nmiiESCBDomn
MANY OTHERS INJURED.
Crowd of Merrymakers Near Phlladel
i phla Thrown by Express
I Under Accommodation.
Fire persons were killed and a
core of others were Injured In a col
Melon between the Wisconsin Central
limited passenger train and a Forty
third avenue street car at Fifty-second
avenue, Chlrago. The street car
was crowded with passengers return
ing from the Harlem race track and
very man In the car was Injured.
Tho motorman had received the sig
nal to cross and had just reached the
center of the tracks when the pas-
senger train crashed Into his car.
Nond of the pasgengors had time to
escape. The dead are: F. Roberts,
ody crushed, killed Instantly; Wil
liam Griffin, Kansas City, helper at
Hawthorne track, skull fractured; Jo
seph Butler, colored, skull fractured
and body crushed; J. Williams, Jock
ey, who rode second horse In last
race at Harlem, body crushed and
skull fractured; James Gallagher, of
Elnitra, N. Y., died on way to hos
pital. Four persons were killed outright
and five or six others were seriously
Injured by an express train at Sharon
Hill station on the Philadelphia, Bal
timore A Washington branch of the
Pennsylvania railroad. The dead are:
David Favran, till years old, Sharon
Hill; Pavld Farran. Jr., 12 years old,
a grandson of Farran; James Brown,
25 years old. Philadelphia; Jane Clark,
elrtor-ln-law of David Farran, Sharon
Hill.
The Injured: Thcnias Brown, aged
IS years; Martha J. Farran, aged 3t
years; Miss Clara Osgood, aged 40
years, of Sharon Hill. Those who
were Injured were hastily loaded onto
an accommodation train and sent to
the hosfltnl. Miss Farran, daughter
of David Farran, Is believed to be fa
tally hurt. The accident followed a
gay family reunion at the home of Da
vid Farran. The merrymakers were
on their way back to Philadelphia,
and the Sharon Hill contingent .of the
family accompanied the guests to the
train. They carrlod horns, phono
graphs and other toys, which were
scattered about the track and station
platform.
Austria In Trouble,
In consequence of an adverse vote
In the lower house of the Hungarian
diet Premier Hedervary again submit
ted his resignation and telegraphed to
Emperor Francis Joseph begging for
its acceptance. Premier Von Koerber
had elated that Austria was prepared
to go to war In defense of Emperor
Francis Joseph's declaration on the
subject of the Hungarian language and
other Hungarian demands and that it
would not yield to the latter.
$500,000 For Klscheneff Sufferers.
John B. Oreenhut, who has Just re
turned from an extended trip through
Europe, In the course of which h9 v4b
ited Russia to Investigate the massa
cre of Jews at Klscheneff, has Bent a
letter containing the results of his ob
servations to Secretary Hay. Mr.
Grectihut Eays that about 1,000,000
roubles, approximately $300 000, was
raised for the relief of the sufferers.
Sufficient funds have been received for
all urgent cases.
Robbed the Mint.
Rob?rt J. KU patrick was convicted
In the United States district court of
robbing the vaults of the United States
mint in Philadelphia, of 858 silver dol
lars. Kllpatrick was employed at the
mint as a laborer, and it is charged
he cut open the bags containing the
money while at work In the vaults. A
knife which Kllpatrick accidentally
dropped and had forgotten led to his
arrest and subsequent conviction. Kll
patrick was sentenced by Judge Mc
Pherson to an Imprisonment of four
years.
Produces Refined Oil.
A well which produces naturally re
fined water white oil has been struck
on the Swartzlander farm, near Karns
City, Pa. The oil came from a strata
a short distance above the second
sand 'and Indicates an output of 10 to
12 barrels a day. The oil has been
tested in lamps And burns as well as
the ordinary kerosene, It is said. A
similar well five miles south on the
SmumervlUe farm near Chicora has
been pumping. The product of this
well Is put up in bottles and sold as
talr restorer.
Both Are Dead.
Alexander Bruce Brownlee, at one
time a prominent business man and
politician of Youngstown, O., shot and
killed his wife, and then, passing into
an adjoining room, sent three bullets
into his person, cue passing through
the heart.
Our Mexican Trade. '
During the year ending June 30,
1903, the value of goods imported
from Mexico amounted to $41,313,711;
while, on the other hand, the pur
chase from our merchants $42,257,
106 worth. According to the latest
available Mexican statistics, about 60
per cent of the total value of goods
imported by that country In the flBcal
year, 1902, came from . the United
States, as compared with a little over
65 per cent in 1890. Of the goods ex
ported from Mexico, we took about
80 per cent in 1902 and about 68 per
cent in 1890.
., Form Employers' Federation.
With a capitalisation of about $1,
000,000,000 a federation of manufactur
ers' and employers' associations em
ploying tens of thousands of skilled
workmen, formed in Chicago. A Na
tional Employer' Association will be
formed the first week in November.
The object of the federation Is to pro
tect and promote interests of employ
ers and the independent workmen of
the country by all legitimate means.
The new association will flgut all
strikes, boycotts and other labor trou
ble in the courts.
KILLED INNOCENT PEOPLE.
Many Villages Ars Burned and Women
and Children Horribly
Murdered. '
A dispatch from the Rlla monastery
gives a report that the whole popu
lation of the district of Razlog has
been r.iai.paered or has fled. Three
thousand women and children, fugi
tives from the Turkish soldiery, have
arrived at Rlla. Many villages around
Kaxica are said to be burning. The
town Itself Is surrounded with tents
occupied by the Turkish troops, who
avoid lighting and. according to the
dispatch, tttack only innocent people.
Letters from Mouastlr say the Turk
ish autluritlcs are posting a final In
vltaMou to the Insurgents to return
to their homes.
A report Issued by the revolution
ary committee at Monastlr gives de
tail of a long list of atrocities com
mitted by the Turkish troops In Sep
tember, Including the ruthless slaugh
ter of a number of children, who were
hurled from high rocks. It Is stated
that the Turku Wiled over 200 peas
ants in a number of villages and that
while taking 130 villagers as prison
ers to Neyesko they massacred 75 of
them. At another place 18 women
were assaulted then shut In a barn
which was set on fire.
An Imperial irade has been Issued
calling out C0.0O0 recruits in the dis
tricts of the Second and Third army
corps, In urdir to complete the effect
iveness of the Nizam (regular) bat
talions In Mart (leu la.
RIOTING AT THE 800.
Discharged Employes of Lake Super
ior Company Desperate.
A messagv? from Sault Ste Marie,
Mich., says: Serious rioting began
In the Canadian Soo Monday. An as
sault upon the office building by the
mob early before the arrival on ths
grounds of the troops, was success
ful, and a mass of frenzied rioters
secured possession of the ground floor
of the building, destroying everything
movable that came in their path.
The arrival of the troops on the
grounds, armed with ball cartridges,
served to restore some semblance of
order. The rioters then contented
themselves with throwing stones at
the building and hurling Invectives at
the soldiers, who established a "dead
line" and prevented any approach to
ward the building by any of the riot
ers. The greatest number of the mob
are Ignorant foreigners who have been
drinking, although the bars this after
noon finally obeyed the order to close
up. The man they seem most anxious
to get at Is Mr. Coyne, the assistant
manager, who, in the absence of Mr.
Shields, is in charge of the works.
Mr. Coyne discreetly kept out of sight.
Tho loaders of the mob hold a con
ference and demanded that the com
pany house tho men In their hotel
and boarding house and feed them tin
till the money for their wages 1b forth
coming. In order to ' appease the
crowd this demand was granted, and
the men hove taken possession of the
white house, a large boarding house
operated by tho company.
TIN ORE FOUND.
Hundred-Foot Ledge Discovered North
of Cape Nome.
A 100-foot ledge of tin ore has been
discovered near Lost Itlver, In Capo
York district, north of Cape Nome.
It in believed to be tho griatast strlko
of tin ore known anywhere. Three
hundred pounds of sample rock have
been brought down for shipment to
Pltttburg, together with small brlcka
of tin reduced at Nome. Details of
the discovery are given by Joseph H.
Hutchinson, former Lleutennnt Gover
nor of Idaho, who has bonded eight
of 17 claims, which embrace the ledge
feo far uncovered. Hutchinson repre
sents Eastern capltallEKs associated
with the American Tlnplnte Company.
Upon his 'arrival at Teller he met Ar
thur Collier of the Geological Survey,
who informed him of the discovery of
the tin ledge, which overshadows In
Importanceatream ln previously found
through Capo York district. The ore
brought down runs 10 to IS per cent
in tin, while tin crystals from decom
posed ore will average 60 to 70 per
cent. Hutchinson believes other tin
ledges will be fpund next year. t
FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL,
Robert R. West, of Kentucky, has
been appointed auditor for the gov
ernment printing office.
Commissioner of Pensions Ware
has returned from his summer vaca
tion, which was spent at his Kansas
homo.
Positions In the Philippines go beg
ging. Several months ago Col. Ed
wards, chief of the insular bureau,
called upon the civil service commis
sion to certify candidates for 150
teachers' positions paying from $900
to $2,000 per annum. There were few
applicants, fewer took the examina
tion and only 42 were eligible for ap
pointment, i
Assistant Secretary of War Ollvor
has been appointed on the board for
the promotion of rifle practice In the
United States, In place of Colonel Wil
liam Carey Sanger, resigned. A meet
ing of the board in Washington has
been called for October 7.
Plate Glass Prices Cut.
The prices of plate glass have been
cut an average of 10 per cent far the
purpose of saving to the American
manufacturers close upon $2,000,000
worth of American business which tho
Belgian manufacturers have been en
abled to take from them.
Suspects Released.
Frank Francis and Joseph Houston,
the men who were held upon suspi
cion of being Implicated in the murder
of Samuel F. Ferguson by dynamite
near West Mlddietown, Pa., have been
completely exonerated by the coro
ner's Jury.
Almost half tho town of Williamson,
W. Va., was destroyed by Are. The
loss is $50,000. One negro perished.
The Mahoning river; from Salem,
O., to Winton Falls, O., Is to be stock
ed with bass.
K1E SIM'S l',CJMf Mill!
HIGHEST RATIO REACHED IN GOLD
Some Interesting Figures Report of
Treasurer Roberts for the
Last Fiscal Year.
Ellis H. Roberts. Treasurer of the
United States, has submitted to iBee
retard Shaw his report on the condi
tion of the Treasury June 30, 1903, and
Its operations during the last fiscal
year. The total net revenues for the
year were $500,390,674. an Increase of
$1139,988,439 over the year preceding,
and the total expenditures $506,099,
007, an Increase of $35,782,034. The
surplus was $54,297,607, as compared
with $91,287,375 In 1902.
In the receipts there was an in
crease of upward of $3,000,00O from
customs and a falling off of over $41,
000,000 from internal revenue, the lat
ter being the result cf legislation en
acted with that object. On the side
of (he expenditures there was an in
crease In every Important account ex
cept pensions and Interest, in which
them were slight savings. The ex
penditures for the two military depart
ments, which togetiier amounted to
$191,237,654, forming by far the heav
iest outlay for any single purpose,
were upward of $21,000,000 greater
than the year before.
The aggregate income, Including be
sides the revenues the receipts from
bonds, notes and coin certificates, was
$1,211,394,097 and the aggregate outgo
$1,122,647,055. At the close of the
year the Treasury held $893,008,869 In
gold and silver on deposit against out
standing C3rtlflcates and Treasury
notes, besides the $150,000,000 In gold
which forma the reserve against Unit
ed States notes.
Treasurer Roberts places the mone
tary stock of the country June 30,
1903, 'including geld and sliver bank
notes, but not certificates, at $2,688,
149.021, an Increase or $124,882,963 for
the year. The Increase In gold was
$60,137,401 and In national bank notes
$56,908,559. The total estimated
stock of gold was $1,252,731,990, con
stituting nearly 47 per cent of the
whole. The gold In the Treasury
amounted to $631,420,789 after a gain
of $71,220,480 In 12 months. During
the year $126,715,723 In gold was de
posited at the mints and assay offices.
The Increase of the money In circu
lation during the year was $121,740,
252, of which $59,776,462 was in gold
and gold certificates and $54,520,193 In
national bank notes. The share of
money for each person Increased 89
cente, and the proportion1 of gold to
tho whole rose to 42 per cent, the
highest ratio ever recorded.
HANGED TWICE.
8treet Row Ends In Attempted Lynch
ingSeveral Shot.
At Oxford, O., a mob brcke open the
Jail and took Joseph Splvey to an elm
tree, one squire away, on which
Honry Corbln was lynched In 1892.
Splvey was strung up and let down to
pray. A second time he was strung
up and tat down, and while ho was
pleading for time to write his wife,
Deputy Sheriff Brennan, and a few as
sistants rushed forward, cut the rope
and dashed down the street with tho
prisoner. Ho was rushed to the Jail
and has been spirited out of town.
John Splvsy, his brother. Is dying with
a bullet through bis head, E. V. Jettin.
of Monroe, O., was also fatally wound
ed by the 8plveys. The trouble arose
out of a disturbance created by John
Splvey and Joseph Splvey, who came
over from Kentucky with some friends
and began shooting in the streets of
Oxford during the progress of a fair.
Tho village marshal, Woodiuff, and his
deputy, Jacob Manrod, attempted to
arrest them, and were both wounded.
The crowd then pursued the Splvey
brothers with shotguns. The men were
overtaken, after Joseph had been Bhot
In the right side and John knocked
unconscious with a stone. A stranger
who refused to give his name was
shot in the abdomen.
BURNED HIS MOTHER.
Russian Peasant Carries Out a Relig
ious Mania.
The Russian village of Oro In the
district of Gapsalko, was recently the
scene of an extraordinary case of re
ligious mania. A peasant named Jo
hanr. Petsam became convinced that
the sins of the people demanded a
human sacrifice, and accordingly of
fered himself. None of the neighbors
were willing to act the .part of sac
rlflcial priest. Fetsman then conclud
ed that his mother, of whom he woe
most fond, must be the victim. He
reasoned that his mother's name was
Eve and Eve brought sin Into the
world. Besides, no woman's blood
had yet been shed for humanity's sin.
Ills neighbors, suspecting Petsman's
design, removed his mother to an
other cottage, but In the night Pets
man entered her room. He stunned
his mother with a club then built a
pyre with the furniture and burned
her thereon.
8hort In His Accounts,
George M. Collier, chief state inspec
tor of engineers for Ohio, was sus
pended from his office by Governor
Nash, and the attorney general was
ordered to bring suit to recover $2,716
ou his bond, that being the amount oi
n allegod shortage. Mr. Collier, it is
said, has not made an accounting for
the months of June, July and August.
He has besn missing since Septem
ber 14.
FOREMAN KILLED.
Shot by Colored Highwayman Who
Asked for Match.
Ralph Williams, a foreman employ
ed by Contractors Wilson, Watts &
Hoge, near DuBols, Pa., on the new
Buffalo and Susquehanna railroad,
was murdered by two unknown ne
groes, who escaped. Williams was
walking by himself on the grade, at
night, when accosted by the colored
men, who asked for a match. Upon
receiving a reply that he .bad none,
the negroes fired two shots, one of
which struck. Williams in the pit of
the stomach. '
LATEST NEWS NOTES.
L. T. Wllmer was electrocuted at
Nhigara Falls by grasping a live wire.
Oberlln college has received a gift
of $25,000, The name of the donor Is
withheld.
There are 800 Chinese students In
the colleges of Japan and 600 more
an to be sent.
Five prisoners escaped from the
Columbia county Jail at Hudson, N. Y.
Four are ex-convlcts. A saw made out
of a table knife was used to cut away
the bars.
Four men were killed at Marlon,
Ind., when an Interurban ear ran Into
a construction train on the Chicago,
Cincinnati and Louisville railroad.
Curtis Jett, sentenced to be hanged
December 18, for the assassination of
James Cockrell at Jackson, Ky., has
been taken to Louisville jail for suae
keeping.
The arrival of the Czar In Vienna
was not marked by the same popular
enthusiasm as was shown during the
visits of King Edward and Emperor
William.
Since the United States mall wagon
drivers of New York City have formed
their organization their wages have
been Increased to 60 per cent and their
working time reduced one hour.
Burton R. Parker, of Detroit, was
appointed supervising special agent of
the treasury department, succeeding
W. S. Chance, of Canton, O., who has
been transferred to St. Paul.
Flt-.s1mmons and Gardner were
matched to fight at he Yosemlto Club
the latter part of November for the
title held by Gardner. The contest
will be for 20 rounds at 108 pounds.
Twelve hundied schools In Porto
Rico opened Monday, and sixty thous
and pupils were received. Three
times that number of children were
enrolled nnd the struggle for prefer
ence was very great.
Englneman Frank Parker, of Chat
tanooga, was killed and seven other
trainmen were badly Injure, two fa
tally, in a wreck caused by Cincinnati
Southern passenger train No. 8 run
ning into a cow at Glen Mary, Tenn.
The annual convention of the Span
ish War Veterans' Association at New
Haven, Conn., was welcomed by Gov
ernor Chamberlain and a parade of
1,000 soldiers in blue and gray marked
the opening day.
Gen. Balllngton Booth and his wife,
Maud B. Booth, of New York, com-mauders-ln-chlef
of the Volunteers of
America, will uttend the eight an
nual meeting of tho Field Council of
the Army, which Will be held in Pitts
burg, October 25 to 30 Inclusive.
Rev. Truman E. Allen, pastor of the
Thirteenth Avenue Methodist Church,
Minneapolis, was Btricken with apo
plexy Just as he finished what he
thought might bo his last sermon to
tho congregation In three hours he
was dead. Rev. Mr. Allen was born
In Vermont, 63 years ago.
The Empire Steel -and Iron Com
pany, which operates two furnaces In
Allentown, Pa., end four at C'atasau
qua, and the Thomas Iron Company,
which operates four stacks at Hoken
daqua and two at Alburtls, posted no
tices of a 10 per cent cut in wages.
The reduction affects 900 men.
NOT 8CARED BY THREATS.
Northern Paciflo Officials Guard Tracks
Against Dynamiters.
The officials of the Northern Pacific
Railway Co. have definitely decided to
refuse the demands of tho gang of
unknown dynamiters who threaten to
blow up tracks unless they receive
$50,000. General Manager Cooper
said: "It is true that a demand for
$50,000 has been made upon the North
ern Pacific Co. by parties In Montana.
We have taken sufficient precautions
to make the tracks Bafe. The North
ern Pacific has posted a roward of
$2,500 for the arrest and capture of
the dynamiters. The State of Montana
has posted another reward of $5,000,
and Polk county, Mont., has offered
another $500, making a total reward
now of $8,000." General Manager
Caliper believes that the men aro pro
fessional dynamiters. Every mile of
tho tracy through Montana Is being
guarded. The time limit fixed by the
dynamiters- In their ultimatum to the
railroad company expires on Octo
ber 4.
CONSPIRATORS SENTENCED.
Enemies of King Alexander's Murder
ers Found Guilty.
The trial of the army officers
charged with conspiracy against the
murderers of King Alexander and
Queen Draga resulted in Captain Nov
akovltch and Lazarevlteh, the former
being the ring leader, being sentenced
to two years Imprisonment and the
loss of their commissions. Dr. Veil
kovltch ad Captain Lotkljovitch, the
former aide-de-camp of King Alexan
der, each fljceuved sentences of a
month's imprisonment. Other officers
who took a less prominent part In the
conspiracy were condemned to from
three months to a year In prison,
GAMBLERS WERE ROBBED.
Amid Fusllade of Bullets They .Fled
-From Mining Camp.
Two masked men at Eureka, Utah,
a big mining camp, entered the Uncle
Sam gambling saloon at midnight,
held up the employes and 15 men who
were in the place, secured $5,000 from
the gambling tables and then backc.1
out of the room. As they left one of
tha men who had been held up pulled
a revolver and fired at the retreating
robbers. The noise brought the sher
iff and the city marshal to the scene
and a pitched battle with tho robbers
followed, many fchots being fired by
both sides. In the darkness the rob
bers escaped to the mountains.
Butchers May Strike.
Every packing plant In the United
States is threatened with a tie-up by
a general Btrlke of butchers and af
filiated workmen throughout the coun
t'.y for the first time lu history, unless
the owners yield to demands or mu
Amalgamated Meat Cutters' and Butch
er Workmen of America,
MUM LUSTED THREE DAYS.
MOBS PILLED STREETS.
Killing of a Moslem by a Christian
Ended In an Uprising of
the Former.
Thp situation In Beirut remains tin
changed, there being a great feeling
of uncertainty. On board the United
States cruisers Brooklyn and Sau
Francisco the blue Jackets and ma
rines are in readiness to land at a
moment's notice. Ammunition fills
their belts and arms are stacked on
deck. Rear Admiral Cotton Is pre
pared to give Americans and Euro
peans In general the fullest protec
tion possible. Fortunately the fantl
clsm of the people' has not yet gone
to far beyond bounds as to cause them
to attack foreigners, but 'business Is
at u standstill, the streets are desert
ed, and tho shops are closed.
The disturbances here began on the
night of Friday, September 4. A
murder was committed In Beirut which
was by no means an unusual thing,
but In this Instance a native Chris
tian killed a Moslem. The next morn
ing the Christians In the community
became much wrought up over the
affair and a genuine fright prevailed.
"Now, the Moslems will go out to
night," they said, "and five Christians
will die for the Moslem that is slain."
On Saturday night and on the Sun
day following there was an uprising
against tho Christian In different
parts of the city. But, not only five
were killed, 35 parsons were massa
cred In one quarter and a reign of
terror was Inaugurated throughout the
whole city. A visit to the scene of
tho greatest slaughter found a Turk
ish officer dead on tho ground, an
other with blood streaming from a
wound In his face, while In the homos
of the neighborhood victims lay dead
or writhing in agony. On Sunday
morning a church was attacked in the
same neighborhood while service was
in progress, but no one was killed.
A DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
Old Man Kills Young Woman and
Takes His Own Life.
Georgo Gnrwood, a prolmnent cit
izen of California, Pa., and a member
of one of the best known families of
Fayette county, shot and killed Hilda
Vogel, a girl, with whom he had been
living as man and wife, at No. 131
Moultrie street, Pittsburg, and then
"hot nnd killed himself. Jealousy over
a life-long friend of the girl Is sup
posed to have prompted the deed.
Garwood was 65 years old, and his
wife and nine children are all living.
Tho girl was a little over 20 years
old. The' couplo first mot In a res
taurant, where the girl was employed.
MAIL CAR BURNED.
Wreck on the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Engineer Injured.
The mall train on the Pennsylvania
railroad which left Philadelphia at
4:25 a. m., was wrecked about a mile
eaBt of Lancaster, Pa., and a mail
car was burned with all Its mail. A
frolght train was 'being run to an
other track nnd the caboose had not
cleared the first track when the mall
came along. The mall train scraped
along the caboose until the last car
was reached when the caboose and a
freight car were derailed nnd held
fast the last mall car. The wreck
caught fire. The wood work of the
mall train was damaged, windows
broken and the side of the engine cab
Bmathod In. James P. McAllister, en
gineer of the mall train was seriously
Injured.
Balloon Crosses Channel.
Count De La Vaulx and Count D'Out
remtnt descended In a ballon near
Hull, Yorkshire, having Journeyed
from Paris In 17 hours. This Is the
first time that a balloon has success
fully traveled from France to Eng
land. Vsnderbllt Robbed of $9,000.
A close friend of George W. Van
dorbllt Is authority for the statement
that Mr. Vanderbllt's presence In
Ashevlllo. N. C, is due to the fact that
he has been robbed of $9,000 by office
employes of his Biltmore estate. A
timekeeper and a bookkeeper, it is al
leged, working In co-operwtion, got
away with that amount before being
detected.
THE WORKING WORLD.
- A Central Trades Council has Deeu
formed at Hoqulum, Wash.
'Blast furnace workers of the United
States will demand an eight-hour day
on May 1, 1904.
Furniture workers at Grand Rapids,
Mich., have domanded a nine-hour day,
with ten-hours' iay.
United Garment Workers of Ameri
ca bos increased in membership from
3,000 to 60,000 in 12 years.
Steamflttcrs at Atlanta, Ga.. are on
strike to enforce their demand for an
increase of 50 cents a day. They now
rocolve $3.
Labor organizations throughout the
country have unanimously petitioned
President Roosevelt to appoint Wil
liam S. Waudby, of Rochester, N. Y.,
to tho position of Commissioner of
Labor.
A settlement of the Btrlke in the
building trades at Albany, N. Y., is in
sight. Tho strike has been on over
two months.
Painters at Washington, D. C, will
demand an Increase in wages from $3
a day to $3.50.
Master printers of Providence, R. i
have rejected the wage Increase pre
sented by the Typographical Union,
and tho Journeymen In turn rejected
a proposition from the employers tt
not being satisfactory.
Heroic efforts are being made by the
trades and labor unions of the South
to eliminate child and female labor.
Tho latest move mado by the unions is
to practically adopt the children em
ployed In the mills.
REVIEW OF TRADE.
Steel Still In Demand 'Rush of Pig
Iron Ordera Car Short
age Continues.
R. O. Dun & Co.'s "Weekly Review
of Trade" says: Asde from the reduc
toln In blast furnace activity, manufac
turing plants are more fully engaged
and several encouraging reports are
received, particularly as to footwear.
Wholesale and Jobbing trade Is well
maintained, many cities reporting a
larger volume thnu last yenr, and bus
iness at Chicago Is stimulated by the
multitude attending the centennial.
Latest returns of foreign commerce
at this port ate favorable, exports In
creasing, whllo Imports decrease as
compared with tho name week last
year. Railway earnings thus far avail
able for September exceed those of
1902 by 8.4 per cent and surpass earn
ings or 1901 by 19.3 per cent. It Is
practically certain that a reduction of
pig Iron output will be made, averag
ing about 20 per cent, and this con
certed action to prevent accumulation
of stocks has already had a senti
mental effect on the market, Inquiries
Increasing In number and extent of
tonage. Urgent requests for Inimedl
ato shipments of new orders testify
to the pressing needs of consumers
who have allowed supplies to fail
very low In anticipation of better
term. Revival of activity at Clalrton
and elsewhere Is encouraging evidence
of the fact that steel Is still required,
and In several developments of the in
dustry new business has appeared.
Tho wei'k has brought few changes
In quotations. Car shortago has begun
to cnuse tumble, but the diminished
needs of blast furnaces relieve the
situation fat Coi:nellsvHIe, where the
coke output has been moderately cur
tailed. Tho diy goods market presents
no new tenures. Leather Is fairly
steady, exvcpl that belting butts are
fully 5 tents below the extreme prices
secured a few months ago. Record
breaking receipts of cattle naturally
depress prices, although foreign dry
hidi are steady. Failures this week
In the United States number 20,
against 232 last week, 219 the preced
ing week and 07 the corresponding
week InBt year, and In Canada 10,
against 19 last week, 19 the preced
ing week Htul 23 last year.
Fullures during the nine months of
1903 were .1,170 In number, with as
sets of :.J,J0Li,2S5 and liabilities of
$11)1.655.855. As to number there ap
pears a most f ucouragtng decrease of
exactly TOO. us compared with the cor
responding months last year, when the
aggregato was 8,676, but liabilities
this year have 'l.ren very much heav
ier tbnn the $35,407,400 reported a
year ago.
PHILIPPINE TRADE.
Exports for Month of May Show
Large Increase.
Tho returns of Philippine commerce
for May. 1903. about to be published
by the bureau of insular affairs ot tne
war deportment, show the foreign
trade of the islands, aggregating $t,
872.982, exclusive of government sup
plies and gold and silver. Importa
tions amounted to $3,391.C55, being
considerably In excess of the monthly
average as a result of heavy purchas
es of food stuffs, rice imports alone
approximating nearly $1,750,000 worth.
The outgoing trade for the month ot
May Included shipments of Philippine
products to tho value of $3,481,327. For
11 months ending May 31. 1903. the
total trade amounted to $60,576,245,
whllo for the corresponding period of
1902, tho value was $50,824,090. Tho
gain Indicated by the foregoing fig
ures Is duo to the extraordinary in
crease in exports.
LIMITING PIG IRON OUTPUT.
Operations During October Curtailed
Twenty Per Cent.
A meeting of representatives of
about 40 pig iron furnaces was held
In New York. The meeting decided
to make a 20 per cent reduction of
output for October. Nothing was done
regarding the proposed reduction of
wages, but it Is Bald that each In
terest will act as It Bees fit. The
agreement to curtail operations Is
tci.tative and binding only for Octo
ber. The companies represented at
this meeting have a total daily ca
pacity of 6,000 tons, which, under the
new agreement, will be reduced to
4,800 tons.
LYNCHERS FOUND GUILTY.
Coroner's Jury Holds 27 Men Respon
sible for Murder.
At Lynchburg, Tenn., the coroner's
Jury returned a verdict that Allen
Small, who was killed during a raid
on the Moore county Jail, was delib
erately, rr.a'iciously and premeditated
ly murdered, and 27 men are named as
guilty of the crime. Fourteen of the
mob are under arrest and warrants
for the others have been issued. Three
of the prisoners have turned State's
evidence, and have been released on
bond on condition that they will ap
pear as witnesses for the prosecu
tion. Engineer Killed In Wreck.
As the result of a head-on collision
on the West Penn railroad at Apollo,
Pa., Engineer A. E. Bennett was killed,
several haad of cattle were destroyed
and two engines were reduced to
scrap Iron.
CABLE NOTES.
Sir Michael Herbert, the British am
castador to the United States, died at
Davos-Platz, Switzerland.
The negotiations in the Philippine
Islands between the Vatican and the
United States government regarding
the rale ot tho land held by the friars
and the removal of the native monks
from the islands have been called
off by Plus X.
The city council of Dussoldorf,
Rhenish Prussia, appropriated $15,
000 for its exhibit at the St. Louis
exposition.
A i-anguinary encounter between the
police and striking car men took place
In Budapest. Revolvers were used on
both sides and many persons were
wounded, several mortally.
' PEARL, y THOUGHT.
Wrong has no Vestd rights.
Character rests upoa choice.
Bin sows the seed of sorrow.
' Character Is never born full grown.
Tbs hope of Immortal life Is the lift
f mortal hope.
The only way to make the best of
bad thing is to abolish It,
Spirituality without morality la ft
mere whistle without works.
Greater the motherhood of the era
die than the monarch ot the king.
There Is a difference between the de
serving poor and the deservedly poor.
The trouble with nutshell wisdom la
that It Is easier to get in than to take
out.
He who expects to win the world's
applause while be purifies Its way had
better look for other business.
Some men pray In the morning for
the death of their passions and then
spend the day In feeding them. Ram's
Horn,
NON-LINGUISTIC.
French and British Handicapped by
Indifference. '
Among all the nations of the civi
lized world, or at all events ot Europe,
the French have hitherto been the
most perfectly contented with abso
lute Ignorance ot the spoken lan
guages of neighboring communities.
Our own country Is sufficiently back
ward In this regard, but there is a
marked shade of difference between
the indifference of English people to
the tongues of other closely connected
and kindred nationalities and the at
titude of mind assumed in similar re
lations of the Immense majority of
Frenchmen. The latter are' proud ot
tho refinement of their language as
an Instrument for conveying thought.
The incapacity of the average Eng
lishman to express himself In any lan
guage save his own is due partly to
lack of imagination, partly to a half
conscious belief that everything which
Is worth saying at nil can be said In
English fully as well as In any other
tongue, and, very largely because the
absence of confidence In bis mastery
of any other Idiom or accent makes
blm shy and Indisposed, as he would
say, to "make an exhibition of him
self." On this side of the Channel a rude
awakening at once In the sphere of
commerce and in that ot war has
spread the opinion that we cannot af
ford to remain any longer Intrenched
behind the ramparts of an exaggerat
ed Insularity. There Is a widespread
foellng that, unless we arouse our
selves In this as in other things, we
shall enter upon some momentous con
flict some day with even less knowl
edge of our opponents than waa dis
played In the case of the Transvaal
war, and that the rivalry of our com
petitors In trade is rendered more
formidable by the fact that they are
better Informed than we are ot the
prevailing Ideas in foreign markets,
a result largely due to their superior
skill in the use of foreign languages.
The French, It would seem, are
also becoming aware that they are
suffering from disabilities hot very dif
ferent In kind, though less serious in
degree, since their commercial rela
tions with the external world are not
comparable with ours. Still It Is ob
vious that France can no more afford
than any of her neighbors to be han
dicapped by imperfect opportunities
of Intercourse with the sur.ounJIng
countries. London Times.
A Bank Teller's Tale.
"The Bismarck Quarry Company had
an option on three acres of land be
longing to Sam Dunselth, good for one
year, the price being $1000 an acre,"
said the bank teller.
"Before the expiration of the time
the company offered payment, which
Dunselth refused. He wanted more.
The man could not legally demand It,
but the company, wishing to avoid
lawsuit, asked my opinion in the mat
ter. I suggested payment in one-dollar
bills.
"I obtained a large coin sack, and
counted out the three thousand ones.
Sorting them separately and crumpling
them all up, I thrust them into the
sack, which looked like a bag of
feathers. The President of the com
pany, together with a lawyer and
cleric as witness, proceeded to the
house of Dunselth and again proffered
payment which was again refused.
Walking over to .the large table In the
centre of the room, the presldont cut
the string and dumped the contents ot
the sack In a huge pile on the table.
" 'Here Is your three thousand dol
lars! Will you take it?'
"The farmer was amazed at the pile
of money, more than be Lad ever seen
before. He stammered out:
" 'U guess I'll take if
"In less than three minutes his sig
nature was on a deed, witnessed by the
lawyer's clerk." New York Times.
Two Good Highlanders.
During the Crimean war a Scotch of
ficer was appointed to command a regi
ment of recruits In Glasgow, Scotland,
and, being a Highlander, took a vote
of the regiment to determine whether
the men favored the adoption of the
Highland costume, says the Philadel
phia Ledger.
In due time the regimental orderly
appeared before the colonel with the
result of the vote.
"Well, orderly," said he, "how many
cf the men favored the adoption of the
Highland plaids?"
"Only two, sir."
"Only two! Well, I am glad I have at
least two good Highlanders in my regi
ment. Who are they?"
"Corporal Flaherty and Private Mul
ligan, nr.-