BRIDGE WORKERS MEET AWFUL DEATH
TRAVELING CRANE BREAKS DOWN.
Ten Men Were Killed and Five Badly
Injured, Some of Whom May
Not Recover.
By the breaking of tho traveling
crane or gib on the Pittsburg end of
the now cantilever brldgo being con
structed over the Monongnhela river
by tho Wabash railroad, ten men were
killed and more than a bnlf dozen In
jured. The accident happened at 8:30
o'clock Monday morning. That part
of tho bridge projecting over the river
from the Water street sldo. Is a total
wreck.
The dead are: William Kempton,
aged 28, homo In New Jersey; Fred
Sanlinger, a god 30, North llumr.-t.enil,
Twentysecond ward; William Right
llnger, aged 2fl, Sliornden; llcorgo
Wtlln. aged 40, USD Filth avenue,
Plttsbtirg; James McLeod, aged 32,
Third street, ICspb'n; Frank Dnlby,
aged 33, 17 Kasit Robinson street, Al
legheny; Clark L. Fleming, ngvd 37.
10 Point. View avenue; lMward Mar
rls. aged 2H, Hoed r.tnvt, Pittsburg:
James H. Campbell, nged 21, l;!i'2 Al
legheny avenue, Allegheny; Charles
Simmons, aged 21, 953 North avenue,
West? Allegheny.
Tho Injured: Frank Hoover, axed
27, married, Race street. Uvgheny, in
jured Internally, recovery doubtful, at
Homeopathic hospital; Adolph Vos
burg, aged 34, married, Duquesnp, left
arm and left leg broken, at Homeo
pathic hospital; Willlnm Jay, aged 2i,
734 Rebecca street. Allegheny, chest
crushed, badly bruised over body; con
dition serious, at Allegheny General
hospital; Thomas Phellay, aged 2)1,
1107 Penn avenue, knee sprained, at
Allegheny (lenvrnl hospital; Aaron
Fowler, aged 28, 2I2H Rose street, li ft
foot (rushed, at Mercy hor; Ital.
All of the men killed and Injured
were employed by the American
Bfidge Co., which Is constructing the
bridge. There was considerable dif
ficulty encountered In identifying the
dead and Injured. Some had Jitft roup
to work, and the names of many m ire
were not known by the foremen. The
accident was witnessed by the struc
tural workers on the other side of tho
river, and they at once stopped work
and cniuo across cn boats to help In
rescuing tho dead and Injured. Lylnn
Immediately above the bridge was the
United States snagboat E. A. Wood
ruff. Her crew heard the crash and
Within half a minute had half a dozen
skiffs In the water.
Between 33 nnd 40 structural men
were employed on the upper section
of the new bridge. They hnd started
to work at 8 o'cloc k. Some of the men
were aloft at work on the top of tho
traveler, and clinging to tho rigging
tinder It. far above the water. Direct
ly below. In the water, was a wooden
barge, loaded with steel shapes and
huge I-bars. They were being un
loaded and placed In their permanent
position In the huge structure. A load
of about 10 tons of these bars wa3
about to be hauled up. The gang in
the barge had fastened the tackle to
the load and the signal was given to
the engineer In charge cf the hoisting
engine, whose machine Is located un
der the tower of the bridge on Its
deck. Tho ropes nnd cables tightened
and the masB of steel began to swing
clear from tho barge and start upward.
There was the usual number of Idlers
gazing at the work ot the men, and
these saw after the mass ot metal
had gone some distance that some
thing was wrong. There was a halt
ing and Jerking movement to the load,
followed In an Instant by a I'ipping
and torrlflo crashing noise. The huge
traveler was next seen to lurch for
ward and then collapse. The load of
steel fell, and with It went much of
the rigging, made of massive steel,
and tho huge mass fell upon the help
less men la tho barge. The workmen
on the traveler far above were car
ried down with It.
8USPECT3 CROSSING OCEAN.
Alleged Murderers of Ferguson to Be
Brought Back for Trial.
Unless the plans of District Attor
ney Owen C, Undorood, of Washing
ton, Superintendent . of Detectives
Thomas McQuaide, of Pittsburg, and
other officers on the case go wrong
and Justice miscarries, the murderers
of Samuel T. Ferguson, thie Wabash
contractor, who was killed at West
Mlddletown, Pa,, on Friday, Septem
ber 25, will be prisonors In the Wash
ington county Jail within a few weeks.
8upt. McQuaJde stated that the mur
derers of Ferguson would be tried at
the November session of the Wash
ington county criminal court, and that
lie had sufficient evidence to convict
them.
Mlllovar Kovovlck and Mllovar Pat
trovick, the two Croatlans, who the de
tectives say are the men Implicated,
are now on their way to their native
land and will be apprehended and
placed under arrest on their arrival on
the other side ot the Atlantic.
8IXTEEN LABORERS KILLED.
Sections of a Work Train of the P.
R. R. In Collision.
Sixteen men were killed and 33 se
riously Injured by a collision Satur
day between two sections of a work
train near the Washington crossing
of the Bolvldore division of the Penn
sylvania railroad, nine miles from
Trenton, N. J. Among the killed were
James Brown, Bert Burroughs, Jas.
Harris, Giovanni Banplgllo, Saveno
Chlapplno, Francesco Poccela, Guieep
pe Lucltll and Gulseppe Sautlno. Ail
were railway laborers.
Two Large Failures.
The Maryland Trust Company, and
the Union Trust Company ot Balti
more, have both failed. The Mary
land Trust Company Is one of the
most important financial Institutions
In the South. The total liabilities ot
the two companies exceed $10,000,000.
EXTRA SESSION CALLED.
President Sets the Date for Meeting
November 9th.
Tho President has Issued the follow
ing proclamation:
Whereas, lly tho resolution of the
Senate of March 1!), 1903, the approval
by Congress of the reciprocal commer
dal convention between the United
States and tho Republic of Cuba, sign
ed at Havana on Decvmbor 11, 1902,
Is necessary before the said conven
tion shall take effect; nnd
Whereas. It Is Important to the pub
lic Interests of the United Stntes Hint
the said convention shall become op
erative as nearly ns may be.
Now, therefore, I Theodore Roose
velt, President of the United States of
Amp rlca, by virtue of tho power vested
'n me by tho constitution, lo hereby
proclaim nnd declare that an extraor
dinary occasion requires tho convening
of loth houses of the Congress of the
United Stntes at their respective
chambers In tho city of Washington
on the flth day of November next nt
12 o'clock noon, to the end that they
may consider nnd determine whether
the approval or the Congress shall be
given to the said convention.
A NEW WORLD'S RECORD.
Cresceus Trots a Mile In 1:S9?i, Beat
Ing Lou Dillon.
At Wichita, Kan., Cresceus broke
the world's trotting record for a mile,
going the distance In 1:59V. banting
the previous record held by Lou Dillon
and Major Delmnr by a quarter of a
second. The day was Ideal and the
track could not have been bitter. Mr.
Ketchnm worked the horso out before
the final test In 2:15, and then sent
him for the record. Ho broko when ho
first scored for tho word, but on the
next attempt wns sent off, going; the
flr.it quarter In 30 seconds flat. There
waH a cheer when he reached the
half In 6ii seconds, nnd when tho
three-quarters wan passed In 1:30 the
cheer became an uproar. Just before
he reached tho wire Cresceus broke,
and it Is believed lost fully three quar
ters of a seond. H. cnught hnmllly
and flashed under the wire In l:5!".i.
No wind shield was used. Cresceus
was paced by Mike the Tramp.
THREE BANKS CLOSED.
Cashiers Confess They Were the
Cause In Each Case.
J. R. Lelnicr, cashier of tho Prince
ton (Wis.) Btato bank, has confessed
to having embezzled $113,000 of tho
bank's funds by forgorles. Tho bank
has been closed and he has been turn
ed over to the sheriff. He said that he
had dropped the stolen money In grain
speculation. As he was the lnrgest
stockholder In the Monteddo bank,
that has al.no been closed.
The Mapleton (Minn.) State bank
was closed because of the disappear
ance ot Alfred Duck, tho assistant
cashier. Ho left a letter saying that
Ills shortage with the bank was $18.
700, and that he had used $8,000 of
the money of his father. Judge Buck.
A NARROW ESCAPE.
Train Saved from Plunging Into the
Potomac Plver.
The Chesapeake and Ohio passen
ger train which left Washington City
at 11:22 o'clock Sunday night for Cin
cinnati, met with a serious accident
on the Long bridge which spans the
Potomac river nnd connects Washing
ton with the Virginia shore. About
one-third ot a mllo from the Washing
ton end of the bridge Is a draw 130
feet in lengih. As the train was pass
ing over this draw, tho northern half
of it gave way and precipitated the
tender and a dead baggage car Imme
diately following It Into the water. A
huge girder, which formed part of
the draw, fortunately Jnmmed up
against tho mail car following tho
dead baggage car and helped to keep
It and the remaining cars of the train
from going into the river. No one was
killed, but Fireman John Woods, of
Charlotte, N. C, received a severe
gash In the face.
FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Colonel W. L. Alexander, acting com
missioner general. In his annual re
port says many of the difficulties In
supplying the army In the Philippines
have been overcome and troops there
are now regularly supplied with fresh
meats and vegetables.
Edward H. Strobel has been appoint
ed confidential adviser to the King of
Slam and will leave for his new post
of duty In about a week. He was for
merly third assistant secretary of
state, and also was minister of Ecua
dor and Chile,
The comptroller of the currency ap
proved the following Pittsburg Nation
al banks as reserve agents: The Sec
ond National for the Pleasnnt Unity
National Bank or Pleasant Unity, Pa.;
the Farmers Deposit Nnttonnl for the
First National of West MlddloEex, Pa.
Secretary Moody received the re
port of tho board of construction on
the designs for the 13,000-ton battle
ships Idaho and Misslss'ippt. Rear
Admiral Bradford, chief of the bureau
of equipment, made a minority report
In favor of 18 knots speed. The ap
proved plans call for-17 knots.
Orders have been Issued to the gun
boat Machlaa, now at Fort Said, to pro
ceed to Navies, where she will re
celvo Mr. Skinner, tho American Con
sul at Marseilles, and the party which
Is to accompany him to Abyssinia,
where he goes to negotiate a trade
treaty with King Menellk.
COLLISION FATAL TO FOUR.
Postal Clerk and Three Railway Hands
Killed on Southern Railroad.
A head-on collision oecured on the
Southern railway between Keysvllle
and Mehorrin, Va. Four trainmen wore
Instantly killed and five Injured. The
dead wero: M. E. Williams, postal
clerk; L. "S. Dillon, flagman; Daniel
Pincham, fireman; E. U. Atwell, en
gineer. The Injured are: W, D. Rudd,
conductor, and Mrs. Rudd; J. D. Tyler,
baggngomaster; Charles Farmer, en
gineer; W. J. Jackson, fireman.
LARGE RAKE0FFS FOR INSIDERS.
Subsidiary Plants Bought Up at Big
Prices Without Investigation
cf Their Real Value.
Disclosure after disclosure of the
Peculiar workings of the Shipbuilding
Oompnny by which the Insiders got
Immense rakeofTs In cash or securities
was mado at the proceedings to have
a receiver appointed. It was shown
that In addition to everything else that
has heretofore been brought out,
Charles M. Schwab got $300,000 In
securities as "promotion profits." Of
this he gave $50,000 In bonds to John
W. Gates.
To Max Pnm, Mr. Schwab's confi
dential advisor and attorney, It was
shown, was voted In December last
a salary or $IS.oon a year as Chair
man or the Kxecntlvo Ilonrd of tho
company, with the proviso thnt tho
salary was to bo retroactive and be
f.lii from tho first of tho previous Sep
tember. It was shown that Mr. Nixon told
tho directors thnt If Schwab's and
Pain's plan to fin up $2,800,000 of
the Bethlehem Steel Company's earn
ings were carried out It would lend
to the wrecking of tho shipbuilding
company. Tho resolution was put
through nnd later, when Mr. Nlxcn
tried to hold directors' meetings, he
was unsuccessful because no quorum
could be hnd.
When he spoko of this to Mr.
Schwab the latter frnnkly asserted
that he lind told tho directors to keep
away, thus rendering meetings Impos
sible. It was shown that for tho Can
ada Manufacturing Company, a con
cern which onco nind-o car wheels nnd
later experimented with motor cycles,
the shipbuilding company pnld the
enormous sum of $1,100,000 In rash
and securities. Why such a conrorn
was acquired by n shipbuilding com
pany was not explained.
Much time was tnknn up with an
un?ncceast'ul effort to get at the his
tory of a mysterious cheek for $250.
ooo found at the Truiit Company of
the Republic. It wan drawn to "Le
wis Nixon or oursnlves" on the same
day the checks were maile out for the
payment of the $l,0(!0,ooo rash given
to tho vendors for their plnnts and
property. Nixon sworo that he had
never seen tho check before, and knew
nothing of Its history and the destina
tion of the amount of money for which
It wns drawn, and the only explana
tion offered was that It had been mnde
out by mistake, and had simply been
put through the banks by the Trust
Company of the Republic.
ALASKA BOUNDARY DECISION.
Majority of Commission Favors Case
of the United States.
A draft of tlm decision reached by
tho Alaska boundary commissioners
was signed by a niRjorlty of the com
missioners, Messrs. Aylesworth and
Jette, Canadian commissioners, refused
to sign. The decision grants all the
American contentions with the ex
ception of the one relating to the Port
land canal. The signatories were Lord
Chief JuBtlc9 Alverstone, Senator
Lodge, Senator Turner and Socretary
Hoot, the American commissioners.
They constitute a majority and In
sured finality.
Messrs. Aylesworth and Jette car
ried their outspoken disapproval of the
decision to tire point of refusing to
sign even that section of the doclslon
giving the Portland canal to Canada,
and they emphasized their attitude by
walking out of the cabinet room in
tho foreign office before the signa
tures of the others had been affixed to
tho historic document.
The award relating to the Portland
ea'nal gives the United States two Is
lands, Kannaghunut and Sltklan, com
manding the entrance of the Portland
channel and the ocean passage to Fort
Simpson and destroying the strategic
value of Wales and Pearse islands,
which are given to Canada.
The mountain line adopted as the
boundary lies so far from the coast
as to give the United States substan
tially all the territory In dispute. The
line completely clears all the bays and
Inlets and means of access to the sea,
giving the United States a complete
land barrier between Canada and the
sea, from the Portland canal to Mount
St. Ellas.
Around the head of the Lynn canal
the line follows the watershed, some
what In accordance with the present
provisional boundary.
The decision ot the AlaBka bound
ary arbitration commission In favor ot
the United States has caused 'intense
anger and disappointment in Canada.
In the House of Commons Saturday
Mr. Gourloy, a Nova Scotlan member,
said: "All that the Unltod States has
got to do Is to make a claim for Can
ada and It will get It by boastfulness
and dishonest effort. The last two
generations of Englishmen were de
generates and cowards. Thoy have no
leader since Pitt died. Thank God,
Chamberlain Is galvanizing them and
putting new blood Into them." Mr.
Ross protested against speaking about
Englishmen in this way, and Mr. Gour
ley retorted that they went around
with blinders on, unfit to drive sheep
across the country.
John G. Elliott, marshal of Flush
ing, O.. was killed In a flight among
negro laborers, lour of whom were
wounded.
Dan Patch Smashed Pacing Record,
The third day of the Harness racing
at the Memphis Trotting Association
track was mado memorable by the
magnificent performcsco of Dan Patch
In a trial against time. The handsome
son of Joe Patchen made the mllo In
1:5GV4, clipping three-fourths of a soc
ond from the world's record of 1:67,
held by Prince Alert, and lowered his
own record by 2 seconds. The mile
was paced without a wind shield and
at the finish Dan Patch seemed as
fresh and vigorous as at the start.
LATEST NEWS NOTES.
Albert Jensen pounded Joslo John
son, aged 19, to death with the butt
of his revolver at Roseau, Minn., and
then shot himself dead.
S. E. Moras owner and editor of the
Indianapolis "Evening Sentinel," fell
from a third floor window of the news
paper building and was killed.
The French bark Conetablo Rlche
mont, wns wrecked on French Ftlgato
shonls, In the North Pacific, and two
Loats, with 14 of the crew, are miss
ing. Hnrvnrd again won the team cham
pionship honors o the Intercollegiate
Golf Association on the Garden City
Golf Club's links, beating Princeton
by a score of 21 to 2 points.
Governor Odell, of New York, signed
a warrant of extradition on the requi
sition of the Governor of Pennsylva
nia, In tho case of Elijah Billings,
wanted in Erlo, Pa,, for larceny.
The Rank of Chatsworth, 111., a prl
vatc Institution, has closed Its doors.
J. E. Brown Is president. It had a
paid up capital of $25,000, and deposits
of $1)5,000.
The Marconi system of wireless tel
egraphy was Inaugurated between
Pekln and the coast. Several Chinese
officials attended tho sending of the
first message.
The passenger and freight car re
pair shops of tho Pittsburg and West
ern railroad on Kllbnek Htreet, Alle
gheny, wvrs totally destroyed by flro.
A loss of between $25,000 and $30,000
was entailed.
Tho trial of James S. Tillman, who
wa3 charged with the murder of N.
G. Gonzales, editor ot tho State, in
Columbia, S. C, on January 15 last,
ended in an acquittal. The Jury was
out for 20 hours.
In Butte, Mont., tho number of men
thrown out of work by tho shutdown
of the Amalgamated Copper Company's
nil ires is 6,500 and there are about
9,000 more In the same position
throughout tho State,
Stockholders of tho Illinois Centrnl
railroad authorized an Issiro of $20,-
ooo.oiio bonds for the purpose of re
funding the Indebtedness of the com
pany and paying for the construction
nnd Improvement and maintenance or
Its lines of road.
Tho ngltat'ion for a whipping post
In the District of Columbia has been
renewed. Judno Ivery Kimball, of
tho police court, believes tho whip
ping posts should bo ngaln set up In
the Capitol dish-let for the punish
ment of husbands who beat and maim
their wives.
A Turco-Armonlan has been con
demned to 10 years' hard labor at
Moscow for the assassination of a
Russo-Armenlan banker named .Tang
aroff, who failed to contribute 15,000
roubles to the Armenian national fund,
according to a promise made by him
when he was kidnaped In the Cau
casus. Simultaneously with the unveiling of
tho equestrian statue of Gen. William
T. Sherman at Washington, United
States Minister Swenson, by direction
of the state department, placed a
wreath, bound with the Danish and
Copenhagen Cemetery, of Carl Rohl
Smith, the Danish American scluptor
who designed the monument.
PITTSBURG BANKS FAIL.
The Federal and First National of
Allegheny Close Their Doors.
Directors of the Federal National
Bank of Pittsburg gave up their strug
gle to prevent depletion of funds by
excited depositors at midnight Tues
day, called In United States Bank Ex
aminer John B. Cunningham shortly
after and announced that the bank
would not open for business Wednes
day morning. It was organized two
years ago with a capital of $2,000,000
and $400,000 surplus. The First Na
tional of Allegheny, the stock of which
hnd been bought by the Federal, was
bIbo closed on the day after.
The first National Bank of Alle
gheny was organized In January, 1864,
and has a capital stock ot $350,000,
a surplus of $100,000 and undivided
profits or $34,871.80.
FOUR KILLED.
Locomotive on West Virginia Central
Railroad Explodes.
Four persons were killed outright
and three injured by the explosion of
West Virginia Central engine No. 9,
In the Elkins yards. The killed are;
William Little, engineer; Henry Col-
lett, fireman; John Harper, machinist;
Mrs. Kate N. Rabbett.
Tim injured: Pleter Camareta, a
stone cutter, arm broken and head cut
by flying pieces; George Dougherty,
brakeman, badly shaken up; Mrs. Vir
ginia Boyd, sister of Mrs. Rabbett, hip
and shoulder badly bruised.
The engine had been In the shops
for repairs and was taken out Just
after noon to be tested. It had shifted
the private car Graceland and gone up
the track a few hundred yards, when
a terriflo expkmlon rent the air, tear
ing the engine into atoms.
Prisoner Walked Away,
Albert E. Bell, the mall pouch thief
and forger, who was brought to Phlla-
dolphla from Donver by Deputy United
States Marshals G. II. Baker and Al
vah Davis, eluded his guards and is
now at liberty. When the train reach
od the Pennsylvania railroad station
Davis and Boll went to the toilet
apartment of the Pullman car and
while tho deputy marshal was per
forming his ablutions the prisoner
calmly walked to the platform of the
car, mingled with the crowd of pas
sengers and disappeared.
Mutiny on Board French Ship.
The steamer Mariposa, from Tahiti
brlngB advlceB that the French bark
Sully, from China to Valparaiso, put
Into Papeete, sepiemuor v witn a
mutinous crew. The crew claimed
their provisions were poor and Insuf
ficient. The captain ot tho Sully has
been held and the vessel detained by
tho French authorities.
Tho relatives ot the pope state that
his holiness has made it understood
at recent audiences that be wishes to
abandon the socludon of the Vatican
and go about the streets of Rome, '
WRECKED UPON NOM COAST.
STRUCK A REEF IN DENSE FOG.
8mall Boats Capsized Some of Crew
Reach Shore After Suffering
Qreat Hardships.
Tho steamer South Portland, which
sailed from Portland, Ore., last Sun
day, loaded with wheat for Snn Fran
cisco, struck on Blanco reef during a
heavy fog. The vessel carried a crew
of 22 and 14 pnssengers. Of these the
following reached shore: James Mc
Intyre, captain; John Rolmer, a sail
or of San Francisco; Emanuel Pas
onlmls, chief cook; Willlnm I,. Wil
son, Jr., of Baltimore; L. Baker, Al
meda, Cal.j Guy Bent, a boy of 12
years, of Nova Scotia; Albert Bailey
of North Dakota, passenger; Charles
Bruce, first officer; James Ward, chief
engineer; T. P, Plzzonto, second as
sistant engineer; John MrKown, oiler;
.1. Drlseoll, oiler; W. Hughes, fireman;
W. Robertson, fireman; James At
wood, scamun; H. Webber, engineer;
C. Johnson, seaman. Chnrles lluson,
tho first engineer, died of exposure as
they wero tuklng him off tho life raft.
Fourteen persons are yet missing and
are probably lost. The South Portland
struck bow on, going at a speed of
about seven knots. Immediately sho
began to Bottlo astern nnd shortly
after slid off the reef and began to
sink. Captain Mclntyre, seeing there
was no hopo of saving the ship, speed
ily had the boats lowered. One of tho
boots londed with part of the crew
and some of the passengers capsized
ns soon as It cleared tho ships sldo
and when Inst seen was floating away
in tho fog without a living bou! on
board.
Tho captain's boat with about 18 on
bonrd succeeded In clearing, but wns
also capsized and only seven were nblo
to get back to tho boat. They con
sisted of Captain James Mclntyre,
John Relmer, Emmanuel Pusomlnos,
W. L. Wilson, L. Baker, Guy Bent nnd
Albert Bailey. They reached Port
Oxford at night. A life boat on which
tho following embarked succeeded In
reaching shore: Charles Bruce, first
officer; James Ward, chief engineer;
T. Pizzottl, second assistant engineer;
John McKown, oiler; J. Drlseoll, oiler;
W. Hughes, flromnn; W. Robertson,
fireman; James Atwood, seaman; H.
Webber, J. H. Johnson, seamen, and
Charles Huzon, the first assistant en
gineer. The survivors suffered much
from exposure and Captain Mclntyre
Is confined to his bed.
CARRIE DISTURBS ELIJAH.
Kansas Woman Tries to Catechise
Dowle In Public Meeting.
Carrlo Nation appeared at tho Mad
ison Square hall Tuesday night, got
a scat well down toward the platform,
and In the middle of Dowie's ranting
and vilification against his critics, the
eccentric little woman from Kansas
arose and cried out that she wanted
to ask the "prophet" some questions.
The shout went up that she was Car
rie Nation. Yells came from the crowd
that she should be hoard. Dowle
pleaded with her to resume her seat.
He told her that he respected her In
finitely, and all right, and again beg
ged her to sit down. Then came a
yell: "Let's hear Carrie Nation." "I
will not," shouted Dowle. "This Is
my meeting, not hers."
Thrice again Mrs. Nation asked
Dowle for an opportunity to ask point
ed questions about himself and his
claims. He ordered his guards to
make her take her seat, but when the
end of Dowie's address came he lifted
his hand to pass a benediction, Carrie
sprang to her feet again. While Dowle
raged, the saloon smasher of Kansas
found herself surrounded by a thous
and or more persons, all of them cheer
ing, and as she passed out of the hall
all but one of the ZlnnlBts and per
haps si few hundred others started to
. ii . "
luuuw iier.
DEMANDS REFUSED.
Pennsylvania Railroad Company Will
Not Increase Wages.
W. W. Atterbury, general manager
of the Pennsylvania railroad, replied
to the demands made upon the com
pany by employes through the Broth
erhood of Railway Trainmen. Every
demand which Involved any Increase
In operating expenses was refused by
the company. On the other points con
cessions were made where It seemed
to the company that the demands
were Justified. The chief demand of
the trainmen was for a reduction of
the work day of yardmen from 12 to
11 hours. To grant It, the company
contended, would be virtually to In
crease the pay f trainmen employed
In the yards, and that would entail an
increase in operating cost.
WAIVED EXTRADITION.
8wlndlere Arrested In Canada Will
Return Voluntarily.
E. J. Edelson, Joseph H. Edelson,
Robert Edelson and Mrs. E. J. Edelson
of Chicago, arrested in Montreal, Can
ada, on a charge of defrauding their
creditors in Chicago of about $20,000,
have consented to waive extradition
proceedings and will return to Chi
ago. They have given up all that
remains of the cash they brought into
Canada, $13,545. Fourteen hundred
dollars had been paid by the quartet
for a bakery In the North End of the
city, and $1,000 had boon expended In
purchasing a half Interest in a real
estate agency.
$100,000,000 FOR THE NAVY.
Congress Will Be Asked to Exceed
Last Year's Appropriation.
At the forthcoming session congress
will be asked to appropriate more than
$100,000,000 for the navy, a sum far
In excess of that asked for In any pre
vious year. Last year the department
aBked for $79,000,000, but It baa been
agreed that the navy must be built
up and In this the President, the sec
retary ot the navy and the house com
mittee onuaval affairs are unanimous.
REVIEW OF TRAOE.
Business Fairly Satisfactory, but Ab
normal Activity Has Received
a Check.
R. O. Dun f Co.'s "Weekly .Review
of Trade" says: Numerous labor con
troversies have appeared, and more
furnaces and mills have clpsed, the
tendency being to opornte'only the
plants provided with tho most modern
equipment. There is no anxiety re
garding leglHlatlon at the special ses
sion of Congress, and, despite the cur
tailment of activity In many manufac
turing lines, a heavy volume of bus
iness Is be'ing transacted. Flour mills
at Minneapolis have fully resumed, and
a big season's cut Is contemplated at
Minnesota lumber mills. Jobbing
trado has hnromo moro quiet with tho
advancing season and at many points
the weather Is not calculated to main
tain buying of wenrlng apparel nt re
tail. Gross earnings of the railways
thus far reported for October sur
pass last year's by 6.2 per cent.
Another general reduction In quota
tions of pig Iron has occurred, not
withstanding tho restriction of output,
and a movement Is on foot to further
reduce production unless business Im
proves. New orders are few nnd lim
ited to Immediate requirements, which
Is also true of finished steel. Not only
havo additional contracts failed to be
offered, hut cancellations of old or
ders aro reported.
A little encouragement was given to
the textile Industry by tho placing of
moderato orders for brown sheetings
to be exported, but this Chinese bus
iness Is of a special nature and not
a revival of regular trade for the East.
Otherwise the otton goods market Is
without feature. As to woolens and
worsteds a slight Increase In orders
is noted. Closing manufacturers are
not seeking woolen goods, and there
is still a pressure to sell worsteds
that makes prices Irregular. Silks are
weak and Inactive. Iirge contracts
have been placed for spring shipment
of shoes and prices are somewhat
firmer on a few lines, while others aro
steady and firm In tone. Heavy hem
lock sole leather Is strong, but other
grades decline In responso to tho gen
eral weakness of domestic hides.
Failures for the week numbered 279
In the United States, compared with
239 last year, and in Canada 20,
against 22 a year go.
CAMPAIGN OF RETRENCHMENT.
All Work on Main Line of Pennsylva
nia will Stop by November 10.
President A. J. Cassatt, of the Penn
sylvania railroad, has begun a cam
paign of retrenchment. Improvements
amounting between $3,000,000 and $8,
000.000 on the main line between Al
toona and Philadelphia are to cease
by November 10. One reason given for
the order Is the labor troubles, which
restrict production at the mills, and In
turn causing a falling off of traffic on
the railroads. Another reason for tho
shutting down of the work is that it
Is almost Impossible to get the ma
terial and all work that cannot be
done this year will be taken over in
1901. The construction and equipment
account for next year is being pro-
pared. Upward of $20,000,000 has been
estimated as tho sum required. All
work which Is now under way and
which is to be stopped will be incor
porated In the estimates for next year
and they will have the preference.
THOUSAND3 LAID OFF.
Company Makes Move to Avert
Threatened Trouble.
Forestalling action on the part of
the 14,000 trainmen on Its lines east
of Pittsburg 'in easo of a point-blank
refusal to comply with the demands
of the Brotherhood of Railway Train'
men, the Pennsylvania railroad has
laid off thousands of employes and
moro will follow. Not less than 6,500
and probably 7,500, will be discharged
or suspended. By laying off men the
railroad will cut down Its monthly
pay roll between $350,000 and $400,000.
Thd statement Is frankly made by high
officers of the railroad that tho de
mands of the trainmen cannot be
granted.
BUSINESS BRIEFS.
All the mills at Minneapolis ad'
vanced flour 10 cents per barrel on
Saturday, and they are all away back
on their orders; It is not likely that
they wilt be caught up before the first
of December. Pittsburg dealers aTe
nearly all short of spring wheat pat
ents, and will not be able to fill their
orders fully for some time to come,
The Lackawanna Steel Company has
successfully inaugurated work In the
Bessemer department ot its new plant
at Buffalo.
The coal companies of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company will, after
January 1, 1904, do away with middle
men and sell directly to the coal trade.
The Fischer Foundry & Machine
Company, of Pittsburg, which has re
cently completed and put In opera
tion a fine new plant along .the Pitts
burg & Lake Erie railroad below Mc
Kees Rocks, has branched out Its bus
lness by the purchase of a plant in
Cincinnati, O., known as the Wa'is
Punch & Shear Works. The plant
was owned and operated by C. C
Wals, of Cincinnati, and the Pittsburg
company intends to enlarge it.
According to tho department of ag
riculture the yield of whoat In tho
three Northwestern States this year
averaged 13 Va bushels to tho acre.
A skiff containing five Hungarian
laborers was swept over the Spring
dale dam, at Colfax station, Pa., and
four of them were drowned.
Schooner Sank in Storm,
The schooner Dione, with a cargo
of codfish, from Fogo for Oporto, was
sunk oft the New Foundland grand
banks. One man ot the crow was
swept overboard and lost. The three
remaining men launched the small
boat and after rowing for 38 hours
managed to make a landing.
RED TAPI IN GERMANY.
An Unpleasant Iperlenoe with the Po.
lice of Berlin.
The ether day I had the experiene
of changing houses in Gormany, writes
a correspondent of the London Slcotch,
It Is an oxporlonee I can heartily rec
ommend to those who aro dwilrous of
becoming more Intimately acquainted
with tho perfocted complications of
German police methods. Before re
moving from my old flat I npont half
en hour reporting my Impending de
parture to tho authorities. First, 1 had
to write out particulars of my various
Christian names (which, un;ortunat-
ly. happen to be many), of my age,
placo of birth, nationality, religion.
and cf my numbor In the registry of
the Income tax commissioners. Al
though tho police had long been In pos
session of these particulars, which I
hnd communicated to them on at least
twenty previews occasions. It was noc-
cf;ary for mo to mako thron fair copies
of them Rnd of similar details relating
to my family. Then camo tho ser
vants, whoso plnees of nativity, ages,
religions and other' mark3 of Identity
had to bo recorded with equal preci
sion an equal number of times. Whoa
I hnd finished I gathered the docu
ments Into a bundlo and despatched
them to the police by tho concierge.
My family, my belongings, and my ser
vants arrived In duo cour.io In the new
dwo'llng, nv.d as soon as my writing
room hnd been placed In order, I sat
down to narrato nfronh tho r.tory of
their birth, profession, religion, nation
ality and taxation numbor. After the
requisite number of ccjiles had been
filled tip nnd signed by my landlord I
had them hastily conveyed to the po-
llco bureau. Tho officer on duty re
fused, however, to accept them except
on production of a copy of tho same
details, stamped and authenticated by
tho police of my firmer parish. With
tills copy I had, unfortunately, omlttej
to provldo myself. I dutifully des
patched an express messenger to my
evacuated dwelling to repair the orais-
s.on, and Imagined that I had now
brought my negotiations with the po
llco to a successful ccneluslon.
Alas! I was mlntakcn, for throo days
Inter the postman delivered a couple
of Important looking documents, of
vh!ch one related to myself and fam
ily and another to tho affilrs of the
houselicper, who comes under a dif
ferent set of police regulations to
those obtaining in tho case of ordinary
servants, I found thnt my presence was
required at the police bureau for the
purpose of supplying answers to a long
rntalogiio of Questions. On this occa
sion I had to repair to the bureau
armed with a big bundle of birth, con
firmation, marriage, vaccination, and
other certificates. These were exam
ined and found satisfactory, but they
were Inadequate to satisfy the offlclal
thirst for knowledge. My father's
age, profession, and plnco of rcildenco.
my mother s maiden name and nge, I
either gave correctly or approximate
ly, but when tho sympathetic police
man demanded the ase nnd maiden .
and matrimonial name3 of my mcther-In-Iaw,
I was fain to confess ignorance,
and did so.
The Hardest Worked of Seamen.
Tho stokprs pro the haniost working
of all classes of labor on board steam
ships. From iutimnto association with
them in their labor and from knowl
edge of low orders cf labor on shore,
I can say without hesir&ilon that, aa
a class, ship's flror.ion and coal pass
ers or trimmers perform irnre ardu
ous and repulsive work than the min
ers In thin veins In the anthracite re
gion, the miners In the hot mines of
Montana, the glass blowers of the gas
belt, or the grimy toiler in the roll
ing mills. They receive proportionate
ly loss pay. They usually work in
four-hour watches, four on and eight
off. Their location Is in front cf tho
firing ends of the battery pf ships
boilers or In the bunkers where the
coal Is stored, both of these being In
the very bowels of the ship. The quar
ters are cramped, the air full of noxi
ous gases, the light, the terrible glaro
of iho raging fires, and the tempera
ture ranging from 105 to 140 degrees
Fahrenheit. The most mat even the
Cuiiard line pays picked firemen for
their mall beats Is $40 per montn. The
American lino has Its price regulated
ut an average of something over $30.
though at times it equals the best
rate. B. Brandenburg, in Leslie's
Monthly.
Perils of tho Lumbermen.
A crew of seven men wore loosen
ing timbers from the rocks above
great cataiact on the river Des
Quinze. The nearer they worked to
the head of the rapids the more im
minent grew their peril. At last tho
cautious steersman a half-breed
named Poison refused to venture
further the lives of his crew. The
foolhardy foreman ordered him out,
stepped abcard, and took Poison's
steering paddle. Out from the bank
they shot swiftly, and down the steep
Incline. All went well until thoy
wished to turn their boat beside the
rocks that blocked the timber, when
to their consternation the speed of the
boat slackened. Managing to point
her bow upstream, they rowed with all
their strength. For Eome seconds sho
nover moved. Surely tho demon of
tho rapids had caught them. Witn
pounding heart nnd panting breath,
they tugged with all tae:r might and
main, but. to no purpose. inch by
Inch, with Increasing rage, he drew
them, until, at last, with a deafening;
roar he hnrled them, boat and all, like
a Javelin, into the very depths of ths
gigantic cauldron of boiling foam.
Arthur Homing, In Scrlbner's.
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