TERRIFIC OCEAN STORM. For Hour Llghtnlna. Played Around Foremast Head of 8teamer West rnland Heavy Seat. Through one of the most brilliant meteorological Morms ever known on the western Atlantic, the International Mercantile Marine Company's steam ship Westernlnnd plowed for 24 hours on February 24 nnd part of the fol lowing day. After leaving Queens town on February 19 terrific gules, with, high head seas and winds were met with. The passengers were kept below decks by the seas that swept the vessels from stem to stern. When day broke on February 24. there were Indications of a storm. The sky was overcast. A stilt gale from the north west was blowing. Then the barom eter began to fall. "From daybreak the phenomena began," an officer of the ship says. "Instead of getting light er the darkness Increased, until by 9:30 o'clock the sky was black as pitch. Then a heavy hailstorm broke. Suddenly out of the lowering black clouds burst the most remarkable me teorological effects I have ever seen. One of the dense clouds was rent asun der, like the parting of curtains, and lightning blazed and flashed in all di rections, but apparently from one com mon center. The flashing fire was accompanied by a report as of the ex plosion of a big gun, and a meteorite like ball of fire fell into the ocean half a mile from the vessel, apparently being shattered by the impact. The lightning flashing In lurid forks played around the foremast head of the steamer, flashing up and down the forestays. which, being of steel wire rope, afforded an excellent conductor. It was a grand sight, but one well cal culated to alarm. In about 10 min utes the lightning ran down the for ward rigging and apparently into the sea. The storm and darkness con tinue!, and at 10:15 o'clock the light ning again struck the weathervane on the foremast head and repeated Its pranks, and a third time, at 10:45, after which daylight broke, and the electric storm, was passed without damage to the vessel." For the re mainder of the voyage the Bteamship had heavy head seas and gales until it reached the canes on Wednesday night. When the Westernland docked at Washington avenue, Philadelphia, there were 2G2 passengers on board, Just one more than was on the sailing lists from Liverpool. The boy was born two days out, and was christened Frant Rudolph Bauer. Franz proved to be a fairly good sailor, and was landed In good condition. ' FARM HANDS ORGANIZING. Illinois Farmers Alarmed and Are Joining Association. Frederick W. Job, secretary of the Chicago Employers' association, who has been organizing) the employers throughout Illinois, has discovered that the farm hands are organizing, and at some places general hands who work the year around will demand, it is stated, $35 a month and board. The usual wage for such services In Illi nois is $20 a month. The wage scale is said to include threshers, corn huskers, stock laborers and all men employed about the farms. Farmers la some sections are panic-stricken and are joining employers' associations. SPANISH GUNS JUNK." General Brook Had 8o Testified, but Will Be Taxed. Nearly 400 ancfent Spanish pieces of ordinance, some bearing dates show ing that they were cast nearly 200 years ago, wore declared in the United States circuit court of appeals at New York to be subject to duty of .45 per cent ad valorem as "manufactured ar ticles." The guns, which once formed the armament of Morro Castle and other Cuban fortresses, were bought from the Spanish government at the .close of the war for their value a old trass and bronze, the purchasers ex ' pectlng to Import them free of duty as scrap metal. When the case was tried In the circuit court on the con tention of the appraisers, that In splto of their age the guns were neverthe less "manufactured articles." General Brooks and other prominent officers testified that the ancient weapons could, from a military standpoint, only be regarded as "Junk." The court, however, found for the appraisers, and this decision Is now finally confirmed by the court of appeals. Montreal Fugitive Held. George Margolius, a former business man of Montreal, Canada, Is a prisoner at Chicago, 111., and the police are communicating with the Canadian au thorities regarding what disposition will be made of the case. He disap peared from Montreal about a month ago, leaving, it is said, unpaid debts aggregating $25,000. . Porto Rlcan Loan Bill Passed. The house of delegates at San Juan, Porto Rico, unanimously passed the $1,000,000 Insular loan bill. The bill will be considered by the council, but It Is not probable that it will be ap proved by that Tiody. All the Amer ican member of the house were op posed to the bill, while all the Porto Rlcan members were In favor of it. Given Up Lost. The six men and boy who were car Tied away on the ice In Green Bay, Michigan, are given up a lost. They are Ole Betaon, Ruby Petorson, John Williams. John Wachtor, Wachters on, George Boyd and Julius Boghardt. Flag for Postal Service. Th postoffloa department will short ly adopt a flat lor the postal service. Several design are under considera tion, including the figure of an aagl clutching7 an envelope and tho pres ent 1 designation of a poat-rldw on a iroular Seld ......., ., . ... . .,u BUY FOREIGN MATERIALS. Nearly 140,000 Ton of Raw and Half Finished Supplies are Imported. Nearly 140.000 tons of foreign. Iron and steel material pig Iron, scrap iron, old Iron, tails, crop ends, iron pint, bar Iron, structural Iron, steel billets, steel wire rods, scrap steel, old steol rails, also Iron ore. Iron py rites and manganese ore were im ported at New York Inst month, Pitts burg mills were purchasers. The Im ports of pig iron represented consid erably less than half the tonnage handled in January, when 76.470 tons wero Imported. The February total was 31,932 ton, 22.613 tons having been sent from Great Britain and 9, 237 tons came from continental Eu rope. The pig iron shipped from Great Britain was sent from Liverpool principally, 9.645 tons fcivlng been for warded. West Hartlepool sent 4.330 tons. Three thousand, seven hundred and fifty tons one shipment was for warded from Mlcldlcsboro, ns ngnlnst 31.1)48 tons in January. Hull sent 2,220 tons, while Glasgow shipped 2, C4S tons. Fivo thousand tons came from Barcelona. Twenty-nine hundred and eighty-four tons were sent by Rot terdam. Antwerp and Marseille wero also shippers of .pig iron to this country in February. The imports of scrap iron, old iron rails, iron plates, bar iron, structural iron, crop ends, steel billet, steel beams, steel blooms. steel wire rods, scrap steel, old steel 1 rails, etc., amounted In. all to 12.252 tons, as compared with 17.422 tons for January. The bulk of the shipments were made from Antwerp, Liverpool and Hamburg. Eighty-four thousand seven hundred end seventy-nine tons of Iron ore. iron pyrites and mangan ese ere were Imported last month about a similar tonnage as was ship ped to the United States in January, The February Iron ore Imports aggre gated 75,507 tons, being an Increase of nearly 60 per cent over those of the previous month. This material came chiefly from Cuba, as heretofore. Spain was a shipper to the extent of 12.967 tons. The Iron pyrites 7.932 tons camcpalso from the Iberian pen insula. The manganese ore was for warded by Rio Janeiro. Liverpool, Trieste nnd Eatcum. The Westing house interests were big buyers of the before-mentioned material. Oil Found In Mexico. . There is great Interest in the dis covery of oil nt the Aragon baths near Mexico City. Mexico. Oil indications fciave been found in the southwestern part of the valley of Mexico, beyond the suburb of Tacubaya. Illinois Miners' Wage Increasod. The Illinois coal operators and min ers have signed a scale for a 6-cent raise over last year's wages. A threat ened strike of 40,000 miners was averted. Schwab Interested In Peru. H. L. Selleck sailed from New York for Lima, Peru, as representative of an exploration syndicate headed by Charles M. Schwab. The syndicate ex pects to develop mines and rubber lands. CABLE FLASHES. Violent earth shocks were felt fot two days in the district of Volgtland, Saxony. The Inhabitants of Graslltz loft their houses and passed the night in the streets. The carpenter of the British ship Cambrian Prince, from Coqulmbo for Mlddlesborough, has been picked up In the North sea. He reports that the Cambrian Prince capsized and sank. Tho state of the health of Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild, who has been suffering from Intestinal trouble at Naples for some time, has grown worse. The patient Is nursed by his sister. United States Minister Powell has achieved another success in obtaining from the Dominican government the withdrawal of the degree lowering the port charges, which seriously affected the interests of the Clyde steamship line. Dr. Lapponl at Rome, Italy, visited the pope March I and found him no worse, with regard to symptoms of any special illness. The physician has for bidden anyone to see the pontiff, ex cept the latter's nephew, Count Ca millo Poccl. The question of the date of the de parture from Cuba of the 900 remain ing United States' artillerymen still guarding the coast batteries at all the principal ports is much discussed at Havana. The announcement that Emperor William of Germany will not visit King Christian at Copenhagen, on his birthday, April 8, because it falls on holy week, is officially confirmed; but it is added that the emperor will ar rive there April 2. A woman certified to have Men In cinerated at the Opera Comlque, Paris, France, catastrophe 15 years ago, now living at Lisbon, chanced to hear of her own death, and has brought ac tion against the witnesses who swore they saw her burned, to recover dam ages. Referring to the Bohrlng sea seal ar bitration the Official Messenger says Russia and the United States were fully in concord regarding the gen eral questions connected with the dis pute and that Russia reserved the freedom of action necessary for the further treatment of questions in ac cordance with her own rights and in terests. Tho reports of the impending re lease of Mrs. Florence Maybrlck, the American woman sentenced to life Im prisonment at London, England, for poisoning her busband, have only tho ground that, according to custom in the case of prisoners of good behavior she can be liberated In April, 1904. ' A collision bas taken place between Macedonian revolutionists under the famous leader, Boris Sarafoff, and a body of Turkish troops, near the vil lage of Vladlnirovo. It is reported that 10 of the insurgents wero killed or wounded whll th loss on the Turk Isltslde was much gxoator, " mwa corns closed NOTEWORTHY EVENTS. Two Great Figure Speaker Hender derson and Galuiha A. Grow Say a Last Goodby. - Tli e book is closed so far as the fifty-seventh Congress Is concerned. The completion of Its records took place at the customary hour, ' noon, March 4, when In Congressional fiction the last minute of the 3d day of March had come. All Incidents denoting the nppiooch of the last hour except one were also according to custom. The exception was the refusal of the mi nority to extend the courtesy of a vote of thanks to the retiring Speaker, David B. Henderson, who goes Into private life much against his will, hav ing been driven to it by a peculiar combination of circumstances, both personal and political. The refusnl hurt the feelings of the Speaker. The only comforting thought he could find in the fact was the other fact that the opposition had also denied the courte sy to Henry Clay and Thomas B. Reed. The customary tesolutlon of thank was offered by Representative Payne. Cochran, rrom Missouri, objected to the immediate consideration of the resolution and tried to force a roll call. Only 17 voted against the adoption of the tesolutlon when a rising vote was ordered. When the Speaker' gavel fell and General Henderson came down from the rostrum to shako hands with the members gathered in front of It, there was an effort on the part of some of the Democrats to prevent the rank and file of the Speaker' partisan opponents going up to shake hands with him. But this failed. While an Improvised quartet sang "God Be With You Till We Meet Again." the mem bers flled past the retiring Speaker to bid him goodby. While the retiring Speaker was saying goodby to those with whom he had been so long asso ciated, members were holding a recep tion around former Speaker GaltiBha A. Grow, who had finished a legislative career unlike anything else in the his tory of this country. He came to Con gress over 62 years ago and became the war time Speaker. The Senate finished its work in a manner even less dignified than that of the House. In that body Senator Mason made a real ly humorous speech about the snuffbox that rests on the table of the presid ing offlcer. a relic of the early days of the Republic, sacredly preserved and kept In working order. He said the rule and practices of the Senator are as antiquated as the snuffbox. Then he talked to death a bill of Senator Bailey, one of the greatest sticklers for the privilege of unlimited speech. Mason tried to yield to Patterson. Bailey objected and said he proposed to make the Illinois Senator occupy all the time. "No task could be pleas anter." said Mason, "for I love the sound of my own voice as well as the Senator from Texas loves the sound of his." Mason yielded to permit tho committee which had been out in the President's room to announce that the President had no further communica tion to make. The Senate then ad journed. NEW PHILIPPINE COIN. Philadelphia Mint' Turns Out First of Peso Piece. Col. Edwards, chief of the Insular division of tho war department, who made preparations In advance to carry out the provisions of the Philippine currency act, with a view to relieving the financial strain In the Islands, has Just procured from the Philadelphia mint the first of the new sliver money to be used in the Philippines, in the shape of a "peso." The new coin is simple and chaste in design. On Its face is an emblematic female figure, representing a Filipino working out the destinies of her home on an anvil. Behind her Is the smoking cone of a volcano, and around the picture are the words, "One Peso," "Fillpinas." On the reverse side of the coin is a slightly modified representation of the United States coat of arms, with the words "United States of America." Col. Edwards hopes to supply the is lands with the new currency by the beginning of the fiscal year. Blow at Prohibition In Kansas, The Kansas supreme court declared invalid the nuisance clause of the pro hibitory law which practically de stroys the injunction section in the statute and makes It more difficult than ever to enforce the law as an en tirety. The clause in question made places where liquor Is made or sold a common nuisance. AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL. Senators Gamble and Klttredge and Representatives Burk and Martin pre sented President Roosevelt a solid gold Invitation to attend the Black Hill Mining Congress, to be held at Dead wood and Lead, S. D., next Sep tember. Rear Admiral Glass wired from Amapala. Honduras, that all was quiet there and that reports from the in terior or the country indicate the suc cess of President Bonllla, who went to war to force Sierra, former president, to surrender the executive chair. Among the nominations that failed of confirmation at this session of Con gress were those of W. D. Crum, col ored, for collector of the port at Char leston, 8. C; Joseph M. Blors. post master at Tltusvllle, Pa., and John H. Martin, postmaster at Clearfield. The case brought by United States Attorney General Knox to prevent the merger of the Great Northern, North ern Pacific and Burlington railroads in the State of Minnesota will be ar gued in St. Louis before the United States court of appeals March 18. . Secretary Moody reached a decision as to the States after which the Ore battleships provided. for in th new naval law shall be named. The three 16,000 battleships are to be named Vermont, Kansas and Minnesota, and the two 11,000 vessels Mississippi and Idaho. CONGRESSIONAL NOTES. LVII. CONQRE89. Conference Report Accepted. In the Senate Tuesday Mr. Tillman, South Carolina, by threat to defeat the Naval appropriation bill, succeeded In forcing the Senate to Incorporate an old clnlm of his State for $47,245 In the bill. The conference report on the sundry civil appropriation bill was agreed to. The provision for the en largement of the capltol went out, but the provision for a building to be used as offices and committee rooms for the House of Rcptesentntlves was re tained. Ex-Soldle.-s and 8allors. Tho House Tuesday adopted the con ference reports on the sundry civil appropriation nnd public buildings bill. The bill to reduce the population of National bank "reserve cities" from 50,000 to 25,000 was passed. The bill to give ex soldiers and sailors of the Clvl! war preference in appointment and retention In the civil service was passed. 8ENATE SPECIAL 8ESSION. The Senate met Thursday In extra session. Beyond swearing In the new members, listening to the reading of the President's message, no business was transacted. Mr. Tillman, South Carolina, consumed the greater por tion of the session in a speech defend ing his action in holding up the gen eral deficiency bill until the claim of South Carolina for $47,000 had been embodied In that bill and passed. ARBOR DAY PROCLAMATION. Gov. Pennypscker Designates Days for Planting of Trees. Gov. Pennypacker, of Pennsylvania, Issued the following Arbor day procla mation: "The success which the for estry reservation commission of Penn sylvania has achieved In the acquisi tion of valuable forest lands and In reclaiming the ence-wooded eas of our State, has leen a source of much encouragement to the people who ore Interested In the restoration of our forests and In beautifying our parks and highways. The lack of forest lands is a menace to the water supply and greatly affects the climatic conditions of the country. Everyone Is under ob ligation to render aid In this Important work, which benefits not Only the State, but the entire country. Nature alone cannot repair the injury, but it Is necessary that we join with her In replacing the forests. In order that a movement so essential and valuable may continue, and In order that out citizens may have an opportunity to contribute to this laudable work by planting trees to protect our lands and beautiful our streets and highways, I do hereby designate and proclaim Friday, the third day of April, and Friday, the seventeenth day of April, 1903, to be observed as Arbor days throughout the Commonwealth." TWO TRAINS WRECKED. Train Hands and On Passenger In jured In a Florida Disaster. The northbound Seaboard Air Line train leaving Jacksonville, Fla., was wrecked at Evergreen, two miles south of the Georgia line, fatally Injuring Engineer Pierce and his colored fire man, and seriously injuring six other members of the crew, one of whom probably wl'l die. One Pullman pas sen per was hurt. The Golden State eastbound train on the Rock Island railroad was wrecked near Armour dale. Filteen persons were Injured. GLASS MACHINE COMPANIES. American Company Chartered With a Capital of $20,000,000. The American Window Glass Ma chine Company, with a capital of $20, 000,000, was Incorporated at Trenton, N. J., to manufacture glass and ma chinery of all kinds. The capital is divided Into $7,000,000 preferred, with "'per cent accumulative dividend, and $13,000,000 common. Also the Win dow Glass Machine Company, capital $40,000, was Incorporated with the samo objects as those of the American Window Glass Machine Company. ONE OUT OF SIX. Congress Received 19,000 Bills 3,430 Only Considered. Maj. Alexander McDowell, clerk of the House of Representatives, gave out a compilation of the work done by the House during the Fifty-seventh Congress. The number of bills and resolutions Introduced in the House durg the two resslons of the Con gress was 18,420, on whtch reports were made on 2.810 bills and resolu tions. The Senate sent to the House 1,639 bills and resolutions. The House disposed of 2,418 of the measures originating with It and 1.012 of the Senate bills and resolutions, making S.430 bills and resolutions acted on. It left on Its calendar 405 House and 118 Senate bills and resolutions. Fif teen members of the House died dur ing the Congress, seven resigned, and Rhea, of Kentucky, and Butler, of Missouri, were uuseated. Schley Eecapes Danger. Admiral Schley and party were guests of the citizens at Riverside, Cal ifornia. The party was taken for a ride about the city in auto cars. The admiral and party narrowly escaped a collision with a runaway team. It, was averted only by the skill of the chauffeurs, who backed the machines up tho bill out of danger just as the runaway team dashed by. Plead for Other Sufferers. Miss Helen Keller, who, although, deaf, dumb and blind, is a atudent at Radcllffe college, addressed, through an attendant, the Massachusetts Legis lative Committee on Education in be half of a bill for the relief of the adult blind. She said that th blind did not need the higher education, but did re quire help to take their .places la th todustrr rld. MOODY 10 mm RESIGNATION CR0WINSHIEL0 RETIRES. Commander In Charge of European Squadron Decides to Quit Country's Service. Two interesting and significant com munications have been received at the Navy Department from the European station. One was from Rear Admiral Arent Schuyler Crownlnshleld, com manding the European squadron, asking to be placed on the retired list of the navy under the provisions of the per sonnel law. The other was from Lieu tenant Henry II. Ware, naval secre tary to Admiral Crownlnshleld, resign ing his commission In the navy. Prompt action was taken by Secretary Moody In regard to the case of Rear Admiral Crownlnshleld. and it was de cided to relieve him from active duty at once. His application for retire ment undoubtedly will be granted. Rear Ailmlial Charles 8. Cotton, com mandant of the t;avy yard at Norfolk, Va., was assigned to the command of the European squadron and will start for Europe as soon as he can arrange his official and private affairs. The Navy Department contented Itself at first with the brief statement of the Admiral's application for retirement, without explanation of the reason therefor. It Is known, however, that the efflcer was dissatisfied with the re arrangement of the armored squadrons following the Caribbean maneuvers last winter, which deprived him of the further use of the Illinois as a flagship. Admiral Crownlnshleld retires under that section of the personnel act which permits him to do so at an advanced grade. In consideration of at leaBt 40 years of creditable service. He is now No. 20 on the list of Rear Admirals, and thus In the Junior grade, so that his retirement will place him In the first grade where his retire pay win be $3,623 per annum, or $1,500 more than he would receive wete he retired In his present grade. It Is expected that the Admiral will haul down his flag about March 30. He will not re turn to the United States on a naval vessel. Admiral Cotton was instructed to go to the squadron at the earliest moment and he renlicd that he could close up his business at the Norfolk navy yard and be ready to start In about three weeks. Admiral Crownln- Bhleld's retirement In the ordinary course, will promote Captolns Cook and Harrington to be Rear Admirals. NEW RIFLES FOR THE MILITIA. Guardsmen Will Be Equipped With th Krag-Jorgensen. Gen, Crozler, chief of ordnance, has arranged for arming the militia with the Krag-Jorgensen rifle. He ha col lected about 60,000 of these arms at the arsenals at Augusta, Ga.; Bentcla, Cal.: Rock Uland, 111., and San An tonio, Tex., and more will be shipped to those points from the armory at Springfield, Mass. Nearly 35,000 Krag Jorgensens have been sent to the ar senal at Rock Isand, which Is the cen tral distribution point for the Middle West. DECIDE TO 8TRIKE. Brlckmakers Take That Plan to En force Demands. Between 3,000 and 4.000 brlckmak ers at St. Louis are out on a strike to enforce demands for a recognition of their union, for a change of hours and an Increase of wages, and it is thought that as many more In allied trades will follow, unless some agree ment shall be reached between the brick manufacturers and the building material trades council. GOVERNOR 8IGNS FAMINE BILL. Measure Appropriating $5,000 for Swedish 8ufferers a Law. Gov. Yates at Springfield, 111., at tached his signature to the bill appro priating $5,000 for the sufferers In North Sweden and Finland, and It Is now a law. The commission provided for in the act to be appointed by the Governor to distribute the money will probably consist of Senator Lundberg and Representatives S. E. Erickson and Samuelson. SOLDIERS LIKE PHILIPPINES. 8even Hundred Men Ordered Home Apply for Transfers. The transport Thomas sailed for home, taking two batteries and four companies of artillery, the first long service troops returning. Sixty of the artillerymen expressed a desire to re main in the islands. Seven hundred men out of five cavalry and infantry regiments ordered home have applied for trasfers to commands remaining In the Philippines, but Gen. Davis is unable to comply, as the authorized strength of the regiments which re main is already exceeded. Shenandoah Rioters Convicted. Wladlstaw Rovinskl. Anthony Klin owlcs, Stantslaw Lukowskl, Joseph Wenschkanes and Anthony Radzle wlcz, five of eleven defendants who wers tried at Pottsvllle, Pa., for riot ing in Shenandoah on July 30 when Joseph Bedall was fatally beaten by a mob, were found guilty. English Coal Syndicate. A syndicate of English capitalists 1 seeking to acquire coal fields in the Danville section of Illinois. If the deal is closed a new railroad will be built from Danville to Chicago, a distance of 125 mllos. Options have been secured on 26,980 acres of rich coal land. Qn. Robert S. Foster Dead. Maj. Gen. Robert Sanford Foster died at Indianapolis, Ind. He was one of the distinguished generals of the Civil war, having rtsra from the ranks LATEST NEWS NOTES. The new crulrer Chattanooga was. launched at Elizabeths N. J. The Dekum block, Portland, Or.t was damaged $185,000 by fire. Count Bunl de Castellane arrived at New York for a month's visit. Wabash employes will not strike un til court has taken action on the In junction. Strike commission held a session on question of payment of miners by weight or measurement. Buffalo police no longer have Mrs. Payne under surveillance In connec tion with the Burdlck murder. Fire at Henderson, Ky., destroyed tho Roband Tobacco Company's plant; loss $75,000; Insurance $50,000. Administration Is much concerned auout bitter opposition manifested to ratification of the Cuban treaty. George H. Bowman died, making the eighth death from the cement mill explosion at New Village, N. J. Daniel J. Sully, who lost over a mil lion on the New York cotton exchange, Is said to have recouped his losses. The Western Retail Lumber Deal ers' association withdrew from affilia tion with the National association. Nineteen persons were drowned by a ferryboat capsizing at Spier Falls, about 10 miles from Glens Falls, N. Y. United States Steel Corporation an nounced plans for pushing bond con version and expenditure of $36,000,000. President Ramsey, of the Wabash rejected the ultimatum presented by employes who demand Increased wages. Hiram Curry, 26 years old, at Kent. O., of Meadvllle, Pa., was knocked down by a switch engine and crushed to death. William Randolph, a wealthy land owner at Moorfield. W. Va., was drown ed in the south branch of the Poto mac river. Carnegie Steel Company contracted to deliver 11,600 tons of armor plat to government at price approximating 14.700,000. Four persons injured by collapse of shed, from which they were watching steamer burn at Montreal, Canada are likely to die. A. L. Wade was sentenced to be electrocuted on June 27 at Columbus, O., for the murder of Kate Sullivan two years ago. Fire destroyed the Otis house, one of the largest hotels In Watertown. N. Y., and completely wrecked tne stores In the block. Attorney General Knox was the rhlef guest at a dinner given by United States District Attorney Bur nett In New York. Prof. Ernest Fox Nichols has re signed the Wilder professorship of physics In Dartmouth college to go to Columbia university. The police of Buffalo, N. Y.. are more than ever convinced that a wo man murdered Edwin C. Burdlck in the smoking room at his home. Chris Evans reported to United Mine Workers' headquarters that West Vir ginia miners were shot by Deputy Mar shal Cunningham while they were In bed. Mrs. W. K. Vanderbllt, Jr., and oth er New York women have been Invited to participate in a Lenten retreat at the Convent of the Sacred Heart, New York. President Roosevelt will be present at the international convention of the railway Y. M. C. A., which will be held In Topeka, Kan., April 30 to May 3. In the House of Commons Premier Balfour announced that the British government had accepted the Invita tion to participate in the St. Louis exposition. John T. McDonough, former secre tary of state of New York, started for Manila, to fill his new position as Judge of the supreme court of the Philippines. Police Captain Samuel Boyd, of St. Louis, was suspended after being In dicted on the charge of allowing In his district houses where girls were held as prisoners. Mrs. Edward King, at Cincinnati, a sister of Alfred Knapp, was to-day al lowed police protection. She told the police that a woman Interested in Knapp's defense had threatened her life. To the excessive fervor with which he conducted a recent revival meeting Is attributed the death of Rev. Arthur Wilson, of the First Christian church, Bloomlngton, 111. United States Marshal Morsey took possession of $246,000 In cash and the offices and furniture of John J. Ryan & Co., the turf Investment company of St. Louis, Mo. Abcut 100 canal boats and barges, loaded with coal, are tied up in the Erie basin, Brooklyn, with their own ers unable to sell their cargoes for the price demanded. Henry M. Frey, a member of the Young Men's Christian Association at Chicago, was found guilty of perjury and sentenced to an indefinite term in the penitentiary and to a fine of $1,000. The trustees of Barnard college. New York, announced that a gift of $1,000,000 had been made to the in stitution by a person known only by President Butler and Treasurer Plimp ton, A plan bas been adopted for pen sioning Cornell university professors who will be retired after attaining the age of 70. One hundred and fifty thou sand dollars has been given the uni versity for this purpose. Gov. Peabody ordered a battery of artillery, a troop of cavalry and five companies of Infantry, about 600 men, to Colorado City, to protect the works of the reduction company from strik ers. The people of the Aran isles are in eml-itarvation in consequence of th storms on the west coast of Ireland. Th want of th population are or dinarily supplied by th steamer three, times weakly, but communication baa been cut off since February Ji. THE MARKETS, ' PITTSBURG. Grain. Flour and Feed. Wheat-No. 1 red ... T4 T Rva 'n . Nit Ai Corn-No. I liow, Vr"V....'.'..'.'.r.L. M M Oats-Mo. f white 41 4114 to. I white 4D H flour Winter patent -. t 4 o Kanrjr straight winters . so !!) No. I tltnothf 17 M W 00 t-IOTBr iHO. 1 IM 'V IB tW Feed-No I while mid. ton oo SO Hl"WD IfllUUllUKt 1 W 1 w " limn, imik so m il 00 Straw Wheat 0 7i l'i as Oat 10 00 WW Dairy Products. OutMr-Elgln creamery V ' Ohio creamer? m ") rxui'rtaunlrjtroll t Cherse-Uluo, no HV4 he York, new H't 16 Pnulfrw. SItA. nn-rer ib t 14 I hlukena dioimed ... 17 11 (isi ri, inu umo, iresn Fruits and Vegetables. Oreen Beans jer bus.... ..$ W I SO loitoe t uner winie uer Ima SI 7o Cabbage per bbls ..... 100 III Uuloii.-per barrel Ii 1 60 BALTIMORE. Flour-Winter Patent ...... 1171 Wheat N. 1 red ...... 79 Jcik lorn mixed....'. M 6l' Kr-k) 10 17 buiter-oulo creamery u) W PHILADELPHIA. Flour-Wlntcr Patent .3M 411 W beat No. t red . 741 7 Com No. II mixed . 61 51H Date No. 2 Willie .... 44t U liutter Creamery, extra SO " fenutjlTauU brat ii IS NEW YORK. Flour-ratenta.... H Wheat Mu, iraii .. si S1H l orn-No. a , tH 6H Oats ho. a Winie 4-! 4H Butter Creamery . - W tfis-etaleaod fsnnsTlvaula..... 17 1H LIVE STOCK. Central Stock Yard, East Liberty, Pa. Cattle. rlnie heavy, irtOto U00 lbt......t rilme. woo u Huu fix 6 1 Medium, laoo tv MOD lbs 4 90 6 10 rat belter 4 ; 6 00 Huti-bvr, WIO to 1000 h 4 0 4 70 Loinmon to lair 8 JO 4 15 Oxen, common to fat . SOO 4 60 Common totioo l fat bulls and cows S VI 4 50 M lk-b cox s, eui h . . AVJ) So 00 fcxtia Inllih cows, each UJJ MOD Hog. frlmelieaTy hoirs IT4l 790 I'llnie medium welolits 7 M 7 40 beat heavy Toikers and medium.. 7 0 7 i (iood l choice iiackera 9tW 700 Uovd plus and light forkers 74 FlKa, comnitiu to good S70 ! I'oiuinon to lair 7 Houghs 70 6 7J bless too W 8hp. Kxtra, medium wethers $ 360 6 7) uood to choice 6 15 )M Hedlum . . 4 50 600 Common to fair IU 400 Lamb. fembs clipped 6 76 T 00 Lmb, good to choice, clipped-. 00 660 Lamlia, common to fair, clipped.. 6 6 76 tiring Lambs 660 7 00 Calvt. Veal, extra 7 CO 900 Vsal, good to choice 600 630 Veal, common heaef S30 6 00 veal, common to (air I0J Sou REVIEW OF TRADE. Business Situation Mor Favorabl. Freight and Fuel Movements Somewhat Improved. R. O. Dun & Co.'s "Weekly Review of Trade" says: Further Improvement In the movement of freight and fuel makes the general situation more fa vorable, although shippers are still complaining and pig Iron furnaces are not able to run steadily. Numerous labor struggles alco interrupt manu facturing, yet mills and shops are pro ducing freely as a rule. Jobbers and wholesalers are busy, while spring re- tall trade has opened very well in many lines, notably wearing apparel. Permits for building operations show large gains over last year's figures, giving additional strength to lumber and other materials. Prices of com modities scarcely altered during Feb ruary, Dun's index number being $101,1.67 on March 1. against $100,920 a month previous. Conditions In the, iron and steel Industry need no other elucidation than the plans announced by the United States Steel corpora tion. The past week has brought out a large quantity of new orders for pipes, tubes, agricultural Implements, structural shapes and railway equip ment. A heavy tonnage of steel rails was placed, particularly for trolley, lines. Quotations are firmly held In all departments of this industry, and in several Instances the week has brought a higher level. ' Tin plates were advanced $1 a ton. Billets, bars and pig Iron are still In great demand, and further, imports have been ar ranged. This business would be still heavier but for the strength of foreign markets. Spinners are growing very conservative in regard to accepting contracts calling for distant deliveries of cotton goods owing to the extreme uncertainty as to what the raw ma terial will cost. Print cloths are high er. Fine cotton fabrics for the spring of 1904 are opened although only a limited business has been done. Deal ings are small in woolens and worst eds, but mills are fully occupied. The spring clothing trade Is satisfactory, especially in staple lines. New lines of fancy worsted goods have not sold freely, and opening prices are main tained with difficulty. A firmer- tone) Is reported in the dress goods divis ion. Footwear has lost nothing In strength, but somewhat in activity, as buyers are placing orders cautiously. A large volume of contracts could be taken at old prices. Failures this week numbered 229 In the United States, against 176 last year, and 16 in Canada, compared with 17 a year ago. Bradstreets says: In Iron and steel demand Is improving and prices are hardening. Imports for January are; fully six times as large as in the same month a year ago,, and for the seven, months they aggregate over 1,000,000 tons. Wheat, including flour, export for the week ending March 5, aggre gate 3.491.486 bushels, against 2.656. 879 last week, 4,095,944 in this week a rear ago. and 4.2.528 in, 1901.
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