICK WORK NEEDED.
Four Oattleshlps and Two Cruisers
Per Annum for the Next
Five Years.
The. United States in preparing to
pet together a great navy, and thus
bo able to meet Germany and Russia
on equal terms should an emergency
nilse. The preparations are being
made In dead earnest and with as
deadly a seriousness as ever marked
the determination of the Yankee na
tion. The General Board of the Navy
Department has prepared a recom
mendation for the benefit of Congress
that the United States should build
at least four battleships and two ar
mored cruisers during each of the
next five years. That, the board
thinks, will have to be done If this
country is to keep abreast of Ger
many. There Is no thought or asking
Congress to do anything more than
to keep abreast of the power that all
the world has apparently picked out
as the one with which we shall have
the next trouble. The carrying out
of such a program would mean the
expenditure of at least $40,000,000 a
year for new ships alone. At pres
ent we have 12 battleships and eight
under construction, so the program
for battleships alone would. If adopted,
double the number of vessels of that
type. We have eight armored cruis
ers built or building, so that that
class would be more than doubled.
The passage of the bill by the House
providing for three more battleships
and one armored cruiser indicates,
although this was not the year for
such a bill, that Congress Is ready to
give the nrury about all that is con
sidered needful. The officers of the
department are also giving consider
ation to the plan whereby they hope
to be able to get the builders to work
faster. It Is presumed that the build
ers will offer to expedite the work
If they can get a corresponding In
crease of price. This move to find out
ihow fast battleships can be built is
due to the fact that England built the
Renown In a little more than 18
months, while we usually take four
years to do the same work. Germany
builds a ship in three years. Hence.
If we are to keep up with her, it will
be necessary to have the construc
tion time cut down at least 25 per
cent. The Indirect way of paying pre
miums on fast work. It is contended,
can be done without asking Congress
for a law to pay outright premiums.
LOYAL TO HI8 MINER8.
Mitchell Refuses $4,000, Fearing Might
Negect Hia Duties.
President John Mitchell of the
United Mine Workers, at Indianapolis,
Ind., refused $4,000 by serving notice
that he will not lecture this year on
the Chautauqua circuit. During the
anthracite strike the Chautauqua Alli
ance sent a representative to Mr.
Mitchell to book him. At that ftme
Mr. Mitchell held out some hope and
he was booked for 20 nights at $200 a
night He received the first place
on the programs of all the large as
semblies, including Chautauqua and
Winona. It Is these engagements
which he has canceled on the ground
that he does 'not) feel Justified in
making any engagements that might
conflict with his work for the miners.
CONREIO SUCCEEDS GRAU.
New Impresario for the Metropolitan
Opera House.
At the meeting of the Metropolitan
opera house directors In New York the
various applicants for Mr, Grau's posi
tion as impresario were heard, their
plans listened to, their "backing" In
quired into, and finally a rote taken
resulting In the decision to give a five
years' contract to Heinrlch Conretd.
Mr. Conreld has behind him number
of wealthy bankers, chief of whom
was Jacob Schlff, of Kuhn, Loeb at Co.,
a director, holding an official position
in 19 corporatlnga. Including the West
ern Union Telegraph company.
He Saved the Train.
S. S. Glasscock, a farmer, faced a
blizzard in his shirt sleeves for more
than an hour, to save the lives of 100
passengers on the Big Four Railroad.
Glasscock was frozen so that he had
to bo carried Into the cars after be
flagged the train near Harrlsburg 111.
Glasscock discovered a broken rail at
a point where an embankment was 40
feet high. He used his red canvas
coat as a flag, leaving himself unpro
tected in the zero temperature for
more than an hour.
Big Land Purchase.
Cincinnati brokers, have closed a
deal for Pittsburg and Chicago capi
talists for 14,000 acres of land near
Honaker station, Va., paying therefor
$280,000. The land Is on the Clinch
division of the Norfolk & Western
Railroad. Several million dollars will
be spent In building another railroad
Into the field and developing the
mines.
BOO Carried Pistols.
Supt. Ogg of the city schools, at
Kokomo, Ind., ordered all the boys in
school searched for weapons. About
500 22-callber weapons were found
that the boys claimed were for blank
cartridges. All these had loaded cart
ridges. Principal 8hoots Pupil.
Prof. Hill, principal of the high
school, at Hyannla, Neb., shot and se
riously Injured Henry Beeni, a pupil,
and was himself badly beaten during
a fight with Beeni and two com
panions. Diamonds Stolen.
Nathan Doras, a diamond broker
from Philadelphia, was robbed of
$7,000 worth of diamonds a few min
utes after be arrived at Chicago from
Cincinnati.
LATEST NEWS NOTES.
John Weaver, present district attor
ney, was elected mayor of Philadel
phia. Employe of Rlnlto Grain Company.
St. Louis, told how clients never got
a cent.
W. B. Hays, candidate of Citizens
party, was elected Recorder of Pitts
burg. Pa.
Enst Joined west February 10 In se
vere storm that became general all
over country.
E. J, Arnold & Co.'s strlnrt of horses
mysteriously disappeared from San
Francisco.
Eight persons wore killed as result
of explosion In magazine cane factory
In Fostorla, O.
Government Is asked to buy four
dams on the Little Kanawha river In
West Virginia.
Judge Grosscup, of Chicago, decided
every point In combination charge
against beef packers.
The Brltsh gunboat Horrler has cap
tured In the Red sea three Arab pirate
ships and their crews.
New low temperature records for
the winter were made at many points
In the west February 17.
Frank A. Lapham, well known In
Iron and steel circles, died suddenly of
heart disease In New York.
Attorney General Knox cabled for
mal acceptance of Panama Canal Com
pany's offer to sell for $40,000,000.
8teel corporation made contract to
supply eight blast furnaces with coke
In return for which they agreed to sell
their entire product to the combine.
Jennie E. McLelland, one of the vic
tims of the Newark (N. J.) trolley dis
aster, died, making the ninth death.
Baltimore & Ohio railroad has de
cided to build new line over the Alle
ghany mountains at cost of $20,000,000.
Minister Powell Informed govern
ment of Banto Domingo that Ameri
can claims cannot be longer delayed.
Justice Shlras. of the United States
Supreme Court, sent his resignation
to President, to take effect February
24.
President Roosevelt has extended for
six months from March 2. 1903, the lire
of the Spanish treaty claim commis
sion. Senator-Elect Smoot. en route to
Washington from Utah, said he ex
pected cordial welcome In Washing
ton. George Bruce Corteiyou took the
oath of office as secretary of the new
department of commerce aud labor,
February 18.
The Standard Oil Company declared
a dividend of $20 per share, payable
March 15. $10 more than the last divi
dend declared.
Ten thousand cloakmakers have
gained advances In New York. The
advances In many Instances are from
20 to 40 per cent.
The police at Chicago raided the
office of J. C. Rose ft Co., one of the
turf Investment frauds, but found only
a few worthless papers.
Minister Bowen for Venezuela and
Secretary Hay signed protocol arrang
ing for settlement of United States
claims against Venezuela.
Two hundred and two patients with
the plague have been admitted to the
lazarette at Mazatlan, Mex., since It
was established, and 121 have died.
Chevalier Karl Scberzer, the well
known traveler, died at Vienna, Aus
tria. He was the author of several
books of travels In the United States.
Sherman M. Bell, a member of
Roosevelt's Rough Riders during the
Spanish-American war, was appointed
adjutant general of the Colorado Na
tional Guard.
The Chicago and Minneapolis pas
senger train on the Illinois Central
ratroad collided head on with a freight
train at Galena, III. Three persons
are known to.be dead.
The North Atlantic squadron Is
working out an elaborate system of
drills devised by the general board
of the navy and wilt next undertake
three months of gun practice.
Commissioner of Pensions Ware has
abolished the middle division, of the
pension bureau, and created a new
division, to be known as the army
division, to take effect March 1.
Burglars entered the Cathedral of
St. Isaac at St. Petersburg, Russia,
and stole three diamonds valued at
$50,000, which they took from the
frame of a picture of the Saviour.
Clarence S. Darrow, of Chicago, was
sworn In as a member of the Illinois
House of Representatives. Mr. Darrow
was elected to the House last Novem
her as a public ownership representa
tive. Chancellor von Buelow sent to the
Reichstag in Berlin, Germany, a state
ment from the Imperial health office,
showing that out of 1,000 deaths In
Germany of persons between the ages
of 15 and 60, SIS died of tuberculo
sis. Persons under 15 and over 00
are seldom affected.
Dr. William F. Brooks, director of
Smith observatory, and professor of
astronomy In Hobart college, Geneva,
N. Y has been awarded the comet
medal of the Astronomical Society
of the Pacific for the discovery of his
twenty-third comet.
Queen Wlluelmlna, of the Nether
lands, may be requested by the Wash
ington Government to name the um
pire who shall pass on tho claim of
the United States agalnBt Venezuela
In the event that the persons named
by the United States and Venezuela
cannot agree.
Claims aggregating $34,603, growing
out of the massacre near Peking,
China, of the Atwater family while
the Boxer rebellion was at Its height,
have been settled by the Chinese gov
ernment through the state department.
Judge Hosmer In the Wayne Cir
cuit court at Detroit, Mich., directed
a verdict for the plaintiff for $444,
431.69 In the case of the Detroit Board
of Education against Henry R. An
drews, Its former treasurer, and bit
bondsmen.
1 Mil COHI SIGNED
GERMANY RETURNS BOATS.
Agreement Will Be a Criterion The
Queen of Holland to Name
Proper Umpire.
The protocol providing for the ad
justment of the United States claims
against Venezuela was signed at
Washington, Februnry 17. Secretary
of State Hay acted for the United
States and Mr. Bowen for Venezuela.
The protocol as a document Is expect
ed to serve as a model for similar
papers to be drawn up with the other
claimant Powers. The text of the pro
tocol Is as follows: All claims owned
by citizens of the United States of
America against the Republic of Vene
zuela which have not been settled by
diplomatic agreement or arbitration
between the two Governments, and
which shall have been presented to the
commission hereinafter named by the
Department of State of the United
States, or Its legation at Caracas,
shall be examined and decided by a
mixed commission which shall sit at
Caracas, and which shall consist of
two members, one of whom Is to be
appointed by the President of the
United States and the other by the
President of Venezuela. It Is agreed
that an umpire may be named by the
Queen of the Netherlands. If either
of said commissioners or the umpire
should fall or cease to act his succes
sor shall be appointed forthwith In the
same manner as his predecessor. Same
commissioners and umpire are to be
appointed before the first day of May,
1903. The commissioners and the um
pire shall meet In the city of Caracas
on the first day of June. 1903. The
umpire shall preside over their delib
erations and shall be competent to de
cide any question on which the com
missioners disagree. Before assuming
the functions of their offices the com
missioners and the umpire shall take
solemn oath carefully to examine and
Impartially decide, according to Justice
and the provisions of this convention,
all claims submitted to them, and
such oaths shall be entered on the
record of their proceedings. The com
missioners, or in case of their disa
greement, the umpire, shall decide all
claims upon a basis of absolute equity,
without regard to objections of a tech
nical nature or of the provisions of
local legislation. The decisions of the
commission, and In the event of their
disagreement those of the umpire shall
be final and conclusive. They shall be
In writing. Awards shall be made pay
able In United States gold or its
equivalent In sliver. The commission
ers or umpire, as the case may be,
shall Investigate and decide said
claims upon such evidence or Informa
tion only as shall be furnished by or
on behalf of the respective Govern
ments. They shall be bound to receive
and consider all written documents or
statements which may be presented
to them by or on behalf of the respec
tive Governments In support of or In
answer to any claim, and to hear oral
or written arguments made by the
agent of each Government on every
claim. In case of tbelr'fallure to agree
In opinion upon any Individual claim,
the umpire shall decide. In case of
the failure to carry out the above
agreement Belgian officials shall be
placed In charge of the customs of the
two ports, and shall administer them
until the liabilities of the Venezuelan
Government in respect of the above
claims shall have been discharged. Alt
existing and unsatisfied awards in the
United States shall be promptly paid
according to the terms of the respec
tive awards.
WERE THAWING DYNAMITE.
Dropped the Explosive In Hot Water
Two Men Killed.
At the Buckeye mine, nine miles
south of Bowie, Ark., two men were
killed, two seriously Injured and a
number of others slightly hurt, as the
result of an explosion of dynamite.
The dead are: William Steel and
O'Donnell. T. J. Miller and William
Grave are badly Injured, and Ezra
Madison will probably die. Steel and
O'Donnell had been left to thaw out
two boxes of frozen dynamite. Steel
gathered up all the dynamite he could
hold In two hands and dropped It Into
a bucket of hot water. Immediately a
deafening explosion followed.
NOBLE CRIMINAL.
Posed as British Army Officer, Proves
An Impostor.
The man serving a six months' term
at the city workhouse, at St Louis,
Mo., who lived there for some time
as "Lieutenant Colonel P. Seymour
Barrlngton, a member of the British
nobility," and who married a lady of
Kansas City, was positively Identified
as George Barton, a noted English
criminal. A picture of Barton, re
ceived from Scotland Yard, completed
the Identification, and finally the pris
oner himself admitted It.
Buy Hill's Freight Fleet.
T baa hnen definitely rianMnil th.i
the trunk lines will buy James J. Hill's
freight boats on tne ureat lakes, Insur
ing harmony and maintenance of rates.
All of the New York-Buffalo rnmla tnin
In the purchase equally. The Penn
sylvania ruuroau win act as a party
to the purchase In order to demon
strate Its sood faith In connection urlih
the common project.
Appropriation for Triplets.
Representative Stapleton, of Butte,
has Introduced a resolution in the leg
islature of Montana, to appropriate
$3,000 for the benefit of triplets born
In Butte.
Grip Epidemic Growing 8erlous.
By reason of the changeable weather
of the last few weeks the grip has be
come prevalent In New York City, un
til It is assuming the. proportions of
a serious epidemic.
REVIEW OF TRADE.
Business In All Lines Still Boomf,
General Conditions Show De
elded Gains.
R. G. Dun ft Co.'s weekly review of;
trade soys: "Just as tho railway con
gestion began to give way before tli
vigorous efforts of trnfllo managers
the situation became further compli
cated by the worst snow Btorm of the
season and the movement of merchan
dise was again Interrupted. Lntest
figure of gross earnings show the
usual gains. Kebtuury thus far sur
passing by 17.0 per cent, last year,
when unusual delay was caused by se
vere storms, and 1901 by 17.0 per
cent. Increased cost of operation,
however, necessitated further ad
vances In rates. Wholesale houses
dealing In staples have received lib
eral orders, and much forward busi
ness has been placed. Jobbers urge
quicker shipments- on old orders, while
travelers send In many new contracts.
Manufacturers of paper, straw goods
and clothing report conditions
fully as satisfactory as a year ago,
aside from some Interruption by labor
controversies. Conditions in the silk
Industry are shown by enormous Im
ports of raw material, and recently
rejected orders. Bids are Invited for
extensive building operations, giving
strength and activity to materials and
supplies. Although many new blast
furnaces are nearing completion and
others will be finished within six
months, the actual output of pig Iron
decreases because fuel cannot be se
cured. Last week's moderate improve
ment In the situation has been suc
ceeded by a decided setback, many
more furnaces being compelled to
bank through lack of fuel. Reports of
agreements to supply quantities of
coke to favored plants are denied.
There Is little disposition to anticipate
pig Iron requirements far Into the fu
ture, however, as there Is always the
hope of a restoration of approximately
normal conditions. Steel billets are
arriving from abroad and find a mar
ket at Interior mills, but on domestic
business for future delivery there Is
some discrepancy between bid and
asking prices. As the season advances
there are more contracts available for
the erection of buildings, bridges and
railway extension, strengthening the
market for structural material, which
Is one of the firmest features. A
heavy tonnage of plates, sheet and
plpo has been sold at full figures,
while more Canadian rail contracts
have gone to European mills. Quieter
conditions prevail In the markets for
dry goods, though mills are busy and
prices well maintained. Numerous
lines of cottons have again advanced
In response to the upward tendency
of the raw material, and the first re
sult has been a disposition to delay
purchases by leading buyers. Western
jobbers are placing liberal case orders
for fall styles with New England pro
ducer of boots and shoes, but whole
sale trade In the East Is between sea
sons. Failures for the week number
ed 247 in the United States, against
250 a year ago, and 26 In Canada, as
compared with 31 last year.
Troops Off for Philippines.
The Second battalion of the Four
teenth United States Infantry and
headquarters band. Colonel Jocelyn
commanding, which has been station
ed at Fort Wayne, Mich., have left
for 8an Francisco, en route to the
Philippines.
Wreck on the Grand Trunk.
The Montreal express, west-bound,
on the Grand Trunk railway. Jumped
the track at Whitby Junction, Ont.
All the cars left the rails, the engine
remaining. The engineer. William
Stewart, had his leg broken. Twenty
passengers were more or less Injured,
none seriously.
CABLE FLASHES.
Pope Leo, on February 20th, at
Rome, Italy, celebrated the 25th year
of his stay In the Vatican.
Lord Charles Beresford has accept
ed the command of the English chan
nel squadron, which will necessitate
his retirement from Parliament.
A dispatch from Fes announces thst
a column of troops under the command
of the Moroccan war minister has de
feated a section of the HIalna tribe.
Many heads of the killed have arrived
at Fes.
President Palma, ' of Cuba, signed
the naval coaling station agreement.
The two copies of the agreement sign
ed Included Spanish and English trans
lations, written In parallel columns.
Both copies will be taken to Wash
ington by Minister Squlers.
The Humbert family made their
appearance in the criminal courts at
Paris, February 11. when the case of
M. Cattau, the banker, was taken up.
There was a great public Interest
manifested In the proceedings; the
court room was packed with people.
The VIcomte de Chambrun has been
appointed an attache of the French
embassy at Washington. He Is a
great grandson of Lafayette and Is a
brother of Marquis de Chambrun, the
ranking representative of the family.
The vlcomte will sail for New York
on March 7.
According to a die-patch from Sofia,
published in England, desperate fight
ing has occurred between a small
band of revolutionaries and 800 Turks
in a defile close to the village of Bra
zil, near Kastorla, Albania. The Turks
had 90 killed. The insurgents lost
heavily, but succeeded in gaining the
mountains.
The court-martial of Lieutenant
Commander Fidello Sharps Carter, at
Manila, as the result of the grounding
of the United States steamer Piscata
qua during the naval maneuvers of
Sublg, was concluded. The verdict
was not announced, but Carter has
been ordered to return to Washing
ton under arrest, and It Is believed
that the verdict Is guilty.
Count von CralUhelm, president of
the Bavarian Council of Ministers, has
resigned and Prince Regent Lultpold
has accepted this resignation which
will become effective March 1,
. TUB MARKETS,,
PITTSBURG
Grain. Flour and Feed.
Wheat-No. Ired... .$ t W
Ufa-No. t 61 68
Corn No. 8 yellow, rnr . 6 - 67
No. 8 fellow, shelled - M SSMj
Mixed er .... M 64
Oate-No. Swhlto . -I 4lM
No. 8 white .. H . 4
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Fancy etralKht winter. ......... S 80 8 J
Hay-No. ltlmotlif 17 !W 18 00
floror No. 1 14 00 14 60
faed-No 1 while mil Ion (ISO 88 00
Hrown middlings 81 00 88 W
Hran. hulk ..." 80 W 21 00
Strnw Wheat to l 00
Oat Si) 10 00
Dairy Products.
Batter Elgin creamery 4 17
Ohio irmmery 1M 8
FMmr oumrr roll 19 8(1
Chevne Ohio, now 14 irVC
hew York, new 15 UH
Poultryt Etc
Bens per lb 4 IS 14
thickens dreawl ... , IS If
Esse Pa. anil Ohio, fresh 1 80
Fruits and Vegetables.
Green Beans per bat.... ..., SO I M
PotatoeeFancr white per uus W 70
Cabbage per bble 1 00 1 10
Onlona per barrel 1 74 8 W
BALTIMORE.
flour Winter Patenl $I7J SSI
Wheat No. t red '4 7
Corn mixed '. c
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Duller Ohio eraainerr at j
PHILADELPHIA.
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Corn No. 1 mixed.. M MV
Oats No. 1 while 4 4
Butter Creamery, extra .... ... 17 SS
sge PenneWanta Urate . IS 14
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Wheat-No. I red . SJ .J
Corn-No. t . 67K MM
Oata No, I While 4J 44
Butter Creamery 85 4
gge-Btaleaud PeanstiTanut..... 17 If
LIVE STOCK.
Central Stock Yards, East Liberty,
Cattle.
frlma heavy, 1(00 to 1600 lba......t6U
rrlma, laoo to 140U ibe 4 90
Medium, lm to WOO lbs 4 DO
I at he lien 4 40
Butcher, MM) to 1000 lbs S 71
Common to fair 8 00
Oxen, common to fat H 8 00
Conimon togood fat bulla and cows Hi
Pa.
6 85
5 16
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Prime heavy hoga T 10
Prime medium weights 7 80
seat heaTf xorkera and medium- T is
Uood-to choice packers Tot
Opod plga and light rorkera 90
rlga, common to good 1 Hi
Common to fair 00
nought s 7i
"MS 00
Sheep.
SHrs, mediant wethers t 4 SO
Oood to choice 4?.0
fdlum 7i
Common to fair 800
Lambs.
famba clipped S5
Lamba, good to chote. clipped . bl-i
i.amba, common to fair, olltiped- 4 7
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Calves.
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THE METRIC SYSTEM.
Appeals Have Been Mads for Its More
General Adoption,
From various sources appeals for the
adoption of the metric system' la the
United States have been made within
the last few months. Whether these
recommendations receive official sanc
tion or not, it la certain the question
will be agitated considerably during
the next year. For measuring dis
tances of automobiles It Is possible
that kilometers will be substituted for
miles very soon. W. K. Vanderbllt,
Jr., Is going to urge the change. Mr.
Vanderbllt has announced his conver
sion to the French system of meas
urements. He told an interviewer la
Paris that he would appeal to all the
big American automobile clubs. "Be
sides being much easier to measure.'
be said, "the kilometer would serve to
familiarise the American publio with
the metrlo system, which ought to be
adopted everywhere." The French
metrlo system Is Incomparably simpler
than any other. It a baaed oa a meas
urement of the earth's dimensions, a
meter being one ten-millionth of the
distance measured on a meridian from
the equator to a pole. The meter Is
equal to 38.37 Inches, or about S feet
S 8-8 Inches, and all other divisions in
the scale are calculated decimally. Our
own money table, where everything
goes by tens, serves to show how aim-
.hv v.vuwu .7n.u1 tu iuemuH
up each metric table Greek derivatives
are used for multiples of the unit, and
Latin derivatives for decimal fractions
of the unit Thus 10 meters make one
dekameter, while one-tenth of a meter
Is a decimeter. One hundred meters
make a hektometer and one-hundredth
of a meter Is a centimeter. So It goes
all the way through. There are deka
liters and deciliters, snd dekagrams
and dekaliters, etc. A kilometer M
.62137 of a mile. An are, or unit oft
bind measurement, is equal to 119. J
square yards.
Power From Draining Canal,
City Electrician Glllcott has a plar
for developing the electric power o
me Chicago Drainage Canal water powe
whereby the city can get the use of II
and yet not be compelled to pay th
cost of Installation. It has bee
talked of considerably before and 1
based on the Installation of the plan)
Dy a private company, to which th
city will obligate Itself to pay enougbl
rental to Insure the payment of dlvi-l
dends on the Investment. Mr. E11I-I
cott figures that what the city now!
pays for electrio light and water-
pumping power would more than!
amount to the sum required to makJ
these payments, his estimate of thai
cost of Installing the plant being 12.
500,000. City Engineer Erlcsou op
poses the plan, aud says that It might
be well enough to depend on the elec-l
trlclty derived from the water power tui
run the electric-lighting plant of thai
city, but the system would be too liable
w ureavauuwun iu irum me water
works power to It. In case of a bad
accident, he says, all the pumps would
have to stop and the city would be left
without water and at the mercy of any
Or which might break out.