crisis el iud m i emus
POWERS GET NOTICE.
Turkish Government Adepts Meas
ures to Suppress Revolution.
War Feeling High.
A dispatch from Vienna, Austria,
says that tho Macedonian central revo
lutionary committed hag fixed August
81 ag tha date for the general upris
ing, and that Boris Sarakoff. one of
the leading Macedonian agltntora, hag
heen appuintej commander of the rev
olutionary forces, with Alexleft as his
principal lieutenant. It Is only the
most optimistic among European
statesmen who do not hellevo thnt the
long deferred crisis In Ihe Balkans
Is at hand. There had heen a con
certed rifing of tho Macedonians In the
Vllyat of Monastic. The Turkish gov
ernment announces that it It fully
awaro of conditions there and Is pre
paied to meet them with unusual vig
or. The first step taken by the porte
was to notify the European govern
ment that the situation In Europcn
Turkey would be handled without
gloves and that It was proposed here
after to put down the Insurrection
and pacify Monastlr regardless of con
sequences. Hack of this Is said to be
a determination to flood Macedonia
with Mohammedans on:l with savage
Asiatics who will delight In putting
Christians to the sword and who know
no mercy. Tho troops will he put un
dor tho command of the most fanatic
al Moslems to he found In the Turkish
army and the war, which, already Is
practically inaugurated, will, it Is fear
ed, be one of ruthless extermination.
The plans of the revolutionary leaders
have been well laid. Recognizing that
thoV cannot horo to defeat the Turk
ish regulars on anything like equal
terms they have determined to sup
plement tho guerilla warfare, In which
they aro as expert as the Spaniards,
with dynamite and terrorism. Already
news comes that the governor's pal
ace at Klnshero. near Mor.asttr, the
capita! of the Vllayat, has been dyn
amited and 5ii Turks killed. The rev
olutionary leaders are confident thnt
pursuing this policy, they can either
wear tho Turks down or create a con
dition of anarchy that neighboring
European states will be forced to in
terfere. From Sofia comes worj that
the Bulgarians are greatly excited over
the situation and that the war feel
ing Is running higher than ever It did.
It is said the best opinion at Sofia is
that Bulgaria will Inevitably be drawn
into the struggle.
CAPITAL 13 $25,000,003.
Morgan Effects Gigantic Merger of
National Banko in New York,
With an unprecedented capital of
125,000,000, tho merger of the National
Bank of Commerce and Western Na
tional Bank has been consummated at
New York by J. P. Morgan. The com
bined deposits of the banks aggregate
1150,000.000. The merger will go Into
effect October 5. Tho consolidated
bank, which will retain-the name of
the National Bank of Commerce, will
have a surplus of $lo,000,oon. The
capital of the National Bank of Com
merce and the Western. National each
amounts to $10,000,000. The former
will Increase Its capital to $25.0DO,nuu
and tho Western National to $t2,50D,.
000, but the latter will be used to ake
up the stock of the Western National,
while $2,600,000 will be issued to the
present stockholders at $140 a share,
the actual book value of the stock,
which is now on a 10 fer cent divi
dend basis. In addition to this the
shareholders of the National tank of
Commerce will receive a special equal
ization dividend of more man 50 per
cent, which will mean a disbursement
of over $5,000,000.
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.
The grand Jury has taken a recess
for one week, no further indictments
In connection with the postofilce de
partment investigation will be report
ed within that time. Mr. Machcn is
temporarily away from tho city.
The interstate commerce commis
sion ordered anothor temporary ex
tension until October 16 of the time
within which a number of railroads
must complete tholr safety equipment.
iBrlg, Gen. A. E. Woodson, U. S. A.,
retired, died at Paola, Kas., aged l2
years. He was In the military ser
vice 41 years. He will be burled in
the National cemetery at Arlington,
Va.
A dispatch has been received at the
war department from Gov. Taft. say
ing that the census of the Philippines
has been about completed. The books
and schedules will be sent to Wash
ington. The postnffice department establish
ed during the nimith of July. 2.455 ru
ral free delivery routes. The total
number of routes established for 'tha
entire fiscal year ended June 30, 1903,
was 5,604.
According to the annual report ot
CommlsHlouer of Immigration Sargent,
during the fiscal year ended June U0,
1903, 857,040 Immigrants arrived in
the United States, an increase of over
200,000 over the previous year.
Tho President has designated Lieut.
Gen. S. M. B. Young to command the
army from August 8. the date of the
retlremont or Uen. Miles, until August
15. when the general staff law goes
into effect and the office of command
ing general of the army is dispensed
with.
On the recommendation of Brigadier
Goneral George B. Davis, Judge Advo
cate General of the Army, Secretary
Root announced that he hud decided to
make a demand on tho arm of Littauur
Bros, for money palu Lamond K. Lyor.
under bis glove contract with the army,
dated December 7, 1898.
Secretary Root has addressed a com
munication to the Merchants Bridge
Company, the owners of the large
bridge across the Mississippi river at
St. 'Louis, asking the company to show
cause why the United States should
sot take possession of the bridge un
der the statute which provided for its
construction.
MEMORIALS TO HEROES.
Over One Half Million Dollars Appro
priated for Six Btatuc at
Washington.
More than half a million dollnrs has
been apprcpi ialed for six statues
which are to be erected In Washington
to military heroes, according to the
annual report of Col. T. W. Symnns,
the engineer officer In charge of pub
lic buildings and grounds In the Dis
trict of Columbia. The first one that
will be dedicated Is the Gen. William
Tecnmsph Sherman statuo, which Is to
be erected Ju.at south of the Treas
ury building. There has been a good
deal of delay In the awarding of tho
contract for this stntue. Its design
wns submitted by a sculptor named
Carl Rohl Smith, but after he had
completed hla model, and was about
getting ready for the real work on the
statuo. he died. Finally, however, his
wife took charge of the matter and
the Sherman statue will be erected
under her supervision. Two hundred
and fifty thousand dollars have been
appropriated for a monument to Gen.
Grant, which Is to be erected on the
west side of the enpltol. Henry M.
Shrady is the sculptor who designed
the statue, a work of art that Is to cost
as much as all the other five project
ed statues combined. A statue Is also
to be erected to Gen. Philip H. Sher
idan on Sheridan circle. This will
cost In the neighborhood of $50,000.
No location ha3 as yet been chosen
for the McClellan statue, for which
congress has appropriated $.nno. and
a sculptor has not yet been selected.
Statues to Karon von Steuben and
Count Pulaski are to be erected In
Washington nt a cost of $100,noo. Con
tracts have not yet been let for these
statutes, and locations have not yet
been chosen. It Is a curious fact that
In connection with congress In Wash
ington is that the city does not pos
sess a single statuo of Abraham Lin
coln worthy of the name. There are
two such statues In Washington, but
neither of them can bear the name ot
a work of art. They are more liko
eyesores to the average Washington
Ian, and many movements have been
started from time to time for the pur
pose of erecting a suitable monument
to tho great liberator, but one thing
or another has Interfered to prevent
their accomplishing the object sought.
TEACHERS SCARCE.
School Boards Cannot Fine? Enough to
Fill Good Positions.
School boards throughout Contral
Pennsylvania are having difficulty in
securing a quota of teachers for the
next term. In many counties the meet
ings for the election of teachers have
already been hold, yet in a number of
districts there are vacancies. In Cam
bria county many good positions are
going begging, while In Indiana county
there is a veritable teachers' famine.
In oue district in Blair county, Juni
ata township, tho board met to elect
teachers without a single applicant.
WHiTECAP8 KILL NEGROES.
Colored P-tacher was Shot Down by
a Volley Wife Hurt.
One negro was killed and another
fatally won mud by a band of white
caps at. Li-wifeburg. Tenn. There were
between 13 and 30 In the mob. which
made Its appearance at the home of
a negro preacher named John Mllll
kl:i. Mlllikln mode his exit through a
Ba k door. He was brought down by
a volley, dying almost Instantly. John
Hunter, a t'l.-ln law of Mlllikln. was
made to accompany the mob on a fruit
less search lor another negro, and In
an attempt to escape was fatally shot
in the back. The wife of Mlllikln was
struck over the h-Md with a gun and
painfully tii'ined. No cause la assign
ed for tho klV'ng.
PAY FOR THE CUBANS.
List of Soldier Who Have Money
Coming It Completed.
General Maximo Gomez, chairman of
the Cuban Commission, has completed
his list of the revolutionary soldiers
who are entitled to pay. There are
about 50.000 names on the list, and It
is thought that the pending loan of
$35,000,000 will provide for half of the
claims, while the Cuban government
will supply the reBt. The rate of pay
is $1 a day during service, the amounts
ranging from a few hundred dollars
to $20,000, tho latter being the pay of
General Gomez as Commander-in-Chief.
Most of the privates will receive $900,
representing two and one-half years'
service.
MURDERED BY MOONSHINERS.
Accused of Having Betrayed a Wild
cat Distillery.
Simon Booker and wife, who resided
In a small cabin on tho mountain In
Frauklln county, Ky were murdered
and the torch applied to their home.
Tho tragedy Is attributed to the raid
lngs of a wild cat distillery. Booker
and his wife were accused by the
moonshiners of betraying them.
No Support for Strikers.
The district officers of the United
Mine Workers at Wllkesbarre, Pa.,
have notified tho 500 men and boys o
the Rod Ash Coal Company, who have
been on strike for 10 dayB, that they
will not receive the support of the
organization, which has also refused
to order thorn to return to work under
present conditions. The men will re
main on strike ou their own responsi
bility until such time as the super
intendent agreos to reinstate the dri
ver who was discharged.
Schwab's Resignation Accepted.
The resignation of Charles M.
Schwab as president of the United
Stales Steel Corporation was tendered
and accepted at a meeting of tehe
directors at New York August 4. Wil
liam E. Corey was uuaulmously elect
ed his successor.
Found Meteorite,
Several persons in Hartland, 12
miles northeast of Lockport, N, Y
reported seeing a flaming object fait
from the sky. Fred Strong has found
a strange stone which weighed 1-.
poundi.
WXMOHSr.Pl'SIU!
PATRIARCH OF VENICE.
Gulseppe 8arto Chosen Pontiff on the
Seventh Ballot by the Conclave
of Cardinals.
Cardinal Gttlscppo Sarto, patriarch
of Venice, wns elected pope in succes
sion to Leo XIII. The new pontiff de
cided upon the name of Plus X. Seven
ballots were taken by the conclave be
fore a choice was made. Tho balloting
began August 1, two ballots a day be
ing cast. Tho seventh .ballot was
taken August 4, and while tho cnrdl
nals probably knew It would bo the
decisive one, the public did not ex
pect a choice to be mndo so soon, and
the result enme as a surprise. Sarto
was elected pope by 45 votes. His
erection followed the decision of the
Rampolla party to transfer their sup
port to him. Sarto had 35 votes on
the sixth ballot, so his election was
generally expected by the sacred col
lege. Even though he knew this, Sar
to showed emotion as the ballots were
being tallied. As his namo was read
again and again, ho turned quite pale.
Tho cardinals sitting on his right and
left, murmured congratulations when
the result was apparent. While the
ballot was being verified, Sarto left his
throne and knelt at the altar In prayer.
He was in that position when Cardlnnl
Orcglla asked, "Do you accept tho
election?" For a moment thereafter
Sarto'a faco remained buried In his
hands. Then he raised himself and
gravely gave his acquiescence. Tho
usual formalities were observed in the
voting. When the count showed that
the necessary two-thirds of the total
number of votes cast had been ob
tained, the doors of the Sistlne chapel
were opened by the secretary of tha
conclave, Monclgnor Merry Del V'al,
and tho masters of cermemonles were
admitted from Doydon College. The
secretary then asked the successful
cardinal: "Do you accept tho elec
tion " and received a reply in the af
firmative. All the throne canopies
were then lowered with the exception
of that of the successful candidate.
The masters of ceremonies next con
ducted the new pope to the robing
closet, where he laid aside the robes
of a cardinal and donned white stock
ings, red slippers, the long white
tunic, white girdle, white cap, and red
cape of the papal office. He returned
to the chapel and was seated on a
chair placed on the highest step ol
the altar, where the cardinals ap
proached one by one, kissed the foot
and then the hand of the new prelate
and then received the benediction of
the pope. The new pope was then
given the flsnerinan's ring, which was
Imcindlately returned for the purpose
of having his name engraved upon it.
Before becoming patriarch at Venice,
Sarto's lire was that of a parish
priest and was spent entirely In North
ern Italy. He was born at Riese, the
diocese of Treviso, June 2, 1835, and
was educated at the seminary of his
diocese and later at the Sacra The
ologla at Rome. Sarto was created a
cardinal June 12. 1893. Ho contin
ued In his diocese, which he has ruled
undisturbed, during the last ten years,
beloved by the people, respected by
his enemies, and esteemed by the gov
ernment. He Is a thoughtful and elo
quent preacher, and fairly well known
as a writer.
BRITISH 8HIPS 8UBSIDY.
Annual Payment of $340,000 for Carry
ing Mailt.
Tho agreement between the admiral
ty, the board of trade, the postmaster
general and the Cunard Steamship
Company, at London, England, dated
July 30, was issued in a parliament
ary paper. Accompanying the agree
ment was the draft of a trust deed, se
curing tho debenture stock on which
the government's advance of $13,000,
000 lor building the two new steam
boats Is made. The new mail carry
ing agreement substitutes for pay
ments by weight, a fixed annual pay
ment of $340,000 during the lire of the
contract, which Is for 20 years, dating
from the first sailing of the second of
the two steamships. It provides that
the malls shall be carried moro speed
ily than at present. For concessions
the government agrees to subsidize
the new vessels at $375,000 per year
each. The loan of $13,000,000 which
will bear interest at 2 per cent. Is
to be repaid In 20 annual Installments,
will rank as tho first charge on the
whole Cunard fleet and will bo se
cured by the debentures.
CLEARFIELD ROAD ATTACHED.
Attachment for $119,000 Against the
Street Railway Company.
The sheriff at New York received an
attachment for $119,000 against prop
erty of the Centre and Clearfield Street
Railway Company, a Pennsylvania
corporation. In favor of Edwin A.
Weed on an assigned claim of Weed
& Williams, of New Haven, Conn., for
services for underwriting bond of the
corporation. The attachment was
granted by Judge Dugro, of the Su
premo court. '
Smuggler Makes Confession.
Seventeen persons implicated by the
confession of Judson G. Brlnson, a
fcttiugRler of flno Havana cigars into
the United States at Savannah, Ga.,
are In danger of action against them
by the government, because of the part
Brinson Eays they played in the il
licit Introduction of the goods.
Failed to Find Jurymen.
There was delay in opening court
at Georgetown, Ky August 5, In tho
trial of Caleb Powers owing to 'io
failure of tho deputy sheriffs who had
been sent to summon 100 men from
whom to select a Jury. The work ot
forming a Jury proceeded.
Folsom Fugitive Caught.
Convict James Roberta, oue of the
band of fugitives from the Folsom
prison, waa captured near Davlsvllle,
Cal. Ha was dressed as a tramp and
carried under bis arm a roll of blank
ets. . He also bad revolver,
LATEST NEWS NOTES.
Future of the Pan ft ni a canal clouded
by delay pra:tlced at Bogota.
Imports of Iron and Rtcrl material
fell off 20 pe cent last month.
Eleven miners burned by explosion
of powder at Monongah, W. Va.
Amerhan pilgrims composed first
audience received by new pope.
Riltliih and French parliamentary
lenders agreed upon peaca trcnty.
Charles M. Schwab continues to pur
chase big blocks of steel stock.
Chautauqua speaker who defended
saloonkeepers offended tho W. C. T. U.
General Miles' friends are urging him
to run for Commander of the O. A. R.
Twenty-five persons were Injured by
a collision of street cars at Anderson,
Ind.
Increased bank loans cons'dered new
evidence of national commercial pros
perity. Westlnghotise Company secured a
$1,000,000 contract from a Canadian
company.
Twenty-ninth anniversary of opening
of the Chautauqua assembly observed
August 4.-
Mount Vesuvius again threatens an
eruption; lava has began pouring down
Its sides.
Mysterious decline In the market
price of United States Steel shares
continues.
Official order for Gen. Miles' retire
ment was Issued August 6 by the
President.
Petty officers on receiving ship re
fuse to ent with newly appointed ne
gro officer.
Cardinal Gibbons rejoiced at sight of
American flags In St. Peter's cathedral,
Home, Italy.
Lincoln monument In Prospect park,
Brooklyn. N. Y., wns damaged by a
falling tree.
President Roosevelt declined to toe
Mother Jones and discuss the child la
bor question.
Attorney general of Ohio entered
suit to oust National Glass Compnny
of Pittsburg.
Andrew Carnegie gave $2,500,000 in
steel corporation bonds to town of his
birth In Scotland.
Albert Seavls, negro, and Frank
Case, escaped Folsom convicts, were
captured near Davlsvllle, Cal.
Joseph Saxton, aged 73, the last sur
viving uncle of Mrs. McKinley. died at
Canton, O., of cerebrum anemia.
American Confederation of Catholic
Societies In session at Atlantic City
pledged Its loyalty to the new pope.
The citizens of Honolulu are de
termined to do all within their power
to promote Immigration to the Island.
Samuel ParkB, the walking dele
gate, was found guilty of assault and
battery In the third degree at New
York.
Two stock exchange firms were
forced to the wall In New York at a
result of enormous shrinkage In stock
values.
J. P. Hall, professor of Greek at
McAlester college, Minneapolis, Minn.,
resigned to become Instructor In
Princeton.
Congressman LIttaucr announces
that he considers Secretary Root's
finding In glove contract a vindication
of his honesty.
Knights of Labor nro endeavoring
to break the building trades tie-up In
New York by furnishing men for
strikers' places.
Pearce Thaxton, of MUlorsburg, Ky..
20 jears old, was suffocated In a ho
tel room at Atlantic City, having ap
parently blown out the gas.
Alexander Means and William
Staiks, negroes, were legally hnngod
at Montgomery, Ala., for the murder
of Fleming Foster, another negro.
William Hudson and William Jones,
negroes, having been convicted on
charges tof highway rohberp, were
executed In the county Jail at Birming
ham, Ala.
Fire destroyed the store of former
State. Senator J. W. O. Havens, at
Point Pleasant. N. J containing a val
uable collection of antiquities. Loss
$100,000.
Unofficial estimates of the net earn
ings of the Steel Corporation for th
month of July give $1 2,200,000 as tha
maximum, which is $159,000 greater
than July, 1902.
The National Association of Window
Trimmers of America, elected Eugene
H. Hyman. of Nashvlllo, Tenn.. official
editor, and chose Dayton, O., for the
next convention.
William Hamilton, self-confessed
murderer ot Mabel Richards, 13 years
old, was taken from jail at Asolln,
Wash., by a r.iob of l,0u0 and hanged
to a telegraph pole.
An agreement has practically been
concluded between Russia and Korea,
whereby Russia acquires 200 acres of
land at Yongampho, on the Yalu river,
on a 99-year lease.
The steam barge Colonial, of the Gil
Christ fleet, loaded with Iron ore for
Ohio points, sprang a leak and was
beached about four miles from Falso
Presque Isle, Michigan,
A national relief organization, with
branches in every city and town In tho
United States, with branch No. 1 in
her native town of Oxford, Mass., is
proposed by Miss Clara Barton, found
er and president of the Fled Cross.
Rev. George C. Houghton, of "The
Llttlo Church Around the Corner,"
Now York, waB Bavcd from a prob
ably fatal runaway by the courage
of Lieutenant G. B. Fortesque, who
stopped the horse at the risk of his
own Hie.
Tho steamer Virginia Lake sailed
from St. Johns, N. F., with an expedi
tion headed by Col. Wlllard Glazier,
of Albany, N. Y., which Intends to ex
plore the Interior of the peninsula.
Oliver T. Sherwood, the cashier of
the South port National Bank of Hart
ford, Conn., who Is chargod with em
bezzling $100,000, was arralguod and
held In $25,000 ball (or trial.
The Pennsylvania railroad will make
practical test with a French locomo
tive ot the Do Glehn compound type,
which it regarded as the most perfect
working passenger locomotive used In
Europe.
COREY Will D1H WOO SHIRT
ORGANIZATION PERFECTED.
In Addition United States Steel
Trust's New President Will Get
Handsome Dividends.
A member of the Finance Commit
tee of the United States Steel Cor
poration made tha statement thnt the
salary of William K. Corey, the now
president, would be $75,000 a yeir, but
added that the payroll of the offleln!
staff would not be lessened by reduc
ing the president's salary $25,000. This
Is taken to mean that the now office
of chairman of the board and tho new
advisory committee will be Important
factors In tho new working plan and
that salaries will bo attached. It was
Mr. Carnegie's suggestion that the sal
ary of the president be mado $100,000
In view of the enormous responsibil
ity attached to the office under the
first working plan. The reduction in
the salary of the president Is not In
tended to be any reflection upon the
sblllty and value of the services of
Mr. Corey. In the first place, accord
ing to thlB official, under the profit
sharing plan which the company has
arranged, Mr. Corey will receive a
handsome dividend every year in ad
dition to his salary. This dividend,
however, will not bo over $25,000 a
year. In the second place, Mr.
Schwab's duties have been divided be
tween Mr. Corey and E. H. Gary, who
becomes chairman of the board of di
rectors, a position which Mr. Schwab
occupied ex-offlclo, although the duties
of this position had never before been
defined. As the second president of
the greatest steel corporation In the
world, President Corey will have a
much easier task than Mr. Schwab had.
Henceforth the board of directors will
be all powerful in the management.
The steel corporation has now an or
ganization with a competent steel and
iron maker In every position calling
for practical knowledge, the whole so
arranged that every cog fits In. Mr.
Schwab left New York for Atlantic
City. "I am going to devote myself
entirely to rest," he said, "and the
length of my vacation will depend upon
results In that direction." Upon his
return Mr. Schwab is to have a suite
of offices on the fourth floor of the
building where the United States Steel
corporation has Its offices, where he
will attend to his private Interests,
which are very large.
MACKAYE'S ENTERPRISE.
Judge Tuley Finds That the Stock
holder Are Liable.
A decision was rendered at Chicago
by Judge Tuley favoring the Buda
Foundry and Manufacturing Company
In Its Bult to wind up the affairs of
the Columbia Celebration Company,
that was organized in Cleveland for
the purpose of exhibiting spectacular
plays during the World's fair at Chi
cago. The suit has been In the courts
for 10 years and over 100 persons
were made defendants. Steele Mack
aye, the author, was the leading spirit
In the enterprise and Induced cap
italists of Chicago to become Invest
ors. These men as stockholders are
now found liable for the debts of the
corporation to the extent of their un
paid stock.
DOODLER SENTENCED.
Lehman at St. Louis It Given Seven
Yeart.
In the Circuit Court at St. Louis, Mo.,
Judge Ryan sentenced Julius Lehman,
former member ot the House of Dele
gates, to Beven years' Imprisonment in
the penitentiary on the charge of brib
ery in connection with the city light
ing boodle deal. On request of Cir
cuit Attorney Folk, the passing of sen
tences on Charles F. Kelly, former
Speaker of the House, and former
Delegates Edmund Bersch and Charles
Denny was deferred. Kelly was con
victed of perjury and the others of
bribery in connection with tho same
deal.
8MOTHERED TO DEATH.
Remarkable Atmospheric Depression
Killed Animals In Dakota.
A most remarkable atmospheric de
pression Is reported from Oacoma, S.
D. It last only a few minutes. Near
ly every kitten less than six months
old In the vicinity of Oascoma, died.
Eighteen head of cattle in one drove
were seen coming down from the
flats, eight of them fell to the ground.
A farmer ran and found six of the
eight dead. John Morris, a stockman,
living on White river, reported the
loss ot six head the same day.
YELLOW FEVER 8USPECTED.
Physicians Believe Sailor's Death Wat
Due to Plague.
Almon Smith, a sailor, died In the
Kings county (N. Y.) hospital, a vic
tim, the authorities believe, of yellow
fever. His home and the immediate
neighborhood have been quarantined
and physicians aro on the lookout for
other possible cases. Smith- arrived
on tho steamship Havana from Vera
Cruz, and was taken to the hospital.
The ship Bailed again before tho board
ot health was notified.
Raised Money Orders.
Annie K. Shapley, who was urrosfad
In New York and taken to Philadelphia
to answer the charge of raising United
States postal orders, and Subsequently
held for trial, has made a confession.
Sho said her operations had been car
ried on since May 23 and that New
York City, Trenton, Newark, Yonk
era, Brooklyn, New Rochello, Bound
Brook, N. J., and other postofflces In
New York. Now Jersey and Pennsyl
vania had been victimized by the rais
ing ot postal orders.
Confessed to Big Shortage,
Albert W. Dlebel, a prominent Can
ton (O.) resident and teller at the
City National Bank, was placed under
arrest by Chief ot Police Fred S. Mc
Cloud on the charge of embezzling
$22,000 from tho bank In which he
was employed. Delbel said he bad
been speculating In stocks and used
$22,000 ot the bank's money.
REVIEW CF. TRADE.
Many 8ectiont 8how Increased Eucl
necs Good Fall Trade In Pros
pect Factories Occupied.
R. O. Dun's weekly review of trade
says: Trade ndvlc.es Irom nearly
every section continue to show an fa
vorable conditions as a year ago, and
In many L'nes the volume of transac
tions hns Increased. Jobbers report
fall business opening with excellent
prospects, and manufacturing plans
are well occupied, with tho exception
of cotton mills. Distribution of nier
etinndisn Is so heavy that railway
equipment already proves Inadequate
although crops are not the factor that
they w'll be In a few weeks. Earn
ings for July exceeded last ear's ty
12.7 per cent, and those of 1901 by
20.2 per cent. On the whole, news
from the farms Is less favorable, but
no serious curtailment Is assured,
and many set Hons make very bright
reports. A decline of 1.6 per cent In
the cost of commodities during July
Is evidence that prices are less In
flated. Consumption of Iron and steel
Is on a large scale, and In many de
partments, the past week has wit
nessed the signing of numerous con
tracts, but there Is a tendency to de
lay purchases beyond early needs.
This conservatism is not surprising
In view of the uncertainty regarding
the security and financial markets, to
gether with considerable Interruption
to structural work through labor con
troversies. The rate of consumption
and the moderate slzo of orders, how
ever, Indicate that stocks are run
ning low, which encourages furnace
men and mill operators to hold quota
tions fairly steady. A moderate ton
nage of pig Iron has been ordered,
and In partly finished products the
best feature Just now is the bidding of
agricultural .implement makers. More
pig lion was imported during July than
anticipated, and Germnn billets are
still offered at Pittsburg, but the do
mestic makers announce their inten
tion of meeting foreign competition.
There Is less pressure for t!n plates,
the peculiar weather extending the
canning season and giving more time
for delivery of cans. There Is full
occupation In all branches of this In
dustry, and In merchant pipe also the
mills have full order books for many
months. There were 178 commercial
failures this week In tho United States,
against 190 last week. 19) the pre
ceding week and 190 the correspond
ing week last year, and In Canada 19,
against 19 Inst week, 19 the preced
ing week and 14 last year.
Bradstreet's says: Summed up It
may bs said that the past. In trade
and Industry Is satisfactorily secured,
while the future, despite Borne main
ly sentlmentnl drawbacks, ,is highly
promising. Tue West and South con
template tha prospects of good yields
of staple crops and remunerative
prices are drifting lower. Food pro
ducts certainly tend lower. Other de
velopments In actual trade and man
ufacture are favorable. There are
more buyers of dry goods, clothing,
hats, shoes and hardware In Western
markets, anil In nearly nil linos busi
ness is claimed to be equal to or In
excess of last year so far. The dry
goods Beason has opened well at New
York In all Hne3 except cotton gooda.
Received German Ambassador.
President Roosevelt received the
credentials of Baron Speck von Sterm
berg at Oyster Bay August 7. as am
bassador from Germany. After tho
informal ceremony the two shouldered
rifles and spent part of tho afternoon
shooting et the butts.
CABLE FLASHES.
Ten striking workmen were killed
and 18 were wounded as the result of
a volley fired by troops at Mlkhallovo,
Russia. July 28. The strikers attempt
ed to stop trains.
Five reformers were arrested In
Peking, one being the brother of the
viceroy of Wu-Chnng. Police were sta
tioned at all the gates to prevent men
suspected to be reformers from leaving
the city.
The nntlve party In Hawaii hns be
come more hostile to the white ele
ment than ever before and openly an
nounces that It will neither nominate
nor support a single white man for
any county office.
The Servian government Is arrang
ing to pay the debts of the late Kmc
Alexander and Queen Draga out of
their estates. The debts amount to
$80,000, while the aggregate value of
the estates is $140,000. The surplus
will go to the heirs.
Because of the rumor that an at
tempt had been mado on the life of
King Alfonso, of Spain, the govern
ment has Issued a statement officially
contradicting the report, and further
denying that the king Is Indisposed.
The proposal to establish a public
park in or near Honolulu dty as a
memorial to the late President Mc
Kinley will be abandoned. It Is now
planned to erect a McKinley memorial
lighthouse at the entranco ot Honolulu
harbor.
Six scholars In Peking, whose es
says at recent examinations proposing
reforms In the administration of China
weie denounced by the censors, have
(led from Peking, through fear of ar
rest and execution. It Is supposed
that they have gone to Japan.
The funeral of Lieut. Col. Almon F.
Rockwell, United Stutes army, retired,
whose death at Paris, France, was an
nounced, took place at the Amuriean
Episcopal church. Tho body was after
wards cremated at the cemetery of
Pero La Chaise.
A tragedy occurred near Macauley
Point, British Columbia. Two men,
believed to be Harry Caldwell, and
his son, went to a small island about
two miles from1 Victoria to dynamite
fish. The dynamite exploded and tho
bodies of both were torn to ploces.
On the railway between Sucha and
Kalvaila. Austrian Silesia, a train
loaded with stones broke away and
ran at a terrible speed down a sharp
grade ' for 20 miles until It collided
v --ta a passenger traJu. Thirty per
sons were killed and 62 others sever
lv Inlured.
COLD STORAGE OF EGGS.
How They Are Testd and Kept Fresh
for Months at Time.
Cold stortge of eggs is one of the
greatest conveniences of modern
times, giving housewlvos eggs In abitn
,d8.nco at a season whon there would
otherwise be an egg famine, and en
abling the produce merchant to con
trol the market the year round. Be
fore this was done there was no cer
tainty of obtaining fresh eggs except
in spring and early summer, and spec
ulators were continually arising to
"bull" the market, a process which of
ten met with abject failure. "No soon
er was the market cornered than hens
all over the country began laying,"
said an unfortunate speculator. "And
there was no possible way of controll
ing the hens," he added, Badly. Todar
the prices of eggs are definitely con
trolled by the cold storage houses.
The demand seems to be always equal
to, if not greater than, the supply. It
is estimated that every five years the
consumption of eggs doubles, and only
the success of cold Mornge keeps down
the prices. In cold storage houses)
eggs may be kept for an indefinite
time as fresh as if they were Just laid.
The secret ot success in this matter
lies in careful sorting and packing of
the eggs in a uniform temperature.
An old picture i tho Dresden gal
lery represents a Dutch housewife
"testing eggs," and shows thnt the
method In use talay was In vogue
more than a hundred years ago, ex
cept for the substitution of a strong
electric light for the ancient oil amp.
The interior of the egg is examined
by the glow of light which shines di
rectly through it. If a perfect ball of
rosy red is found floating In clear li
quid in a clean shell, the egg Is fresh.
If there is a slight vacuum at one end
it Is fresh enough for ordinary use, but
not quite so fresh as the first one.
Evaporation has set In. but for cake
making and for many purposes this egg
Is better than a perfectly fresh one.
Finally when the egg has decomposed,
the yolk sticks to the shell; it Is stale
and unfit for use, though it may not be
odorous. Eggs which this test shows
to be practically frosh laid may not
have been In the barnyard for months,
while those that have not been prop
erly stored will not bear "candling,"
though they bavo been laid only a few
weeks.
The cold storage houses begin to
store eggs In the month of February,
and stop storing after he month of
June until cold weather comes again.
In the hot, sultry weather of August
eggs, like all other perishable pro
ducts, spoil easily, and are usually un
fit for storage purposes by the time
they are brought to market.
The first esgs to reach the great
packing houses come from the far
south. In March the middle states and
those near by send 'In their eggs for
storage. In April and May eggs from
the north and the eastern states reach
market In great quantities. Before the
end of June there are often a thou
sand carloads In market to be stored
for the dull season "when the bens
will not lay."
At these packing houses the tem
perature Is kept at 30 degrees Fahren
heit by means of pipes through which
brine circulates, exactly p.s steam does
In modern houses. The secret of
storing eggs successfully consists in
keeping them at only two degrees be
low freezing point In surroundings of
spotless cleanliness, and In sorting
those that hove begun to be stale from
those that are strictly fresh.
Legend of a Lake.
A climbing accident on Ptlatus Is re
ported. The mountain Is Interesting,
says the Westminster Gazette, as the
first of the Swiss heights to which
climbers turned their attention. There
was a legend to the effect that
the body ot Pontius Pilate bad
been thrown Into a lake close to
the summit, and that whenever a stone
was pitched Into the lake a storm Im
mediately occurred. The consequence
was that people were curious to ascend
the mountain to test the truth of the
story, and that tho Luzerne authorities
forbade them to do So unless a respect
able burgher of the town accompanied
them. In the sixteenth century, how
ever, the state pastor of Lucerne dis
pelled the legend by throwing stone
after stone Into the lake In the pres
ence of his entire congregation, and
calling upon them to witness that no
untoward consequences followed upon
bis action.
Bantam Hen Raitet Snakes.
Several weeks ago one of the resi
dents of Smoky Hollow found 13 ad
der's eggs under a decayed stump,
and, placing them under a bantam ben,
awaited results. In due time the cluck
ing mother batched out 13 little striped
adders. The brood was different from
the downy darlings which she had pre
viously roared, but the faithful ban
tam accepted her trust and Old the
best the could under the circum
stances. Several of the strange brood
fell a prey to the family cat and others
receded from civilization and took to
the woods, but six of them are still
following the puzzled bantam about
the premises In the daytime and at
night sleeping in the straw nest in
which they were hatched. The wig
gling brood have become sufficiently
domesticated to respond to the cluck
ing of their foster mother. New York
Herald.
A Financial Note.
"What's up, old man? I never saw
you look so haggard."
"The 'Steenth Bank is up; that's
what's up. AnJ my deposit's gone up
jvlth it."
"Oh! I wouldn't let a thing like that
upset me."
"I'm not upset; merely lost my bat
tnce." Philadelphia Press.