IE HIES BE LOST IN Ml A MILLION DOLLARS DAMAGE. Rlvrrs Became Raging Torrents. Fierce Gala Along Atlantic Coast Traffic Crippled. Nine lives were sacrificed In acci dents canned by the doing of rain, and property worth many mil Lions was octroyed by the flood In and around Now York City. Such a downpour ha never before been chronicled In New Ywlt and It wilt require several weeks for the municipal authorities iMid the railroad corporations to repair the damages. In many respecas the storm was similar to thn (treat blizzard of Marc-h, 1888. as it came from the southeast and was drawn here In the path of another storm already raging. Tha weather was warm, however, and there was phenomenal rain Instead of snow. In the Ohe-apeak bay the flood tides reached nn unprecedented hclgiit, driven In from the roaring ocean by the gnlo, nnd at Norfolk, Va., the water front of ths city was feet devp In water pounding and surging Into the city, in Brooklyn the dam age was even greater than In Manhat tan. Miles of outlying territory were submerged and thn only means of com munication was by hastily constructed rafts. Five horses were drowned In one of the city Btreels, A lineman was, killed by elcctilclly while fixing wires underneath the elevated road. PaU'ifon, N. which Is just recover ing from the ravages of tire followed by flood, briIii suffered. M.iry Had ley, !4 years ilil. was standing on a bmUo crossing what Is known as Mniiy Anna brook, when the bridge washed away, a: lying licr to dentil, . Ti.e dam confining! the waters of l'oiridon Lcko, N. .1.. burst. The Inn bridge across the Haninpo river was corned away and l1 D bonnes below It v. ere paiilally submergM. l'omp ton was Isolated, ai no trains could par.a. The lake, which was emptied, was more than a mile long ami half a mile wld. Nearly all the cities In northern New Jersey were partly flooded. Electric fight plants had to rice- and schools and many houses wo'o wrecked. CASTRO WANTS CASH. Orders Forcible Collection of Taxes and Customs from Foreigners. FmlHRorlcs of President Castro of Venezuela hnvo arrived at Cludad Bol ivar, Venezuela, with orders to collect forcibly not only tiio taxes but the custom Iioubo duties already paid by Importers from May, 1902, to August, 1903, the period during which the rev olutionists occupied that city as In government do facto. The amount demanded Is about $1,000,000. The for eigners, especially the firms of Ulohm ft Co.. German; falazzi & Co., French; Boccardo & Co., Italian, and Dalton & Co., American, have refused to pay, claiming that tho duties had already 4?f en legally paid. Menaces and vex atious tactics are employed against the l'orelKnors. Herr Sprlck, a Gor roau, refused to pay back duties, and a cargo of rum belonging to him, widen was being landed from a steam er.was seized by the government and sold tt public auction for aimoBt nothing..- The German merchant in this manner lost 5.00). Venezuelan merchants who refuse to pay, having no protection, are 'imprisoned. A reign of terror exlsta everywhere at Cludad Bolivar and consequently trade Is paralyzed. President Castro's representative at Cludad Dolivar is quoted as saying: "Germany and the other foreign powers obliged the Ven ezuelan government to pay millions. Now It Is Venezuela who forces the Germans and other foreigners to reim burse them." POSTOFFICE FRAUDS. Fifteen New Indictments on Account of Gig Swindles. Fifteen new Indictments were brought in by the Supreme Court for the District of Columbia as the final result of the Investigation In the Post office dopartment. The Indictments Involve James N. Tyner, lata assistant attorney general for the Postofflce de partment, and his assistant, Harrison J. Barrett; James T. Metcalf, super intendent of the money order system; Norman Metcalf, son of James 'i; Harry T. Hallenbeck, president of the Wynkoop, HallcnbacU & Crawford Company, of Now York, which for sev eral years supplied tho department with its money order blanks, and Wil liam D. Uorcmua, who Is connected with a house which lia3 been supply ing a stamp cancelling machine to tho department. Thero were additional In dictments against August W. Maciion, former superintendent of free delivery; George W. Beavers, former chief of the salary and allowanco divJslon; W. Scott Towers, who was In chargo of a sub-station of the Washington City postoffice, and State Senator George A. Green, of New York. KILLED HER HU8BAND. Drunken Man Was Stabbed Though Heart by His Wife. While bis wife, Katherlne, was wall ing on a customer In their restaurant at Dayton, O., W. H. Lane came home drunk and abused her, striking her with his hand and knocking her down. She fled to the kitchen, where he fol lowed her and struck her to the floor a second time. i . In falling; she grabbed a long knife and, thrust It through her husband's hwurt. killing him Instantly, Two ribs were completely severed. - When she crased and grief-stricken, fell upon his body and was . covering it with car esses and kisses when, the police came. The Pittsburg Horseshoe Company has been incorporated In New Jersey with a capital of 1300.000. Its lnoor poretortv ae Obrie Arbuthnot, R. O. Itolmes, H. U fipeer and U H. Ham ilton. . DESPERATE LUNATIC. White House Guards Had Hard Fight to Overpower Him. Just Inside the doors of tire vesti bule of the White House the officers on duty had a fierce hana-to-hand fight with an Insane man who was deter mined to see President Roosevelt. The man was Peter Elliott, giving his ad it -ess as Minneapolis, and although hn was powerful and armed with a re volver, he was finally overpowered and rnnied to police van. While In the hards of the officers he began a vig orous struggle for llhorty. Ho drew a revolver from his trousers pocket and attempted to shoot Officer James ClBtle, who wrenched ttve weapon from his grasp. Elliott's struggles, how ever, were so fierce that the two of ficers who were holding him could not overpower him within the cramped quarters of the van, and Ofllcer Clscle had to fire two shots to attract at tention. Chief Usher Thomas Btone and Officer Parker, of the White Mouse force, who had assisted la car rying Elliott to the van, attracted by the shots, rushed back to the vehicle and assisted In overpowering him. FIGHTING RENEWED. Moslems Reported to Have Attached a Post on the Frontier. News cornea from the frontier ot flalitlng between Turkish and Bui Parian troops at Demlr-Kapla, both sides sustaining losses. In official quarters all knowledge of thn affair Is denied, but the circumstantial de tails indicate that there is some foun dation for the accounts of the ton diet. According to one report, tho Turks attacked the Bulgarian frontier post. Another version says the Turks punned a number ot refugees across tho front ler. It is csserted that the Turks have frequently nttemtted to provoke lion- limits, tiring into imiccrtrlun territory and crossing tie frontier to stvnl horses and sheep. The war office here Ib working at high pressure and 24.000 recruits will be called out three, months before tire usual time. Prime Ferdinand has sanctioned numerous other warlike mensures. All tho cav alry, except a slnglo regiment nt Holla, has been sent Into tire frontier dlstilets. where are also strong forces of artillery. Vigorous efforts aro be ing made to prevent bands from cross ing Into Turkish territory. Two bands which were sent bo le hae reached Sofia. The refugees In the mountains nre In a terrible condi tion through their pursuit by the Turks and cold and hunger. Many are dying. From insurgent sources It Is re pented that tho Bulgarian villages of uimi.ii ami Kremen have been plllugcil and burned. Many of the Inhabitants were slaughtered. The Bulgarian quarter of llelltza Is tn flames. Seven hundred refugees from Belltza are reported to have been killed In a Turkish ambuscade near Samakoff, province of Klrk-KUIsso. CONDITION OF CROPS. Weather Bureau's 8ummary Compiled from Reports from All Sections. Tli? weather buroau'a weekly sum mary of crop conditions is as follows: In till districts east of tho Hocky mountains tho temporatura conditions during tho week ending October 5 were highly favorably for unmatured crops. The northern portions ot the upper Missouri and upper Mississippi valleys and upper Inks region, and parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Arkan sas, Euftorcd from excessive ralnii, while severe drought continues In the South Atlantic, central and cast gulf states, and in portions of Tennesseo and Ohio valley. The corn crop has experienced another very favorable week, although tho northerly portions. In which rnlns have retarded maturing and cutting, would have done better with less moisture. Blight and rot In potatoes throughout the northern states has materially shortened the yield of this crop. Except In the mid dle and south Atlantic states and por tions of the Ohio central Mississippi va'leys where plowing and fall seed have been retarded, this work ha3 made satisfactory progress and early sown wheat has germinated and la coming up well, fins stands being re ported from Nebraska nnd Kansas. Recent rains In Texas have put the soil In excellent condition and seeding Is now active in that State, BED BLOWN UP. Woman and Child Escape from a Hor rible Death. Dynamite was exploded at Now Cas tle. Pa., under the bed In which Mrs. Mary Pngllo and her yaar-old babo lay sleeping. The room was wrecked, a side of the hou-e was blown out en tirely, and the concussion was felt for blocks around, but tho mother and child escaped without as cratch. F.ank Scunglo, whom tho woman's husbend names as co-respondeat In a divorce suit now pending, Ib under ball to appear at a hearing to determine whether ho shall be held for" the crime, Tho empty holder in which ths dyna mite was placed was found under the bad, but It is evident that It was fired by means of a fuse leading to an open window.' Scunglo, who Is labor boss at a furnace. Is married, and Is the father of eight children. CABLE NOTES. It Is announced that Dolglum will have a special exhibit at the St. Louis exposition. It will consist of trolley poles, Elgns, shop fronts, etc., with a view to showing how ordinary busi ness streets may be made artistic. The cold Is increasing- In Bulgaria and the tops of mountains aro covered with snow. It Is reported that the ref ugees, who are still tn Macedonia, are dying from famine at the rate of 100 a day. All of the refugees who enter Bulgaria are supplied with food and clothing, hut the majority of them are too weak, or are too timorous to reach the frontier. Owing to a widespread bullet among the czar's Mohammedan subjects that another war between Russia and Tur key la Imminent, there is an extraor dinary emigration ot Moslems from the southern districts of Russia. RUSSIA WJLL NOI QUIT MANGIfURlJL KOREAN PARTITION ASKED. Czar's Troops Erect Fortifications en Korean Frontier Further De mands on China. According to Information received at Yokohama the Russian minister at Peking, M. l.esaar, has Informed the Chinese foreign office that Russia will never evacuate Manchuria unless her latest demands are granted. China, It Is added, has appealed to the Japen ese minister, M. Uchlda, for Japanese assistance. The Japanese residents of Jof-Wle-Ju have filed a petition with the foreign office at Toklo asking that a Japanese warship and troops be sent to protect their Interests In view of the menacing attitude of Russia. The press which reported the fortification by Russia of Yongampho, on the Ko rean bank of the Yalu river, considers this action as a possible casus belli, as being an infringement of Korean in tegrity. It is now feared thnt the promised concessions on tho part of Russia are Insufficient to offset her continuous menance to Korea, r.or Is the Chlno Japnnese commercial treaty to be sign ed October 8, thought adequate to com pensate for a permanent Russian oc cupation. A rumor current this even ing says thnt definite Russian de mands concerning Manchuria and Ko rea have been presented to Jupon by Baron von Rosen. Tho corresuondent of the London "Ilally Mall" at Kobe, Japan, tele graphs that Baron von Rosen on Oc tober 4 presented a note to the Jap anese government, contending thnt Japan had no right to Interfere In the question of the evacuation of Machu rla, which solely concerned Russia nnd China. The note further proposed the partition of Korea and suggested that Japan should take the southern halt and Russia the Pcrthern provinces. SHIP NEARLY SUNK. Submarine Boat Punches Hole tn the Dahlgren. Tho submarine torpedo boat Shark rammed the torpedo boat Dnhlgrcu, which, with her crew of seven men, bnrely esraped sinking. Lieut. C. A. NelBon took the Shark out for a trial and steamed Into the middle of the bay. The beat dived B8 feet. TIiobs on shore who figured when she would rise were becoming alarmed when she did nut appear, but suddenly she aroBe lesa than 20 feet from the Dahlgren, who was lying at the dock at Green port, L. I. Lieut. Nelson signalled to reverse tho engines, but her headway was too strong and she crashed Into the port side of the Dahlgren. Water rushed into the Dahlgren and she set tled alarmingly. Tho sailors rushed fur a collision mat, which was placed over the gap. The steam pump gut control of the water. A hole four feet long was torn through the plntcB aft the engine room. The only mark on tho Shark was tearing the paint from her bow. Lieut. Nelson Bald that the strong ebb tide made the Shark uncon trollable. He figured to run to tha surface a short distance from the Dahl gren and prove the Shark's ability to run close to an enemy and back quick ly uway. MACHINE WOULD NOT FLY. Langlcy's Aerodrome Plunges Into the Potomac. The CO-foot steel-built flying ma chine, the climax of yeara of exhaust ive study .by Prof. Samuel P. Langley, secretary of the Smithsonian Institu tion, to solve tha problem of mechan ical flight In midair, was launched Wednesday, and the experiment, care fully planned and delayed tor months, proved a complete failure. The Im mense airship sped rapidly along its seventy-foot track, was carried by Its own momentum for 100 yards and then fell gradually Into the Potomac river, whence It emerged a total wreck. Professor Charles M. Mauley, who has been Prof. Langley's chief assistant in the work preliminary to the attempted flight, made the descent in the aero drome and escaped with a ducking. At no time was there any semblance of flight. WANTS SHIPS REMOVED. Sultan of Turkey Requests Uncle Sam to Movo On. Turkey, although not Inclining to ward settlement favorable to tho United States of pending differences, has again requested that the American warship Brooklyn and Snn Francisco, under command of Rear Admiral Cot ton nt Beirut, be withdrawn from Bel rut, Syria. Tho state department is not Inclined to accede to this request until tho porto la more Inclined to as sist Minister Irishman's efforts to ob tain tor American physicians the same rights to practice la the Ottoman em pire as are possessed by physicians who are graduated of European medi cal schools. FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. Secretary of the Treasury Shaw In formed George R. Carter, secretary of the territory of Hawaii, that he would accept 11.229,000 ot Hawaiian bonds as security for deposits for circulation up to DO per cent of their face value. The territory proposes to Issue $1,000, 000 of bonds under the organic act. They are to be '5 per cent bonds and can be called In Ave years. Hashl Mote, presumably a Japanese merchant, has purchased the Old United States gunboat Monocacy, now at Taku, China, for IT 1,325 in gold. This Information was conveyed to the navy department In a cablegram from Rear Admiral Rodloy D. Evans, dated Nagasaki, Figures, which have been prepared by the London stock exchange and Is sueu, show a depreciation of 20,000 pounds sterling in the value of South African mining shares since peace was declared between Great Britain and South Africa. ... LATEST NEWS NOTE. Wilson 8. Blasell, postmaster gen eral under President Cleveland, died at Buffalo on the 6th. Thirteen persons were drowned by the wrecking of the French lugger President Carnot off the Hook of Hol land. In the national women's golf cham pionship match at Wheaton, III., Mibs Anthony defeated Miss Carpenter 7 up and 6 to play. Walter Davis, colored, was lynched at Marshall, Texas, for killing Consta ble Hayes, who was taking the negro to jail. Saturday's storm, which passed through Independence, Wis., killed two persons and caused a property loss of $125,000 and Injured eight. Four railroad laborers were killed and 13 Injured, two of them probably fatally. In a collision at the Southern end of Chats worth yard tunnel on the Southern Pacific, railroad. To proud to accept food from her neighbors. Jane Tucker, C2 years old, of New York, was found dead from heart disease superinduced by starva tion. At Trout Creek, Mont., a saloonkeep er named Ragsdale and his bartender, name unknown, were shot nnd killed by cowboys whom Ragsdale had order ed out of his place. Committees of the Presbyterian Church and tho Cumberland Presby terian Church which have been meet ing In St. liouls adjourned without reaching a final agreement on a plan of union. Enoch L. Cownrt, cnshler of the Naveslnk National linnk, of Redbank, N. J., pleaded guilty to two charges, one of embezzling $20,000 and the oth er In aiding of making fnlso reports to the treasury. In an attempt to arrest John Frost, alias Harry Egbert, wanted In Douglas county, Ore., for burglary, John O. Saxton, a well-known attorney of Bucrns, who was noting as special dep uty sheriff, and "Jack" West, a ranch er, have both been kll'ed by Egbert. A number of anarchists attempted to break up a meet of socialists at Lane. Vt., and precipitated a fight, liming which, It is alleged, Alexander Gnrretto fired three shots from a re volver, wounding E. L. Cortl and Em do Vochlnl. Cortl, it Is said, will die. COKE OVENS BLOWN OUT. Slump In Pig Iron Responsible for Sus pensions. A careful estimate of the number of ovens that have been blown out In the ConnellBvllle fleldB during the past week Ib placed at 3,000. o. W. Ken nedy, general superintendent of the H. C. Frlck Coke Company, stated that during the latter part of last week and the first part of this week 2.000 ovens belonging to the Frlck company had been closed down. Bcsldea this It Is estimated that fully 1,000 more ovens belonging to tho W. J. Ralney com pany and Independent concerns throughout the region had been blown out. Mr. Kennedy, In discussing the shutdown, stnted that it was due to the slump in tho pig Iron market, which ho believes will be only tempor ary and that the ovens will bo going agnln In a short time. THE WORKING WORLD. Sleamfltters nnd helpers of Now York City to tho number of 1.800 who have been on strike here, have signed the agreement of the Building Trades Employers' Association, and taker. In as members of the union 139 men who had been employed to All their places. Contrary to expectations the Pen coyd Iron works did not close down, but a poster was displayed stating thnt wageB would bo reduced from 10 to 20 per cent. The COO men laid off re cently on account of a reported lack of work, will return to their places In the mill to-morrow. Tho reduction In wages will affect the rollers princi pally. New British Cabinet. The new British cnbiuct is compos ed as follows: Mr. Brodrick. former secretary for war, succeeds Lord George Hamilton as secretary for In dia; Austin Chamberlain, postmaster general, succeeds Mr. Ritchie as chan cellor of the exchequer: Alfred Lyt tleton, recorder of Oxford, succeeds Joseph Chamberlain as secretary for the colonies; H. O. Arnold-Forster, sec retary to tho admiralty, succeeds Mr. Brodrick as Bocretary for war; Gra ham Murray, lord advocato of Scot land, succeeds Lord Balfour, of Bur leigh, as secretary for Scotland; Lord Stanley, financial secretary of the war office, succeeds Austen Chamberlain as postmaster general. Three Children Drowned. George Hoother, of Cnsevlllo, Mich., took his wife and four children row ing on the Pigeon river. Whilo pass ing under a bridge ono of tho children stood up tn the boat and capsized it. Three of tho children. John, ngod 12; Mary, aged 4, and Lena, aged 2. were drowned. When the beat went over the mother had Lena In her arms and mado a desperate effort to save her, but the child slipped from her grasp before rescuers readier them. Tho father was crazed by tho calamity. BUSINESS BRIEFS. An Increase ot nearly $7,000,000 In the gross earnings of the New York Central railroad system for the fiscal year ended June 30. 1903, Is shown by the annual report Just Issued. BUSINESS BRIEFS The Klsklmlnetas Coal Company baa been incorporated In New York,' Al fred Hicks, ot Pittsburg, being one of the incorporators. Negotiations aro under way by Now York capitalists tor the purchase of the Cuyahoga Falls, O., steel rod mill, which has been closed tor some time. It Is said that a company Is being formed by New York people for the purpoie of buying the plant and oper ating it. The plant gives employment to fO titan and Is .owned by a Penn sylvania company, SIEll DIVIH REDUCED HLF EARNINGS FALLING OFF. Dividend on the Preferred Shares Re mains at the Same Rata From the Beginning. At a meeting of the directors of the United States Steel Corporation the dividend rate on the common stock was reduced. They declared a divi dend of one-half of one per cent. The action on this question was practical ly unanimous, there being only one dis senting vote. The earnings for the third quarter of the year show a shrinkage of $4, 640,668, as compared with the same quarter a year ago. The total for the quarter ending on September 30 last was $32, 302, 821,, a4 compared with $36,945,489 a year ago. In Wall street, where the decision of the directors was awaited with anx iety, the action of the board was fa vorably received. The reduction In tho dividend rate from a basis of four per cent per annum to two per cent was considered as a politic coin so and a step toward conservatism. In all quarters It was pointed out the reduc tion could be easily explained on tho ground that business was falling off as indicated by-the shrinkage in earn ings for the quarter as well as by tho heavy decrease In the amount of or ders on the company's books. It wan also considered a tacit admission that a contraction, in business had devel oped. During the recent slump In tho stock market, when the bear Influences drove Steel down In big drops, the Rockefellers hove been buying rmor moiiB blocks of the common stock. Tho story was circulated that no dividend would be declared this quarter on tho common stock. This rumor, which was said to have been Inspired by tho Rockefellers, helped in the pressure upon the prlie of the common stock. Raclt of the rumcr w-"? the fact which was known to otilsldcrs, that John I). Rockefeller would endeovor to force the directors of the corporation to yield to him In his wishes not to pay any dividend upon the common stock, or at least to cut It. Mr. Morgan bitterly opposed Mr. Rockefeller In his scheme to prevnt the payment of a dividend cm the $3oo. 000,000 worth of the stock, which Is In tho hands of small Investors. In fnct, Mr. Morgan used all his Influence to have declared the full dividend of one per cent, or fuur per cent a year. THE LONGWORTH ACT. ' Supreme Court Decides Changes Can Be Added to Ballots. Tho Supreme Court of Ohio sustain ed the Longworth act which provides that constitutional amendments, when Indorsed by a party convention shall be added to the ballot and straight tickets be counted as an affirmative vote. The effort of this will almost certainly be the carrying of two amendments and perhaps a third. One of these will knock out the double lia bility of stockholders In corporations. Another provides that each county must have at least one representative In the house of representatives of the State. TORNADO CAUSES DEATH. Three Towns Almost Swept Out of Existence Several Killed. John Ebens, William Ebens, Wil liam Adams, Oscar Crittenden, George Jesson, Edward Murphy and Edward Peters were killed in a tornado that almost wiped out the littio town of St. Charles, Minn. Twentv-three other persons wore Injured, many seriously. A tornado at Plalnfleld, Wis., tore down many buildings and damaged much property. Mrs. John Fisher was killed and Mark Wood, who was In jured, has Blnce died. A tornado passed two miles southeast of Prince ton, III., killing three persons and de stroying a large amount of farm prop erty. TWO KILLED IN DUEL. Citlzons of Mountain State Battle with Revolvers. A duel was fought at Devon, a vil lage near Williamson, W. Va.. which resulted in the death of Andrew J. Farrell and Jacob K. Lawson, prom inently known men of that section. Almcet a y.?ar ago the men becamo enemies over a timber doal. Monday they met face to face In Devon. Both men drew their guns and opened fire on each other without uttering a word. Both duelists fell dead In their tracks, shot through the heart. Lawson was connected with cne of tho most prom inent families In Suuthern West Vir ginia. Farrell has always dealth in timber In the Big Sandy valley. 8WEPT BY TORNADO. Three Killed and Many Injured In the Far West. Thrso persons killed outright, two fatally Injured and 14 mora or less scrlouvly hurt, with enormous property damage, Ib tho net result of tornadoc that prevailed near Hamilton, Green wood county, and near Aliceviiie, in Coffee county, Kan. The town of Allceville. which has 200 inhabitants, was practically demolished. Many oth er places report more or less damage to property. Owing to tho wires being broken but little uows has boen re ceived Filipino Officials Abscond. George Forman, chief Inspector, and C. J. Johnson, constabulary supply of ficer, both stationed at MUsamls, Min danao, whose accounts were under In vestigation, took $0,uoo from the safe,' naized steamer and have started for Borneo. A steamer has been sent to Borneo to interrupt the fugitives. Killed by Boxers. News has boen received at Ashley, 0 that Rev. C. W. Kennedy, who went from that place as missionary to China several months ago. had been killed by Boxers. - REVIEW OF TRADE. Easier Money Proves That Buslneei Affair Are Becoming Mora Satisfactory. R. O. Dun &A Co. a "Weekly Review of Trade" says: There have been no developments of Importance In the commercial world. As a rule there la more caution In making contracts, es pecially among manufacturers. Un easiness regarding the financial situa tion recedes as the season advances without producing any mciiJtary pres sure In connection with crop moving. The proposed reduction In pig Iron output has been Indorsed by all lead ing producers, steadying prices Just whet, changes In freight rates started another reduction. Other manufac turing new Is favotable, except where the raw material markets ore unset tled, or labor struggles cause trouble. Railways are not yet severely congest ed by the crops, yet there Is some de lay In traffic, and earnings for Sep tember ore 8.1 per cent larger than last year.' Returns of foreign com merce nt th:s port are unsatisfactory, exports showing a loss of $1,188,646 compared with the tamo week last year and Impoits decreasing $2,577. 124. Reduced dividends and curtalla: production In the Iron and it-nd In dustry show that consct vatiKtn Is In creasing, and there Is no disposition to disguise tho fact that business Is not progressing without Interruption. Yet there Is nothing alarming In tho situation ,nnd a lew years ago tho con tracts now In f!-ht would have as sured full occupation for all plants. Prices receded as It became apparent that the Industrie! loom was Inter rupted, end It is ntiw found ue.ilrablo to i'hut down plants not thoroughly equipped. Altoady tho effect Ib f?lt In tin? ci-oatcr urgency to place contracts by concerns that were writing for t!:: most favorable tyrnis. Speculative cunt nil cca.d with tho marketing of gicalor quantities thnn tho n-anlpuiitoiB could handle -mid legitimate trnilr n'wjvs flourishes bet ter v.ii'sn normal Influences prevail. Lower prlc-a aho attract purchasers abroad, and foreign cownicrco will lie st'.mulaled. A n:;; derate rer.ivery la ter In tho v.eck was natural, as flue tu:. lions become sufficiently narrow to bring cut many buyers who f .ared the violent prl. e changes of past months. Failures this week numbered 239 In tho United States, against 243 last yer.r. and 17 in Canada, cou.ared with 21 a yvar ngo. JUSTICE MeCOLLUM DZAD. Wat Chief Justice of tho Supreme Court of Panrfsylvanla. Chief Justice J. Jlrowr.tor McCollum, of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, died at Ills home In Montrose. Pa., Saturday night, after nn Illness of about two years. Justice McCol lum tucceeded Henry Green as chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania In 1900. Justice Mc Collum was born t Brldgewater, Susquehanna county. Pn., September 28. 1832. After graduating from the Franklin academy he attended the law school nt I'oughkcepsic. N. J., and was admitted to tho bar of Susquehanna county in August. 1855. Ho was elect ed president Judge of the Thirty-fourth district In 1878. He had devoted his entire life to the practice of his pro fession. SHARP PRACTICE. Recelvor for Shipbuilding Company Make Serious Charges. Charles M. Schwab and his asso ciates In the formation of the United Stntcs Shipbuilding Company and the salo of the Bethlehem Steel Company to the shipbuilding company came In lor severe denunciation in the answer filed by Receiver Smith of the shipbuilding company to the foreclos ure proceedings brought by Schwab and his associates. The charge is made that by means of misrepresen tation and eharp practice Schwab and ethers sold the Bethlehem Steel Com pany to the shipbuilding company for $30,000,000 when it was worth but $7. 200,000. That by misrepresentation they secured thn listing of the ship building securities upon the New York stock exchange and that the whole was a part of a deliberately conceived plan to wreck the shipbuilding com pany and to buy it In at a bargain. Passed Billion Mark. II. A. Castle, auditor for the post office department, has complated the trial balance for the fourth quarter outzo of the entire postal service for the fiscal year ended June 30, :903. Thef ootlngs are as follows: Expen di'urCB, $138,784,487: receipts. $134. 224.443; deficit. $4,500,044. The total financial transactions of the service for the year are $1,028,731. 408. for the first time passing the billion-dollar mark. Perlched During 8torm. It la now certain that Missionary McLaughlin of the Methodist church, wh.i left Huron river on September 7 with six Indian children, perished with the entire party. Word reached Sel kirk that two bodies, one of an elderly h.dian and another of an Indian boy, were found in Lake Winnipeg, near Big Island, at a paint where McLaugh lin and party were supposed to be. Embezzler Detected. While making charges that a woman had robbed him of $2,000. J. Welles Rejds, former cashier of the Los An geles branch ot the California Fruit Cnnners' Association, was recognized by the St. Louis police as the man accused ot embezzling $5,000 from the Asscciatlon. He confessed and prom ised to return to California without a requisition. Oysters Scares. Oy?termen report that oysters are scarcer in Talbor waters this year than they have been for several years and of a much lnforlor quality. Oc casionally a few tongers will strike a rock or bed which has not previously been unsevered and lor a time reap a harvest. Senator Thomas C. Piatt, who Is 70 years eld. announced that he would marry Miss LUIian T. Jancway, ef Washington, pn October 15, In New THE TEASEL. A ftMelalty ul BksaMUlM VThlrh Om TTi mn ladwtty M Hh Imsvrtaae. "Whatever tuay bt said of Skan eatelea," remarked Mr. H. Tburlovr f that New York town et straiige nam-j, "It raises teasels, which for many years-could not be successfully produced lu any other portion of this broad lnnd of all sorts of products." Somebody wanted to know what teasel was. "It Is plant" continued Mr. Tour low, "whose burr is used to produce a pile en cloth, and for certain kinds of fabrics nothing has yet been found to take Its place. Forty years or more ago the teasel was In great demand, and as they could not be raised any where except In a small area about , Bkaneateles, tho Industry was very considerable within a radius of ten miles of my town. Teasel raising be gan as long ago as eighty years and nt one time It represented a business1 of half a lnllllou dollars a year And over 000 people were engaged In It To-day not more thnn a hundred are In It, and the amount has similarly de creased. This Is owing rather to the production of smoother cloth than the adoption of a substitute for the teasel, because, as I said, they cannot get a substitute for It. Steel has been tried, but the finest points they can make nre rough and jagged compared with the fine-booked points which nature puts on the teasel burr, nnd which are necessary in producing the proper nap on the cloth. "The teasel Is sown In the spring , f soon os the ground Is ready, nnd the plant Is left to grow till the frost kills it down. The root remains, nnd the following reason tho plant grows from tills nnd bears the burrs, which are out In August, basketed and wagoned to sheds, where they nre housed and trimmed ready for market. An acre ef ground v.ill produce from 150,000 to 200,000 teasels, running ten pounds to the thousand and worth now seventy-five cents to $1 n thousand, al though I hnve seen them worth ns much ns n thousand. I remember buying 3,000,000 tons-is nt fifty cents n thousand from a man who had held them for twenty-one years, and hail nt one time refused $2.50 a thousand for them. They require three or four years to dry; then they nre trimmed,' the .stems cut to about six inches, and therj'are packed In boxes, 40,000 to the bos, Tho burrs vary In length from on Inch to six Inches, nnd they nre designated by sizes as 'Buttons,' 'Mediums' and 'Kings,' those ot from nn Inch to nn Inch and a half being choice. A great many are shipped abroad, nnd several years ago I sent a lot to Moscow. "Rome people say the 'bull thistle and the teasel are tho same, but If they will examine the two tiiey will find that the prongs of the wild teasel nre straight, while those of the real thing ace hooked, which Is all the difference In the world for the work they hnve to do. In the woolen mills a teased will last about twenty-four hours, and some of the big mills of New England have used as high as 1,200,000 a day. but they don't use them that way now. "Very comfortable fortunes were once made tn teasel raising, too, but that time Is past also. Most of the product is now used In the making of blankets and coarse cloths. Bkaneateles Is out of It, to a large extent, as Oregon has come Into the field with even a better teasel thnn we enn produce, and we are turning our plowshares to other uses. Any visitor to our town nuiy see teasel farms and the teasel clip pers at their benches snipping away with their scissors, but the business Is no longer what It once was, and it Isn't Improving," New York Sun. Falty Theory. "I have found out how that fire started," snld tbe detective. "A man on the sixteenth floor dropped a match down the elevator shaft. It went off as It struck the bottom and set fire to some waste paper." "How do you know?" asked the chief. "I arrested a man on suspicion, searched him and found be bad no matches about him. That was all the clew I needed. He had dropped his last match down that shaft" "That won't do," said tbe chief, care lessly throwing away tbe stump of his cigar. "Hon't you know, you igno ramus, that a man's last match always goes out?" Stung by this exposure of the palpa Mo absurdity of his hypothesis, tbe mortified detective hurried away In search of a new trail. Chicago Tribune. An Interesting Board. Some workmen recently engaged. In raising an enormous slab of stone in an old bouse In Audlerne (Finlstcrel, France, came upon over 20OO ancient coins, weighing about 120 pounds. A few of the coins are of the time of Louis XIII. Tbe most ancient plec bears the date 1043, and the most re cent 1700. In the latter year, In conse quence of tbe terrible famine whlcb was raging, a royal order was Issued that tbe rich were to surrender their silver and forward It to the mint to b melted down. The king himself set tin example, but certain provincial noble men hid their fortunes, and the coins which have Just been found (nearly 200 years later) are believed to bav formed part of tho hidden treasure. Clvle Duty to Horses. It Is not sufficient that a man ot woman should be shocked If a boras is beaten cruelly within his sight AS citizens all persons should take cart that such a thlnt never occurs, or, ll It does take place, that It should lead to punlsbmeut From a commercial as well as humane standpalnt a munic ipality suffers when wretched, broke dowu horses are employed lu Its thor ughfares. Iiausus Clt? Times.
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