v.. NICARAGUANS INVOLVED. lerllla Advancing en San Antonio del Notra to Eatabllth Hla Claim to the Presidency. The forces under the command of fleneral Nlcaslb Vasqncz sent by Presi dent Zelaya, of Nicaragua, to help trei,lilent Sierra, of Honduraa. to rope rlth the rrvolntion begun by Senor IVuillla, who was elected president of Honduraa, but whoae election was afterward disputed by Piesldent Sier ra, have occupied Choluteca City. 8 miles south of Tegucllpa. while (Ien feral Anastasce Ortiz, with elementa Riven by Senor Regalado. the retiring president of Salvador, has Invaded SKondura by way of Srsuntopre, to assist Srnor Itonllla In hla revolution. Bonllla, after' landing arms at Elacel tuno, a small port In the Rtilf of Fon aeca. between Amapala Island and I.a tinlon (Salvador) has occupied the town of Ostotopcc, 50 miles north of Baan Salvador, and began his advance toward San Antonio Del Norte to at tack the Homluran departments of Comayagua and I.al'nz, leaving hla ear guaid protected by the forces .which retiring President Ragalado has placed on the frontier of Salvador and Ifonduras. The Nlcaraguan foreign minister who was sent to Salvador to Induce President Regalado to aid the revolutionary movement against Pres ident Estrada Cabrera of Guatemala, lias been unsuccessful In his mission, end has returned to Nicaragua with Ihe Guatemalan would-be revolution ists under General Leon Castillo and also with 2.000 nfles that President Belaya had sent for the use of Salva dor against Guatemala. The president of the Hondurnu coneress. Dr. Alvara Ho Manzano. President Sierra's min ister cf state Mvarado Guerrero, and tvwmerous members of the Honduras teongress have arrived nt Amalpa to fceelt refuse from Sierra's alleged per secutions. SENTENCED UNDER NEW LAW. feet Following McKinley's Assassina tion Tested In New York. The first Indlcttment of Its kind that lias been found In this county was Sled with Judge FoRter In New York by the grand jury. It charges attempt ed murder, a conviction of which Is punishable by Imprisonment for 25 ;years, under a law passed after the auwasslnatlon of President McKinley. Daniel Harkina was employed as a gardener on tho estate of Mrs. Collla P. Huntington, at Throggs Neck. He Sas discharged on the first day of last ptember and two days later he re turned to the place and, It la alleged, hoe Lixzle Connell four times, a ser aant employed by Mrs. Huntington. fThe woman was permanently paral pied. The trial was adjourned for a veek, as counael for defendant said tie would attack the statute. Wlreleae Company. 1 The International Wireless Tele graph Company with a capital of $7, 600,000 and 11.000 paid In. filed articles Df Incorporation at Camden, N. J. The objects of the corporation are to pur chase or acquire the letters patent for the United States granted to any per son or persons covering the discovery of wireless telegraphy and telephony, fcnd the Invention, Improvement, manu tacture and use of apparatus. 1 AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL. The name of Wayne MaeVeagh Is under consideration by the President as the representative of the United States at the arbitration at The Hague tribunal, of the question of preferential treatment. Solicitor General John K. Richards, (whose nomination as judge of the United States Circuit Court for the Blxth District was confirmed, will not assume his new duties before the mid dle of March. The sub-committee of the House Committee on Appropriations agreed to give Secretary Cortelyou $200,000 for the expenses of the Department of Commerce outside of what has already been provided. Attorney General Knox has been no tified by the new Panama Canal Com pany that his cablegram, accepting an iffer to sell Its property for $40,000,000 'rill be answered by William Nelson Jromwell, counsel for the company, i President Roosevelt has signed the greement drawn under the terms of the Piatt amendment providing for the acquisition by the United Suites of a naval station at Guantanamo and a coaling station at liuhia Honda, both In Cuba. United States MlnlBter Lclshman at Constantinople hag reported to the State Department, under date of Feb ruary 4. that Philip Brown, the Second Secretary of the United States Lega tion there, la seriously 111 from an attack of pneumonia. Tho President sent a message to the Senate calling attantion to a cable gram loceived from Governor Taft of the Philippines declaring that all par ties, without exception, are urgently petitioning for the passage of the Philippine tariff bill. President Castro has suggested to Mr. Bowen that it would be advisable to refrain, from signing the French, Spanish, and Belgian protocols until these governments signify whether their representatives In Caracas or in Washington are to carry on the nego tlatioiia. It la seml-ofnclally announced that Melville W. Miller of Larayette, Ind., will be appointed Assistant Attorney General of the Interior Department to succeed Willla Van Devanter, who has been named as Circuit Judge of the Eighth United State circuit. Secretary Shaw transmitted to the Senate a letter from Attorney General Knox recommending an appropriation of $946,083 to satisfy the decree of the Supreme Court In the prise money case of Admiral Dewey and others on account of the sinking of Spanish ves sels la the battle of Manila bay. CONGRESSIONAL NOTES. LVII. CONGRESS. A Poatofflee Appropriation. After Mr. Dubois. Democrat. Idaho, had read Washington's farewell ad dress In the Senate Monday, Mr. Proc tor. Vermont, reported the agricultural appropriation bill with the Quay State hood rider, and Mr. Kearns. Utah, pre sented the credentials of Reed 8moot, the Mormon apostle elected to suc ceed Mr. Rawlins as Senator from Utah after March 4. Bmoot was sit ting in the chamber. Mr. Burrows. Michigan, said that a protest against seating Smoot had been filed with the Committee on Privileges and Elec tions. The House resolution appropri ating $500,000 each for statues of Haron Steuben and Count Pulaski, to be erected In Washington, was agreed to. The postoftlee appropriation bill, which also carries the 8tatehood bill as an amendment, was called up, but no action was reached upon It. Deficiency Bill. The Tioliaa Mnnitnv flntnheil Its work on the supply bills by passing the gen eral deficiency appropriation bill. Referred to Committee. In the Senate Tuesday, the resolu tion offered by Mr. Quay, Pennsylva nia, for a vote on the Statehood bill prior to March 2, was referred to the Committee on Rules. Mr. Tillman, South Carolina, resumed his speech on the color question. The ballot of the negro, he maintained, was a menace to good government, and the people of the North are coming to realize that the enfranchisement of him bordered on a crime. He had not concluded when the Senate adjourned. Currency BUI. The House Tuesday passed the Sen ate bll) for a currency system In the Philippines. Mr. Olmstead, Pennsylva nia, reported from Flections Commit tee No. 2 a resolution awarding the contested seat of J. J. Butler from the Twelfth Missouri district, to Wagoner. The House the) went Into committee of the whole on the Fowler currency bill. Subsidiary Coinage. Mr. Quay made another attempt In the Senate Wednesday to have a vote on the Statehood bill, but was met with an objection from Mr. Kean, New Jersey. The Statehood amendments were withdrawn from the agricultural and postofflce appropriation bills, both of which were passed, the latter with an amendment to pay the tolls of rutal free delivery carriers on toll roads. The sundry civil appropriation bill was taken up and the Item of $200,000 for ex-Queen Lllluokalanl, of Hawaii, caused discussion. The mat ter was laid over and the Senate adopt ed amendmenta appropriating $100,000 for an international commission to fix relative values of gold and silver and authorizing the Secretary of the Treas ury to coin subsidiary silver without regard to the amount outstanding. Three hundred and twenty pension bills were passed. Increased Pensions, The House Wednesday passed the bill to erect a union railway station In Washington after concurring In the Senate amendment to give the Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio railroads $3,000,000, Instead of the $2, Oimi. ooo proposed by the House bill. Tho bill to increase the pensions for loss of limbs In the military service and the army appropriation bill was passed. For tl.e remainder of the day the Fowler currency bill was dis cussed. Sundry Civil Bill. The advisability and legality of the appointment by the President of Sen ators and members on commissions formed the subject of considerable dis cussion In tho Senate Thutsday. The sundry civil bill was under consider ation. During the session Mr. Quay tried to set a dale for a vote on state hood, but failed. The Senate went into executive session at 1:40 p. m. and devoted the remainder of the day to the Panama canal treaty. Wagoner Seated. Tho House Thursday voted to seat Oeoigo C. R. Wagoner of the Twelfth Missouri district. Immigration Bill. The r.aval and military academy ap propriation bills weie passed by the Semite Trlday. The naval appropria tion bill, as U papned tho Senate, car ries $81,057,412. It was amended so as to Include the erec tion of a monument at ArliPe'ton in memory of Captain Giidky tf the Olymptu. Mr. Black burn moved to iaie up the Llttlefleld anti-trust bill Mr. Blackburn's motion was defeated, '." to 38. The Senate from 1:43 to 5:15 p. m. was in execu tive session. The Immigration bill was com-ldered nnd a number of amendments made to meet various Senators' vlewB, but the bill failed of a vote, on objection from New Eng land Senators, who fear it will ex clude French-Canadian labor. Stormy Session. A decidedly turbulent spirit prevail ed In the House Friday. Alter fighting the filibuEter from 11 a. m. to 7 p. m.. the leaders got the agricultural sundry civil, military ucademy and postofflce appropriation bills Into conference and adopted the conference repoit on the Indian apropriallon bill. This wrs ac complished by the adoption of special rules cutting off nniendments or de lmto nnd contlnulns the legislative day cf Thursday to 'he end of the session on March 4. $6,000,000 In Contracts. The Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany, at Philadelphia, awaided con tracts for Improvements to relieve the present freight congestion and to pre vent the same In the future. The im provements will necessitate an expen diture of more than $6,000,000. Q. A. R. Encampment. Gen. Thomas J. Stewart, commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Re public, baa arrived at Ban Francisco, Cal. OEPUIY SHERIFF KILLED if IB. STRIKERS RESIST POSSE Federal and County Authorities Have ' Pitched Battle With Miners In Atklnevllle. One of the bloodiest encounters ever recorded from the West Virginia mountains occurred at Atkinsvllle, a small mining village In Raleigh county. It was a battle between Federal and State authorities on one side and striking miners employed at the Ral eigh & Wilglit coal works on the other. The exact number of strikers killed Is not known, but it Is estimat ed as low as seven and as high as 12. Walter Freeman, a negro deputy mar shall, was also killed in the conflict. The number of miners Injured may exceed 35, of whom 15 were sent on a special train to the miners' hospital at McKendree as soon as they could be carried to the railroad station. Seven dead bodies, chiefly foreigners, and but few of whose names are known, have been found, but It Is believed that there ate others. The known dead are, Dick Taylor. John Dobson. The mortally wounded are, John Hels- er. Irwin Lawson. The Federal au thorities were led by Deputy Marshall Dan Cunningham, of Charleston, and the State officers by Sheriff John Cook, of Raleigh county, both of whom are as brave men as ever served In any official capacity In the State. For a long time a strike has been on In the Plney district. In Raleigh county, and during the late severe weather the miners were almost starving end they were destitute of clothing. This caused them to resort to destruction of property with a hope of foiclng the operators to terms. Coal tipples were burned and destroyed, and a bridge across Plney river, not far from the mines, was burned. This caused Judge Keller, of the Federal court, to Issue a blanket Injunction restraining the strikers from tiespasslng on the prop erty of the coal companies. Deputy Marshall Cunningham, with tnree as sistants, attempted to serve the writs of Injunction. He was confronted by 200 miners, most all of wnom were armed with Winchesters. During a ilemonntratlon the strikers seized one of the deputies. Taking htm t6 one of the cabins, they kept him until af ter dark and he was then told to go at once under penalty of death. Dep uty Cunningham secured the aid or 8herlff Cook, who decided to proceed to the mines with a posse. Federal and State authorities marched down the mountain side to the narrow val ley. Near fie nit mouth the strikers, noticing Ae approach of the officers. Immediately opened fire. The strikers did not remain assembled, but sought shelter behind treea and rock cliffs and kept up a continual fire. The battle lasted more than an hour, there being but few Intervals when shooting was not going on. After an hour's fighting the miners made the fact known that they would surrender and the officials drew nearer the scattered band of strikers, which numbered about 80. They were all disarmed and were marched under guard of about 40 or the posse, while the other officers be gan the seaich for the wounded, dead and dying. 8TRIKERS GROW RIOTOU8. Attack Employes and Attempt to Wreck Power House. An attempt was made by a mob of 150 men to wreck the power house c4 the Indiana Railway company, at outh Bond, Ind., and no injury to the employes. Seven men were at the power house when the attack was made. Une, named Deltqch, was thrown bodily through a window and seriously injured. J. A. Ovltt and M. I,. I.estcr were badly bruised by brick bats, stones and clubs. The attack was planned for a time when it was thought the police could not reach the scene In force, but a detail reach ed the place in time to effect several arrests. Among those arrested are two ex-employes of the company, who went on strike. Considerable damage was done to property. 103RD BIRTHDAY. Connecticut's Oldest Woman Cele brates Her Anniversary. Mrs. Deborah Silltman, said to be the oldest woman In Connecticut, cele brated her 103rd birthday at the home of relatives. Six grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and about all the people In the neighborhood called on the old lady. She has 30 descendants living. Her weight now Is 50 pounds, although in earlier years she was very rodust. She has a brother aged 98 living, while another brother died a few years ago aged 90. MARDI GRAS FETE. Demonstrations for 8chley, Wheeler and Miss Roosevelt. Rex made his triumphal entry Into New Orleans February 22, and the crews of Protus presented their gor geous pageant in the presence of per haps the largest multitude of people ever gathered in the streets of that city during the Mardl Gras. Weather conditions were flawless and the num ber of strangers exceeded that of any previous year. Aside from the bom age paid the king, the feature of the afternoon parade was the popular de monstration In honor of Admiral Schley, General Wheeler and MIbs Alice Roosevelt. At the conclusion of the parade Admiral Schley, accom panied by Mayor De Capdevllle and General Wheeler, and escorted by the continental guard in the picturesque costumes of the Revolution to the ar mory of the command, Weldenfeld Suspended. The governing committee of the stock exchange at New York decided to suspend for one year Camllle Weld enfeld, the broker who was mixed up In the Peter Power litigation against the merger of the Great Northern and Northern Paclfio railroads In the Northern Securities cpmoanr. LATEST NEWS NOTES. ' Dr. Richard J. Catling, the Inventor of the Catling gun, died In New York. Lord Roberts' administration of the British army In peace attacked In par liament. Rev. J. F. Regis Canevln was con secrated co adjutor to Bishop Phelan, of Pittsburg. Albert Knapp, at Hamilton-. O., add ed four more murders to list of his confessed crimes. Sultan of Turkey agreed to de mands of European powers for re forms In Macedonia. Qould-Wahash plans contemplate new and direct line of railroad from Pittsburg to Baltimore. Conrad N. Jordan, assistant treas urer of the United States at New York, died from grip, aged 73. Frederick A. Bopp. a banker of Hawkeye, la., was killed In a railway collision at Athol, S. D. Beef magnates plan holding com pany for smaller packing concerns to circumvent antl-ttust law. Secretary Cortelyou asked congtess for $7,000,000 for department of com merce and labor building. Justice Shiias of the United States supreme court completed his duties and retired to private life. Champion lottery case decision open ed wide range In which congress may regulate Interstate commerce. Henry Smith, alias Henry WllllamB, colored, was sentenced to death In the criminal court at Louisville, Ky. The Baltimore & Ohio railroad has planned to expend $20,000,000 Improv ing Its facilities In Pittsburg district. Omnibus statehood bill lacks five votes of enough to pass It thtough the Senate as a rider on an appropriation bill. Salt Lake City clergymen filed af fidavit in United States senate that Senator-elect Smoot of Utah has plural wife. The Czar has ordered the Immediate construction of the Idensalml-Kayana railroad to give employment to the Finns suffering from famine. George Burtok and John Rudelsek were killed and John Burowltch waB fatally Injured by a train striking their carriage nt Bracevllle, 111. The New York police arrested Louis Messier and John Cullen on the charge of robbing hotels and recov ered $3,400 worth of stolen Jewelry. Col. Paul P. Hawkins, of Spring field, Mass., was elected commander in chief of the Legion of Spanish War Veterans at the National encampment at Lawrence, Mass. Fire partly destroyed the car barn at the winter quarters of the Barnum & Bailey circus at Bridgeport, Conn., and burned a number of cats. Loss, $100,000. The National Tube Company, a sub sidiary concern of the United States Steel Corporation, will spend $9,000, 000 In additions and Improvements to Its 14 plants. The Berwlnd-Whlte Coal company, which operates extensive bituminous mines at Wlndber, near Johnstown, Pa., will Increase the wages of every employe April 1. The Stuttgart (Germany) publishers have refused to exhibit at the St. Louis exposition because their works can be reprinted In the United States without compensation. On behalf of the State of Indiana Gov. Durbln presented Rear Admiral Henry C. Taylor, who commanded the battleship Indiana during the Spanish war, with a sword of honor. The Daughters of the American Revolution adopted an amendment to the constitution to permit Mrs. Charles W. Fairbanks, president general, to be eligible for another term of office. The Rock Island railroad has secur ed control of the St. Louts and San Francisco system, the deal Is the fore runner of a new and far-reaching community of Interest among Western Hues. The full lioneii of the supreme court at Boston, Mass., has decided In favor of Pietro Mascagnl's contention that his troubles with Mlttenthal and oth ers bhould be decided by the Italian courts. Henry J. Miller, a capitalist and stockholder In the Jenney Electric Light and Power Company, was In dicted at Fort Wayne, Ind., for giv ing a bribe to Councilman George llench. F. L. Ballard, of Allegheny, Pa., and R. L. Clapp, of Boston, member of the senior class in the Yale divinity school, at New Haven, Conn., were awarded the Fogg prizes for highest proficien cy in scholaiBhip. The Rev. I. O. Ketler, president of Grove City college, at Greenville, Pa., has received $24,000 Indemnity from the Chinese government for the mur der of the Rev. Frank Slmcox and fam ily at Paotlngfu, on June 30, 1900, Tewflk Pasha, minister of foreign affairs for Turkey, notified the Austro Hungarian and Russian ambassa dors that the sultan bad agreed to adopt the scheme for reforms in Macedonia, Charles A. Thompson, of Irwin, Pa., filed a complaint with the Interstate commerce commission that the Penn sylvania railroad has discriminated against him in the supply of cars for coal shipments. Homer McGraw, a director of the wrecked City Savings bank, of Detroit, Mich., filed a petition in bankruptcy In the United States court. His lia bilities total $806,000, and his assets, besides real estato, are $0,928. A $250,000 fire occurred In the eight story building at Broadway and Thir teenth streot. New York City. Six firemen were badly Injured. Captain John Andrelse dying of his Injuries. District Attorney Jerome, of New York, has decided to investigates the death of Theodore Hagman, in Septem ber, 1900, shortly after he had trans ferred the bulk of his fortune to his wife, now Mrs. Walter E. Delabarre. The presentation by the people of Alabama of a silver service to the battleship Alabama was made at Mo bile, the gift being received by Capt. C. H. Davis, commander of the vessel. SPLINTERED CARS CATCH Oil IRE BAD RAILROAD WRECK. Big Four Trains Collide Near Cleve landWith Fatal ResultsMall Clerks Cremated. Big Four passenger train No. 25, which leaves Cleveland at 9:30 p. m going west, collided with freight train No. 47, eastbound, near Berea, 14 miles west of Cleveland. O., while both were running at full speed, and the engines were reduced to a mass of tanaled scrap Iron. The car wore piled one on top of another, until the mass of debris was fully 30 feet high. The dead: W. H. Blackwell, head mall clerk, of Cleveland: burned to death In his car; L. M Walworth, mall clerk. of Cleveland; burned and bruised; died from Injuries; F. W. Krelsmann, of Cleveland, mall clerk, burned to death; T. W. fmlley. mall cleik, of Cleveland, burned to death. Seriously Injured: John Ferguson, engineer of freight train, taken to Charity hospi tal from relief train; William Fish, en gineer of passenger train, taken to Charity hospital In serious condition; Joe Coulter, express messenger, pinned between boxes and express packages, Bnow thrown on burning wreck by pas sengers saved his life; brought to Cleveland; Two firemen, names un known, taken to Charity hospital. To add to the terror of the injured pas sengers, the wreckage caught lire and soon many of the cars were reduced to smoldering ruins. The dead are all mall clerks, and It Is thought they were Imprisoned In one of the burn Ipg care and burned to death. The freight train had been standing on a side track waiting the arrival of the passenger train which was due to pass. After waiting for some time the freight moved out on the track and started towatd Cleveland. The Inter locking switch and signal system Is used on this line, and It Is said that the switch on the side track was turn ed and tho lights were shown to Indi cate that the west-bound track was clear. Then It was that the freight train started on the west-bound track, the crew believing they had the right of way. The freight engine had no headlight, and the passenger crash ed Into It with terrific force. The passenger train consisted of two mall cars, one accommodation baggage car, one day coach, and three sleepers. The mall car telescoped the engine and caught fire from the lamps Inside the car. They burned like tinder and soon the flames were communicated to the rest of the wreckage, which was piled up In a confused mass. HONOR JOHN WESLEY. President Talke to Methodists at a Great Meeting, President Roosevelt was the prin cipal speaker at a meeting In Car negie hall, New York, In celebration of the two hundredth birthday of John Wesley, Mr. Roosevelt said In part: "Since the days of the Revolution not only has tho Methodist church In creased greatly In the old communities of the 13 original States, but It has played a peculiar and prominent part in the pioneer growth of our country and has assumed a position of im mense importance throughout the vast region west of the Alleghanles which has been added to our Nation since the days when the Continental Con gress first met. For a century after the Declaration of Independence the greatest work of our people, with the exception only of the work of Belf proBfivntlon under Lincoln, was the work of tho pluncccs as they took pos session of this continent. Such men make tho most efficient ecrvants of the Lord If their abounding vitality and energy are directed aright; and if misdirected their Influence Is equally potent against the cause of Christian ity and trim civilization. In the hard nnd cruel llfo of the border, with Its grim strugglo against the forbidding forces of wild nature and wilder men, there was much to pull the frontiers man down. But together with the rest of tho pioneers went the pioneer preachers; and all honor be given to the Methodists for the great propor tion of these pioneer preachers whom they furnished. And now, In celebrat ing the wonderful growth of Method ism, I need hardly ask a body like this to remember that tho greatness of the fathers becomes to the children a shameful thing If they use It only as an excuse for Inaction Instead of as a spur to effort for noble alms. These men drove forward, nnd fought their way upward to success because their sense of duty was In their hearts, In the very marrow of their bones. If we i-re to succeed us a Nation we must have the same spirit In us." THIRTY MILES OVER SNOW. Passengers From Blockaded Train Have Terrible Experience. Or.e of tho two blockaded express trains reuched St. Johns, New Found land. Tho other snow bound train was expected to be released a few hours later. Twenty of the latter's paBBtn gers left the train and traveled across 30 miles of unbroken snow fields, car rying food In knapsacks on their shoul ders and guiding themselves by the telegraph poles. They reached an open section of the line on St. John's side of the country and expected to reach that city In a few days. Defeated In Battle. According to cablegrams received here from Salvador, President Sierra of Honduras has Biiffored a serious defeat.- From previous reports on the situation In Honduras It la believed, the battle took place In the neighbor hood of Macaome. Protecting the Trusts. The Supreme court at Trenton, N. j denied the application of of O'Hara. a stockholder of the National Biscuit company, to examine the hooka of the corporation, which was organized In New Jersey. The court hold that a mandamus can only be obtained at the discretion of the court where the rela tor shows that the rights he seeks to enforce are germane to his status as a stockholder. REVIEW OF TRADE. Businese Is Helped by Milder Weather Demand for Many Linee Show Marked Increase, R. O. Dun ft Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: Milder weather; not only accelerated the demand for many MneM of merchandise, but relieved the pressure for fuel, which threatened to become a serious matter, and Inci dentally facilitated efforts to reduce the freight congestion. With no other ret aiding feature than the holiday business fully maintains Its gratifying position. Inci eased Interest has been displayed by purchasers of all pro ducts of Iron and steel, giving a de cidedly firmer tone to the market, and In many Instances quotations have advanced, one of the definite changes being a rise of $2 a ton In wire prod ucts, which was not a surprise, and a new ore schedule averaging over 25 cent9 a ton higher. This makes every stop of the process more expressive to the Independent producer, ore, pig Iron, coke, wages and freights having reached a higher position. To the leading products, however, the situa tion Is less disturbing, as most of these factors are under one control and It will be possible to hold prices of fin ished conservative position. A very heavy tonnage of pipe has been mov ed or. old orders and considerable new business Ib reported. Few addi tional advances have occurred In quo tations of cotton goods, the develop ments of tho week being chiefly In the direction of establishing the market on higher basis than was suggested by earlier spasmodic advances. Business In woolens has fallen off unexpectedly, some early buyers reducing the size (f their Initial orders, while In a few exceptional cases there have bean com plete cancellations. Tills change of front Is attributed to the fact that manufacturers have not held to open ing prices. New England shoe shops have secured moderate advances In several giades of footwear, chiefly of fall styles In demand by Western buyers. Quotations of leather are lully maintained. Fnlliires this week numbered 211 In the United States, against 215 Inst year, and 23 In Cana da, compared with 35 a year ago. Bradstreet's says: Wheat Including flour, exports for the week ending February 26 aggregate 2.056,879 bush els, against 2.71.1.792 bushels last week and 3.234,540 bushels In this week a year ago and 5,233,313 bushels In 1901' Wheat exports since July 1 aggregate 160.724.648 bushels, against 180,166.099 bushels last season and 134,295,952 bushels In 1900, Corn exports aggre gate 2.568.930 bushels, against 3.739. 457 bushels last week. 312,664 bushels a year ago and 4,185.400 bushels In 1901. For the fiscal year exports are 30.739.582 bushels, against 23.118.990 buBhels last season and 131,780.324 bushels In 1901. Decided Against Maccabeee. Attorney-General Carson of Penn sylvania has advised Insurance Com missioner Durham that he Is at liberty to refuse the Knights of Modern Mac cabees, of Michigan, the right of reg istration solely upon the ground of the close similarity In name and title to that of the society already regis tered in Pennsylvania. The Michigan organization recently applied for per mission to register and do business la this State. CABLE FLASHES. Six ofliclnls of the trafTlc and en gineering department oY the London ft Northwestern railway sailed from London, England, to make a study of American railway methods. The rumor which was current last rail that King Leopold will visit the United States, Is revived In Brussels, Belgium, which says that the king will go to America for the Easter holldas. The eighth anniversary of the upris ing at Halro, which was the beginning of the Cuban revolution against Span ish rule, which finally resulted In Cuba's freedom, was celebrated in Ha vana. King Edward will send the late Queen Victoria's priceless collection of jubilee presents for exhibition at the Louisiana Purchase exposition. The king personally announced this decision to President Francis, of the St. Louis exposition. Advices from the Philippines say General San Miguel has made good his retreat to the Morong mountains, as the scorning parties have Tailed to find him. The Ladrones abandoned Hososo when reinforcements reached the government troops. Five hundred Imperial troops were caught on" February 16 in an ambush In the Yang-Ulng pass by the rebels of Kwangsl, South China. All the sol diers were killed and the rebels cap tured large sinplles of arms which the troops were taking to the besieged garrison at Chlpuen. A tremendous gale has swept over the United Kingdom of Great Britain. At Ulverston, Lancashire, a passenger train was blown over, a number of passengers were injured and 10 cars were wrecked. At Cork a building col lapsed, burying 15 persons In the ruins. One was killed end one waa fatally In jured. A steamer which arrived at Mar seilles, France, with China's mall also brought advices from Canton to the effect that the Cantonese have been agitated over the arrival there of two American warships, which gave rise to the report that the United States desired to Bee lire the small Islund of Uo-Nan, occupying a strategic position In front of Canton. According to a dispatch from Sofia, published In England, desperate fight ing has occurred between a small band of revolutionaries and 800 Turks in a defllo close to the village of Bra zil, near Kastoiin, Albania. The Turks had 90 killed. The Insurgents lost heavily, but succeeded in gaining the mountains. News from the region surrounding the volcano Colluia In Mexico, contin ues to be alarming. The people, terri fied by the belching flames and pour Ing lava, are seeking refuge In distant towns and villages. TMB HAMKETH. PITTSBURG. 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Wfcaat Not I rod torn No. I mixed Oato No. I whlia Uuiior I. reamer r, extra . le I'eunelTauU Intl. .SUM Til 63 4 I? 491 71 M3 as II IT NEW YORK, riour-ratonto ,, , , Wheat Ni, g .3M IM 81 S4 - a Ma ... T 17 1TV Corn No. 1 7.'. '.TT..Z. Oata No, I Wlilto .... Butter Creamery , Ssiie-Stateand feuuTlTanla... LIVE STOCK. Central Stock Yards, Esst Liberty, Pa, Cattle. frlm heavy, woo to 1600 lbe.....S 6 )J 615 f rime, two to 1400 I be 4 96 1 10 Medium, Muu to Itull lt.. 4 at) 40 t at holler- 4 40 40 butcher, VO0 to 1000 lbs m 176 4 40 Common to fair 800 144 Uien, common to fat IU0 4tt Common togood fat bulls and cows SO 4 00 Milch cows, each. 25 J B600 Extra nilloa cowa, oaoh U0J MID Hogs. Prime heavy hon -I T T Prime medium weight 7 T55 Heat heavy yorkera and medium.. T T SO Hood to choice packers 7) TSS t'pod )lg and light yorkers T 16 TO) PIks, common togood S8.1 9 90 Common to lab- 100 l0 Houghs 6 76 6 60 blag 6 00 6 60 Sheep, tatva n.ll.,n a a in tot Uood to choice 4 63 1 00 neuwm 4 4 00 sw Common to (air StW IW Lamb. fembecllppM 6 86 lid famba, good to eholoe, cllppao . 676 IS) Lamb, common te fair, Upne4. 4 76 6 60 Spring Lambs Calves. YeLt fCO tOO Yaal, ged t ckaloa m 10 661 VoaL eemmen hoary IM I0S Vea4 eemmoa I feU - M IM NtrVrr CLCAWtNCS.' Motor omnibus awiloes are propoasj for eight towns la New Zealand. The official valuation ef the Phllndrt phla City Ball and grounds Is tia.OO 000. The enlrass, lance and helmet of the French cavalry are soon to be abol ished. German girls are being strongly ad vised in Berlii. to seek husbands in America. Ecuador Intends to have a world's fair as soon ta the Guayaquil Railway Is finished. Italy's King is paying unusunl at tention at present to American Ambas sador Meyer. The IUiRglnn censor Is more thnn or dinarily busy with the examination of books from America. Andrew Carnegie's ofTer of $30,000 for a library has been accepted by Colorado Springs, Col. The Ontario Jockey Club has decided to make its spring meeting twelve days, from May 23 to June 0. General William Booth, commander-in-chief of the Salvation Army, has In spected the army posts at Atlanta, Ga. The Minnesota House has passed a resolution asking Itear-Admlral Schley to be the guest of the State at St, Paul. The Ordnance Department has been notified that the fire in the Itock Island arsenal did damage estimated at SI, 705,000. Russia will send her Siberian exhib its to the World's Fair at St. Louis through the agency of the Cost Chinese Enllroad. A Home for Consumptive Actors la to be established at Maoitou, Col., In Mlrnniont Castle, which was buUt in 1897 as a home for consumptive priests but never occupied. . Peter Johnson, of Chicago, convicted If using the malla to defraud former Sheriff W. K. Burchlnell out of $17. WO, has been sentenced to the peniten tiary for fifteen months and fined 11000. Circulation of Books. If the statments of book publishers are true every author is a millionaire, or soon must be. Yet all are poor, with the exception of a few Kipllnga and Tarklngtons. Literates do not long for lucre. They thirst tor It, thought. At 10 per cent royalty pec copy I could point out three author whose Incomes are 115,000 a year, based on publishers' statements of cir culation; yet these celebrities have to live by apace-wrltlng for newspa pers. But fame comes Just tha same, whether 1,000,000 copies are published or COO. The point Is to let all tht people know that Toggeau Garczon ski's "The Immortal I mm era" has circulation of 1,000,000. It Is unnec essary to sell so many so long as everyone believes so many have been sold. Fame nowadays Is measured hv the extent of the word'B acquaintance witn what is said about you, uot what you do. Scientists assert that early man used to be able to wag his ears as an Indi cation of pleasure, or to brush away flies from under his back hair; but at the muscles were not brought Into con tinual use the became rudimentary.
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