BIG 11S SIM !3 MS.
MEANS 20 PES C:NT
George Creek and Meyertdale, Two
District Benefitted Applies
Only to Real Workers.
At a meeting of thfi executive offi
cers of the Consolidation Coal Com
pany, held In tho Continental Trust
building, in Baltimore, It was decided
to Increase the wages of Its miners 18
per cent. A number of other com
panies operating In tho George Creek
and Meyersdalo coal regions were par
ties to' an agreement making the ad
vance. The other companies who
agreed to make the advance are tho
Black Sheridan Wilson Company, tho
American Coal Company, the Somerset
Coal Company, the Merchants Coal
Company and W. K. Nlver. The or
der will take effect April 1. The ad
vance Is made on the amount paid for
each ton dug by the miner, so that he
will receive almost one-fifth as much
more as he did previously for the same
amount of work. It was stated at the
company's office that the wage In
crease was the voluntary act of the
companies Interested, and It was made
In order to give the miners a share in
the prosperity enjoyed l y them. The
Consolidation Compan- felt that, out
of the profits of the b" Iness, It could
pay this much more ') Its men, and
the other miners and hlppers agreed
to tnke similar action. Tho advance
v. !!l affect, only tho m n who work un
d' rround In the actual mining of
coal, and will not apply to foremen
or o.'rs who work on the surface.
The Jii-'cape of wags will not affect
the price of coal. The company will
pay It out of Its own treasury. The
companies' mentioned furnish a large
port of tho bituminous coal shipped
to Baltlr. ore. The mines belonging
to the companies who are partners to
the agreement all furnish bituminous
coal, and the wages of the men em
ployed In them, after tho Increase, will
compare favorably with those of any
other bituminous miners In the coun
try. The action of the Consolidated
Company will have an Important bear
ing on tho general wage question In
the bituminous mines, In which, In
several sections of tho country, con
tests between tho workmen and the
mining company are already In pro
gress in regard to an advance in
wages. 1
DR. FLOWER IN PRISON.
Is Openly Accused of Taking $500,
Bond Is $50,000.
Dr. R. C. Flower, the mining pro
motor whose name has been connected
with the mysterious death of Theo
dore Hagaman In the Walfdorf-Astorla,
at New York, was committed to the
Tombs In default of $50,000 ball, under
an Indictment charging him on five
counts with grand larceny In connec
tion with his promoting schemes.
Want to Avert Strikers.
At a meeting of the executive board
of the International Association of
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers,
held at Buffalo. N. Y., it was decided
to ask the association recently formed
by the employers to appoint a com
mittee to confer with a similar com
mittee of tho employes for the pur
pose of adopting a plan of arbitration
nd trade agreement.
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.
Secretary Hay expressed the belief
to the cabinet that the Cuban senate
would ratify the reciprocity treaty
without amendment.
By direction of the President the
women immigrant inspectors employed
at New York will be continued In of
fice until his return from his Western
trip.
Dr. W. D. Crum, colored, is now
collector of the port of Charleston.
Secretary Shaw approved Crum'a bond
for $50,000 and his commission is in
Charleston.
The classified civil service rules
after April 1 will embrace all places
which are not mere laborers or work
men or are not subject to confirma
tion by the Senate.
Senator Reed Smoot, of Utah, has
accepted the Invitation to attend the
Grant birthday banquet of the Amer
lcus club in Pittsburg, and to deliver
an address on that occasion.
The navy department will decline
the Invitation of tho German emperor
for the North Atlantic squadron to
visit Germany next summer, as the
quadron will go only as far as the
Azores.
The War department has ordered a
general Inspection of the Ohio Na
tional Guard, the purpose being to de
termine Its exact strength prior to Is
suing the regulation army rllles for its
equipments.
William Miller Collier, of New York,
bas been appointed by Uie Prealdont
special assistant to the Attorney Gen
eral, and assigned to duty as solicitor
of the Dopartmont of Commerce and
Labor in connection with the enforce
ment of the anti-trust laws.
The first response to the offer of the
secretary of the treasury to refund 3
end 4 per cent bonds into 2 per cent
consols, was received from two Na
tional banks at Richmond, Va an
nouncing their readiness to exchange
$680,000 under the secretary's offer.
Secretary Root has been in cable
correspondence with Gov. Taft in re
lation to carrying out the provisions
of the Philippine currency act, and
it has been determined to Bel $3,000,
000 of temporary certificates for the
purchase of silver bullion for coining
into pesos.
C. E. Dual. E. J. Boylea and W. H.
Deal, constituting the Glade Coal
Company, of Meyersdalo, Pa., filed
complaint with the Interstate Com
merce commission that the Baltimore
& Ohio railroad has been discriminat
ing against the complainant in the
supply of cars, and that Us regula
tion, making an extra charge of 50
cent per ton when coal is loaded into
the cars from wagons instead of from
tipple, la unjust.
TO BUY IN BOND:
New Opportunity la Given to Etnks
to Increase Their Cut
reney Circulation,
The Secretary of tho Treasury has
Issued a circular announcing that on
and after April 1, 1903, ho will re
ceive for refunding, under authority
of section 11 of the act of March 14,
1900, to an amount not exceeding
iiou.ooo.000 any of the bonds of the S
per cent loan of 1908-1918. and the
4 per cent funded loan of 1907. They
may be surrendered at price yielding
to the investor an Income of 2 per
cent per annum, and tho new bonds
will bo Issued in exchange at a pre
mium of 2 per cent. Arrrued interest
on both old and new bonds will be
calculated to date of expunge. There
aro now outstanding aont $97,000,
000 3 per cent bonus and $233,000,000
4s of 1907 which aro affected by the
circular Issued today. Thpre are also
outstanding about $446,000,000 of the
2 per cent consols of 1903, Issued un
der tho act of March 14. 1900. These
2 per cent bonds were Issued In 1900
att part, under provision of the re
funding act If tho new bonds were to
be Issued now at par there would be a
profit ta the owners of the bonds,
taking the present market valuation
as a basis of about 4 per (.ent for the
3 per cent bonds surrendered and
about BV4 per cent for the 4s of 1907.
The secretary desires to obtain an
equltrblo share of this profit for the
government, which Is tho reason for
chargi-g a premium of 2 per cent
upon tho new bonds to be Issued. The
five per cent bonds of the loan of
1904 will not be received for refund
In? under this circular, but will be re
served for redemption. They mature
February 1, 1904. Tho secretary
stated in cxplan-'lon of his r.ctlon
that ho desired vo put out a larger
amount of 2 per cents which could bo
available to Increase circulation in
case of a stringency,
LOOKING FOR REBATES.
Commission Order Railroad to Pub
lish Catalogue Rate.
Tho Interstate commerce commis
sion entered an order requiring com
mon carriers subject to the act to reg
ulate commerce to publish in their
rate sheets what, if any, cartage or
other kind cf terminal service they
provide or allow. The order states
that rebates or concessions from tariff
rates, or advantages to shippers or
consignees which change the aggre
gate charge to tho shipper are plainly
afforded by free cartage, or other
forms of terminal services not Includ
ed In the ordinary service unless such
cartage allowance or other kind of ter
minal service la specified in the pub
lished schedules.
WEEDING OUT PROCESS.
Resignation From Postofflce Depart
ment Expected.
It Is given out at the postoulce de
partment. Washington, that while the
resignation of George W. Beavers as
chief of the salary and allowance di
vision was voluntary, it is but the
forerunner of a number of other resig
nations which soon are to follow. It
is said that a condition of affairs has
grown up In the department which has
become intolerable,' and that there is
to be a weeding out of a number of
chiefs of division and clerks. The
postmaster general and his first as
sistant are said to be in entire ac
cord In the matter, but that the op
portunity first will be given the parties
concerned to submit their resignations.
HUMAN BLOWERS MUST GO.
Vice President Say Lower Wage
Will Not Help the Men.
Thomas Hart, of Muncle, Ind., vice
president of the American Window
Glass company, which is placing blow
ing machines In Its plants, says there
is no truth In the report that the com
pany may go bark to the use of human
blowers, provided the men will work
for less money. He says the human
blowers will not be employed again.
He also denies the report that it takes
an expert to operate a blowing ma
chine. "It would take an Inexpe
rienced man about 30 minutes to learn
all he needs to know about one of
these machines," Mr. Hart said.
BOLD THIEVES IN CHICAGO.
Drive Off a Wagon With $5,000 Worth
of Merchandise.
Thieves drove oft with a wagon
loaded with 57 cases of merchandise,
valued at $5,000, from In front of tho
Chicago, Burlington & Qulncy freight
depot at Chicago. The driver went
Inside the depot with his freight re
ceipts, leaving the wagon standing in
the yard. He was absent about 15
minutes,' and when he returned the
wagon was gone. Although the loss
was immediately reported to tho po
lice, no trace of the wagon or the
merchandise could be found.
Drake University Get $150,000.
At the annual meeting of trustees of
Drake university, at Des Moines, Ia
ex-Gov. Drake, the founder, an
nounced several donations aggregat
ing $150,000 and concurred in plana by
which it Is hoped largely through his
liberality to raise an additional en
dowment fund of $1,000,000 soon.
The eruption of the Soufriere vol
cano, on the Island of St. Vincent, has
increased in violence, but, relying
upon the scientific) opinion that Kings
town la not In danger, the population
shows no alarm.
New Bar Iron Combine.
The formation of a new bar Iron
combine, to be known as the American
Rolling Mill Corporation, with bead
quarters' at Muncle, Ind has been an
nounced In New York. Tho Jones &
Laughliu Steel Company of Pittsburg
In not Id it
MINE OPERATORS 1 ENJOINED
SHERAHN ACT INVOKED.
Federal Court Restrain Owner From
Making Combination on th
Price of Coal.
Ten Indiana coal companies and 10
individual operator were restrained
by Judge Kohlsaat In the United
States Circuit Court at Chicago, 111.,
from continuing their combination for
the regulation of coal prices and out
put. The defendant were given until
April S to show cause why the order
should not be made permanent. The
corporations and Individuals enjoined
were recently tried In tho State Court
. - pi vs nioiug mo ' v ) wi
coal and restricting the output In Ill
inois, thus causing the coal famine
In Chicago last winter. Judge Chet-
lain dismissed thft cha nn th rrniind
that the offense committed was
against the federal law and not
against tho statutes of Illinois. The
defendants are the Crescent Coal and
Mining Company, Brulllette Creek
Coal Company, Wabash Valley Coal
Company. Oak Hill Coal and Mining
Com nan v Indiana Fur! Pnmnnnv M.
Clellan Sons ft Co., Jane Shlrkle, Wal
ter i5. nogie, Hugh Shlrkle, Max Rich-
berg. J. J. Hliri.n T Smith Tnllov
Joseph Martin, Edward Shlrkle, H. R
McClellan and John RhlrUin Tho in.
Junction will stand until further or-
ner or court. It recites that the ac
tion of tho court Is taken upon the
annllcatlon of fnliorf stntoa nutrint
Attorney 8. H. Bcthea and upon tho
unmnvii 01 Assistant states Attorney
Albert C. Homes, and orders that the
defendants in "psnnrlnilv t-A.tmir.oH
and enjoined from in any manner
complying with or executing the
terms of a certain contract made and
entered into between you during the
month of March, 1902, which by its
terms went into effort Anrll 1 ion
or any similar contract. They are
restrained from entering into any com
bination among themselves to ship bi
tuminous coal mined and to be mined
on their present properties In Indi
ana to tho Crescent Coal and Mining
Company at Chicago for uniform sale
by that company to consumers. In car
load lota, on their several accounts,
at prices arbitrarily fixed by them or
their representatives In uch a man
ner as to destroy competition between
themselves as to the sale of such coal
as is or may be the subject of com
merce SmOnC tho KVAnil mtotttm mr,A
violation of the Sherman act. No op
position was offered In court to the
entering order. When the notice was
first served unon th rWonriant. v.
appearance of each was entered, with
wib exception or the Wabash Coal
Company, which was represented in
COUrt bv Its ttnrnor T k
time, however, the matter was taken
up oy tno coal operators with the at
torney general at Washington and by
him referred hucir tn nipti-i.
Bethea.
AMERICA'8 NAVAL POWER.
Dewey Say United States Could Soon
Quiet Germany's Ship.
Admiral George Dewey, talklnar of
the navies of the United States- and
Germany at New York, is quoted as
saying: "The United States navy Is
the greatest navy in the world, for
this reason every man in the United
States navy is a man of Intelligence.
no Knows just wnat to do and tho
right time to dn It Thin U what miLo.
the United Statea navy, the greatest
navy in tho world. The German navy,
for Instance, Is an entirely different
organization In Its make-un of human
material. I have mado a deep study
or mai navy. My belief Is that Its
efficiency In possible action 1 greatly
overestimated.. Th men An not hp.
gin to compare In education and In
telligence with the Americans. Their
men have, in my opinion, been edu
cated so that they look to the officer
and depend upon them for specific In
structions In the least mattera. They
have not the self-rellanca f ths a mar.
leans. The friendship of the masse
m me ungusn people ror tho United
States is sincere and genuine. Our
neoDle are not ant tn a-iv th aM at
much credit for this real friendship
as tney deserve. I regret to say that
this matter is much misunderstood
tn the United States."
KILLED BY OFFICER.
Policeman Became Insane When He
Saw Effect of Wild Shot.
A policeman attached to the George
town. D. C, precinct, shot up In the
air, as he supposed, for the purpose
of frightening a fleeing negro prisoner.
The bullet struck the wall of a build
ing, was deflected, hit the negro In
the back and killed him almost in
stantly. When the policeman realized
what he had dono he became a violent
manioc and tried to kill himself. The
actors in this peculiar tragedy were
Patrolman John IL L. Sawyer and
William Wheeler. i
Her Scalp Was Worth $7,000.
A Superior Court Jury decided at In-
dlanapols, Ind., that the loss of her
scalp by Josephine Stephens while she
was employed in the Taclma laundry
was worth $7,000. She worked at a
washing machine, and her hair waa
wound about the shaft of the machine.
Got Husband and Monty.
Mrs. Fannie Rayne McComb Hertog,
daughter of the late James Jennings
McComb, and who married Artist
Louis Herzog at New York before she
could get a court to decide whether
a clause of her father' will, cutting
her out of her share of bl $15,000,000
estate should she marry Hersog was
valid, bas won her contention. Mr.
Hertog 1 declared entitled to about
$4,000,000.
LATEST NEWS N0TE3.
Regular army officer will Inspect
State militia before new rlfloa are Is
sued. Coal miner at Des Moines, la., will
get an Increase In wage of 10 per
cent.
Dayton, Rockingham county, Va.,
was swept by fire with a loss of
$30,000.
Irish land bill, with free grant of
$60,000,000, Introduced in house of
commons.
One person waa burned to death and
six were Injured In a fire In a resi
dence at Albla, la.
President Roosevelt will leave of
ficial party and plunge Into wilderness
four times on western trip.
Fighting still continues at San Do
mingo, but there 1 practically no
change in the situation.
Right Rev. Henry Moeller, bishop
of Columbus, Ik mentioned as the pos
sible coadjutor of Cincinnati.
Three men were killed and six se
riously Injured In a boiler explosion
In a saw mill at Wlckllffe, Ky.
The Paris Chamber of Deputies vot
ed to reject all applications for au
thority made by religious preaching
orders.
During the first 25 das of March
4,000 more Immigrant arrived in this
country than during the same period
last year.
Walter Chllm. Luther Owen and
Jennie George were drowned near
Caruthers, Mo., by the overturning of
their boat.
Story was printed In New York that
Morgan wonts H. C. Frlrk to succeed
Schwab as head of United States Steel
Corporation.
A girl baby, with two perfectly de
veloped heads, was born to Mr. and
Mrs. H. Farrell, of Boggs Run, near
Wheeling, W. Va.
Chicago university Is preparing to
confer the degree of LL. D. on Pres
ident Roosevelt during his visit to
Chicago next month.
Vincent Beehm lost his life In a
fire In New York, which damaged the
upper floors of the building at 409
East Twenty-fourth street.
The empress dowager has ordered
an appropriation of 600,000 taels to bo
made for the Chinese representation
at the St. Louis exposition.
Sir Chen Tung Liang Cheng, K. R.
M. G., the new Chinese minister to the
United States, arrived at San Fran
cisco on the steamer Korea.
Louis Kohl, 23 years old, killed his
mother-tn-law, Mrs. Kate Btacktole,
and dangerously wounded his brother-in-law,
Harold Btacktole at Cincin
nati. The dead bodies of Peter Luttcrell
and wife, both past 80 years old, were
found In bed at their home near Mc
Mlnnvllle, Tenn., horribly beaten and
mutilated.
A lone highwayman held up the
stage between Ukiah. California, and
Mendocino City, shot and InBtantly
killed the armed messenger, Q. A.
Overmyer.
At Montevideo, Uruguay, an assem
bly of the chiefs of the revolution rat
ified and acclaimed their peace con
ference, which waB signed with the
government
Lewi Clark and John Blight, on
trial at Logansport, Ind., for attempt
ing to steal $100,000 from the Adams
Express Company last September,
were acquitted.
Gilbert Warfleld, the actor, charged
with stealing $2,700 from Harry Nlrd
llnger, at Milwaukee, pleaded guilty,
and was sentenced to two year in tho
House of Correction.
A voluntary petition In bankruptcy
was filed In Now York by Albert H.
Hatch, dealing In storage and provis
ions, showing liabilities of $250,152,
and assets of $178,325.
The Detroit, Monroe & Toledo Short
Line Railway Company announces that
It will scpnd $l.uiio,000 during tho
coming summer in tho extension of the
line from Monroe to Detroit.
After an entire day'a debate upon
the subject the Senate at Albany, N.
Y.. by a voto of 32 to 14 passed the
Davis-Bostwlck 1,000-ton barge canal
bill, which Involves the outlay of
$101,000,000.
George Harvey, president of Harper
Bros., New York, has secured tho syn
dicate business of R. H. Russell for
a company ho Is about to form, while
the publishing business Is to go to
Harper & Bros.
Eastern ralway lines gave general
notice that the embargo which has
existed for months against traffic
from Western lines has been raised,
and that the Eastern lines are In nor
mal condition.
The Susquehanna Coal Company,
which is practically controlled by tho
Pennsylvania railroad, will pay the ex
tra money duo the miners under tho
award of the strike commission In five
semi-monthly Installments,
Ira Sax, banker at Qulncy, O., has
assigned to George Hahn and his
bank la closed. The depositors will
lose about $10,000. The assets are
estimated at $5,000. A run on the
bank causod the failure.
The Grand Jury of Newark, N. J., re
turned a big batch of Indictments in
connection with ' tho Cllston avenue
disaster, In which nine school children
lost their lives when a trolley car was
run down by a train on February 19.
The mills & Knight Company of Bos
ton, Mass., one of the oldest printing
and book houses in New England,
made an assignment. The liabilities
are $91,279, with assets nominally
about the same,
German textile makers are meet
ing with success In their efforts to de
velop the cotton-growing industry In
German East Africa, according to a re
port to the State department from
Consul General Hughes at Coburg.
Judge J. N. Tyner, assistant attor
ney general for the postofflce depart
ment, ha resigned. Mr. Tyner la in
a serious physical condition, and ow
ing to that fact and hi advanced age
he ha not been able to discharge the
duties of hi office for a long time.
fJF.W EVIDENCE,
Nov York Eartender Say Pennell
Made Them In HI Pretence
At Restaurant.
That Arthur Pennell Intended to
kill Edward Burdlck of Buffalo and
threatened to put him out of the way
1 vouched for by Alex. J. Qulnn, of
251 West Thirty-ninth atreet, New
York City, who was a bartender In
the Hotel Roland In Fifty-ninth street
last December while Pennell and Mrs.
Burdlck were In New York. Qulnn
has been ordered to Buffalo and will
be the star witness at tho Pennell In
quest. Qulnn went to work in the
Hotel Roland last October and re
mained there as a bartender until Jan
uary. In December Mrs. Burdlck was
a guest at the house. Pennell did not
stop there regularly, but he called on
Mrs. Burdlck every day. He spent
some of his time In the bar, according
to Qulnn and drank as a man would
drink who was laboring under an In
tense mental strain. One day, Qulnn
says, Pennell was In the bar drinking.
Ho became confidential with the bar
tender and made the following re
mark: "There is one man in this
world that I am going to kill if I have
to hang for it." After this, accord
ing to Qulnn, Pennell wont Into de
tails concerning the trouble into which
he had been plunged by his acquaint
ance with Mrs. Burdlck. He said that
If the divorce suit ever camo to trial
It would mean his ruin, socially and
In a business way, and that ho would
go to any length to put a stop to It.
Qulnn did not realize the Importance
of what he had heard until he read
the testimony given by Mrs. Burdlck
at the Buffalo Inquest. When he
found that the man who had talked to
him over the bar was Pennell, he
wrote to District Attorney Coatsworth
of Buffalo outlining his story; Coats
worth notified the police, and Chief of
Detectives Cnsack asked Inspector Mc
Clusky to look up Qulnn. This was
done. From what the Central office
men learned the man Is reliable.
P. R. R. GETS N. Y. C. ROAD.
Vanderbllt Give Up Control Two
Line Not Merged.
Control of the New York Central
and direction of It operation have
passed into new hands, according to
Information received from trustworthy
sources. Control has not been wrest
ed from the Vandorbllts. There has
been no friction, and the change Is
along lines approved by W. K. Van
derbllt. The new control Is vested
In the combination known as the
Rockefeller-Pennsylvania-Morgan in
terests. For a long time the New
York Central has been operated in
harmony with the Pennsylvania. In
fact, the Vanderbllts are the largest
Individual owners of Pennsylvania
stock. In giving up control it Is an
nounced there is no surrender of In
terests In the properties. The Van
derbllt family will retain large hold
ing and have a voice In the manage
ment, although the reBponsibllity will
be shifted. The two properties can
be best operated separately at pres
ent. A merger may come later, but
It Is said that It Is unlikely In tho
near future. No startling changes
will be mado now and none is planned
for tho Immediate future. It Is pos
sible that at the next annual meeting
some changes may be made tn the di
rectory. Mr. Morgan la now in the
board ,as is Mr. Rockefeller.
BIG ADVANCE IN SOFT COAL.
Bituminous Operator Prepare to
Meet Advance Given Miners.
Bituminous coal prices will be ad
vanced 75 cents a ton for the new coal
year, which begins on April 1. Tho
price at the mines in Central and
Western Pennsylvania during the paBt
year waa fixed to be not less than
$1.25 a ton. Tho new prices at the
mines will be $2. Slightly higher or
lower prices may be made In special
rases, but the ruling price will bo $2.
This decision has been reached by tho
operators since the conference at A I
toona between miners and operators,
at which the miners' wages were ad
vanced 10 and 12 per cent. The op
erators will have to meet April 1
changed conditions as to freights as
well as wages. Rates will be ad
vanced 10 cents a ton.
YAWNED HERSELF TO DEATH.
Strange End of An Oshkosk Woman.
Unable to Sleep.
After yawning without Interruption
for three days, despite evory effort
to relieve her, Mrs. William Henry
Jenner, at Oshkosk, . Wis., Is dead.
Physicians decided that the woman
was suffering from obscure lOHlon of
the brain, producing laryngeal spasms.
Remedies and anesthetics were admin
istered without effect. Mrs. Jenner,
unable to sleep, yawned until she could
do so no more from lack of strength
and then died.
THEIR GALLANT CHARGE.
Macabebe Scouts in Rizal Province
Left 45 Dead Ladrone.
Two companies of Macabebe scouts
signally defeated the main body of
San Miguel's force in Philippine Is
lands. It Is believed San Miguel was
killed. Lieut. Rees was seriously
wounded. The scouts lost three men
killed and had 11 men wounded. The
fight occurred In Rizal province. The
enemy broke and ran, leaving 45 men
dead on the field.
The premier sent a circular to the
prefect of the departments through
out France saying the government. bad
been Informed that lay teacher would
be made the object of vexatious treat
ment and that manifestations were be
ing organized against them. The min
ister enjoined the prefects to put a
stop to such violent manifestation.
REVIEW OF TRAOE.
Manufacturer Busy Ample Supply ef
Fuel Facilitate Operation
In Factorl. .
R. O. Dun A Co.' weekly revlow of
trade says: Irregularity In retail
trado Is duo to weather conditions. At
most points an early season stimulates
business, but In other sections there
has been interruption from excessive
rains. Moro activity i reported In
wholesale trade, with a notably large
movement of groceries, millinery, pa
per and builders' materials, while con
ditions are satisfactory for the season
In Jewelry. Manufacturers of cloth
ing, furniture, footwear and Iron and
steel are well engaged, ample supplies
of fuel greatly facilitating operations.
Earnings of railways thus far reported
for March exceed last year' by 12.8
per cent and aurpass those of 1901 by
22.9 per cent. Work I resumed on
bridges and buildings wherever the
places of strikers ran be filled, and sev
eral contests In this department have
been averted. A large opoilng trade
In pipe has been followed by liberal
supplementary orders, Jobbers renew
ing contracts extensively and prices
are well maintained. Sharp compc
tkicn for business in bar Iron has
caused a slightly lower level of prices,
while plates and sheets are firmer, es
pecially in galvanized lines. A prom
inent feature of activity Is found In
merchant steel for agricultural Imple
ment works and wagon factories, these
running far Into the future. Oversold
conditions at rail mills are sending
urgent orders abroad. No Improve
ment has appeared In the dry goo .Is
market. The situation Is peculiarly
complicated as to cotton goods; stocks
are light as a rule, and labor troubles
threaten to curtail output, yet Job
bers aro reluctant to undertake con
tracts at present, quotations. Dullness
Is reported In woolen goods, with new
bur.lness on a limited scale. Cancella
tion of early orders has become a se
rious problem, many mills that had
disposed of their product for tho sea
son now seeking business. Jobbers
are placing large orders for fall deliv
ery of shoes, readily paying the recent
advance In prices, and manufacturers
of heavy goods have booked more bus
iness than Is customary at this early
date. Leather Is quiet, but low stock
maintain prices. At last the turning
point has been reached In domestic
hides and prices hove steadied, which
Is due to the somewhat better condi
tion of receipts. Failures this Week
numbered 214 In the United States
against 205 Inst year, and 26 In Can
ada, against 22 a year ago.
"Bradstrcets" says: Weather crops,
distributive trade, transportation and
even collections show Improvement.
An abundance of moisture in the form
of rains fell In the West and North
west Inst week. This has put the
ground In good shape for spring plant
ing. Jobbing distribution of dry goods,
clothing, notions, millinery, hardware
and shoes, show a large aggregate,
though spring trade has probably
reached Its maximum at leading West
ern centers. Full business Is now be
ginning to be sought. Iron and steel
are active, and demand still surpasses
supply. The tendency Is still toward
Increased strength In finished pro
ducts, a strengthening elements being
the upward tendency of British and
German markets.
CABLE FLASHES.
A magnificent comet was observed
at Aden, Arabia, March 26. It passed
nearly right across the heavens.
The budget passed its third reading
In the Reichstag at Berlin, Germany,
and the house adjourned to April 21.
The United States dispatch boot
Dolphin, with Secretary Moody and
party aboard, arrived at Kingston, Ja
maica, March 26, from Port Antonio.
The house of lords, London, England,
passed the prevention of corruption
bill, which mokes It a penal offense
to offer or accept gifts or bribes with
the view of Influencing business.
Major General Sir Hector MacDon-
ald, commanding the British forces In
Ceylon, and one of the foremost of
ficers In the BritUh army. agalnBt
whom charges had been filed, com
mitted sulcldo at the Hotel Reglna,
Paris France.
Two dlBtlnct earth shocks wero felt
In various parts of Derbyshire. No
damage was dona but the shocks
caused great alarm. In the town of
Derby celling were cracked, cornice
and fireplaces were dislodged and the
walls of houses swayed.
A cabinet council under the presi
dency of the King waa held In Spain,
and adopted the military estimates of
$30.6no,OuO. The effective strength of
tho army is fixed by tho war minister
at 100,000 men. Tho King signed a
decroo dissolving the Corte3.
Acting Japanese Consul Okabo, at
Honolulu, has . Issued a proclamation
warning his countrymen against going
to the United States from Honolulu,
dcclaiing that the trip Is contrary to
the laws of Japan, and also that im
migration and labor agents who have
been securing recruits are misrepre
senting tho conditions.
The savants at Paris, France, are
still quarreling over the authenticity
of the "Tiara Saintapharnes" which is
among the collection of antiquities in
the Louvre muncum. Recently doubts
have been thrown on the Tiara's au
thenticity and competent experts are
now making a thorough investigation.
The tiara has meanwhile been with
drawn from exhibition.
The governor, Sir Augustus Hemm
ing, at Kingston, Jamaica, announced
that the proposed reciprocity conven
tion with the United States has been
abandoned owing to representations
from Washington that it waa hopeless
to expect It ratification by the United
State Senate.
An agreement ha been signed be
tween the Dominion fovorniiient and
the Allan line at London, England,
for the establishment of a subsidised
fast service between Canada, Qlasgow
and IJveroool.
HOUSEHOLD
AFFAIRS
A VALUABLE ACCESSORY.
A valuable accessory In the serving
ef luncheon la a group of pedestal or
individual tables about twelve Inches
square. A lace paper dolly Is patted
on the top to hold It there, and the
tablet when not In use for company,
may aerve as a stand, for a plant.
A PRETTY PINCUSHION.
A pretty pincushion top is made of
a square white openwork lawn and
satin baby ribbon. Run the ribbon in
and out of the lawn In a weaving pat
tern close together. A top of tbla sort
look well over a cushion covered with
pink and finished with a raffle of latlo
ribbon.
A FURNITURE POLISn.
A home-made furniture polish thnt
is well recommended consists of ordi
nary beeswax shaved a thin as pos
sible and dissolved In sufficient tur
pentine to form a thin paste. Tho mix
ture should be applied with a flannel
cloth and the article to be restored
rubbed, vigorously.
A SATISFACTORY TEAPOT.
There Is no teapot quite as satisfac
tory as the plain .brown porcelain af
fair which is In use In hnlf the form
houses In New England, and In most
city kitchens. Tea Lever tastes bet
ter than when brewed and served In
this homely teapot. It can be orna
mented with silver rings around the
edge of the top and bottom and around
the spout With a silver strainer ad
ded It Is fine enough to be used on the
handsomest tea table.
A BRASS FINISH.
For some time silver nnd brass
dishes, trays, candlesticks, teapots, and
all the thousand and one trifles be
longing to the table, desk and dressing
room have been of the highest lustre
and polish. This promises to be super
seded by a dull finish, which Till be
appreciated as a change. If for no
other reason. X)!d brass and copper
must be polished. If Its character Is to
be preserved, bnt modern bric-a-brac
too brilliantly finished gives an Im
pression of "brand newness" which
makes other things around It look
rather shabby.
BANANAS AS FOOD.
Opinions often differ as to the diges
tive qualities of bananas, especially for
children. The banana Is highly nu
tritious, and satisfies the craving for
starchy food which most children feel.
The trouble Is that the frnlt Is usually
tnten without being chewed, and the
stomach bas hard work to digest the
solid tumps. A good way to serve
bananas at the nursery table is to cut
Ihem In small cubes, thereby preserv
ing the taste, which seems to be lost
when they are sliced thinly. Break
up fresh lady fingers with them and
serve with plenty of sweet cream.
Irish Moss Blanc Mange Soak half
a cup of Irish moss fifteen minutes In
cold water to cover; drain, pick over,
put in the double boiler with one quart
of milk; cook half an hour; add a
pinch of salt and one and one-half tea
spoonfuls of vanlla; fill Individual
moulds and put In a cool place; when
serving, turn out on a glass dish, gar
nish with slices of banana and put a
slice on eaeh mould; serve with sugar
and cream.
Vanity Puffs Heat one enp of milk
to boiling point, add quickly and stir
rapidly half a cup of flour; when bolt
ing should be stiff dough; let cool a
little, add three eggs unbeaten one by
one, beating well after adding each
one, then add one tablespoonf ul of but
termelted; dip spoon Into hot fat. take
op some of the batter and drop Into
the fat, when brown lift with, a skim
mer on to paper, then roll in cinna
mon and sugar mixed.
Turnovers Stake a rich baking pow
der biscuit crust, using water Instead
of milk to moisten; roll out thin and
cut Into rounds or squares. Fill with
about a tablespoonful of cold cooked
meat, well seasoned and flavored with
a piquant sauce. Wet the edges, fold
or double the paste, and press the
edges tightly together. Brush each
turnover with beaten egg, sprinkle
with crumbs and fry In deep fat same
as doughnuts, or merely brush with
the beaten egg and bake In a quick
even -for twelve or fifteen minutes.
Cream Muffins Put two cupfuls of
sifted flour Into a bowl; beat two eggs
until very light; add to them two cup
fuls of milk and one-balf level tea
spoonful of salt; pour thla mixture up
on the flour and beat this very thor
oughly; then add half a cup of cream
and two level teaspoonfnls of baking
powder; beat thoroughly; heat gem
pans buttered; fill two-thirds full with
the mixture and bake thirty minutes
In a rather quick oven.
Orange Float Put one quart of
Water over the fire; rub six level table
spoonfuls of corn starch In a little cold
water; then stir this Into the boiling
water and cook slowly for ten minutes,
stirring constantly; take from the fire;
add one cup of sugar. Juice and pulp
of two lemons; cut five sweet oranges
In small pieces, remove the seeds and
jiuur iua uuiiiuHj vuru iarca over tneui,
stand In a cool placs; serve cold with
sugar and cream; thla will serve eight
(tr bum persona.