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ROIlII URGES WMI.
MUST KEEP FAITH WITH CUBA.
President Declares That the Treaty le
Demanded on Ground of Broad
National Policy.
To tho Senate and House of Repre
sentatives: I have convened the Congress that
H may consider tho legislation nece.i
aary to put into operation the com
mercial treaty with Cuba, which was
ratified by the Senate at Its last s s
ilon, and subsequently by the Cuban
government. 1 iio?m men legislation
demanded not only by our Interest
but by our honor. We rannot w.th
propriety abandon the course upon
whleh we have fo wisely embarked.
When the acceptance or the Piatt
amendment was rcoulitl from C.iba
by the action of tho Cin;?ros3 of tho
United States, this government there
by definitely committed Itsvlf to tlir
poUey of treat ;n Cuba as nprupylpn
a unique p:s!t;m ns regards this
country. It was provided that win n
tho Island heenmo a fir,' nnd Inde
pendent republic she Fhould stand in
sueh clo c relations with us ai In cer
tain respects to come within oir sys
tem of Interna, ional policy, and it nee
essarlly folowed that sho mint also to
a certain ctogroo become Included with
in tho lines of cur economic policy.
Situated as Cuba Is, H would not Im
possible for this country to premlt tho
strategic abuse of the Island by any
fotelgn military power.
It Is for this reason that cvrtnln
limitations have been Imposed upon
her financial policy, and that naval
stations have been conceded by her
to the United States. The negotia
tions as to the details of these naval
stations are on the eve of completion.
They are so situated as to prevent any
Idea that there Is the Intention over
to abuso them asralnst Cuba, or other
wise than for tho protection of Cuba
from ttve assaults of foreign foes, and
for the better Fafcguarding of Amer
ican lrtt rents In the waters south of
lis.
These Interests have been largely
Increased 'by the consequences of the
war with Spain, and will be still fur
ther Increased by the buildinrr of the
Isthmian canal. They are both mil
itary and economic. The granting to
us by Cuba of the naval stat4ons
above alluded to is of the utmost Im
portance from a military standpoint,
and 'is proof of the good faith with
which Cuba Is treating us. Cuba has
made great progress sime her Inde
pendence was established. Sho has
advanced steadily In every way. She
already stands high among her sister
republics of the Now World. She Is
loyally observing her obrgatlcns to
us; and she Is entitled to like treat
ment by us.
The treaty submitted to your for ap
proval , secures to the United Slates'
economic advantages ar. groat ns thse
given to Cuba. Not an American inter
est Is sacrificed. By the treaty a larse
Cuban markft Is secured to our pro
ducers. It Is a market which lies at
our doors, which is already largo,
which Is capable of grept expansion,
and which Is especially Important to
tho development of our export trade.
It would be Indeed shortsighted for us
to refuse to take advantage of such an
opportunity, and to force Cuba into
making arrangements with other conn
tries to our disadvantage.
This reciprocity treaty stands by
Itself. It la demanded on consldera
"tlons of broad national policy as well
as by our economic Interest. It will
do no harm to industry. It wjll ben
efit many Industries, It Is In the in
terest of our people as a whole, both
because of Its importance from the
broad standpoint of International pol
icy, and bocauss economically it inti
mately concerns us to develop and so.
cure .the rich Cuban market for our
farmers, artisans, merchants and man
ufacturers. Finally. It Is desirable as
a guaranty of the gooj faith of our
nation toward her young t istr repub
lic trf tho Routh, whose welfare must
. ever be closely bound with ours. We
gave her liberty. We are knit to' her
by the memories of the blood and tho
courage of our soldiers who fought
for her In war; by the memoi'ios of
the wisdom and Integrity of our ad
ministrators who served her In peace,
and who started her so well on the
difficult path of self-government. We
must help her onward and upward;
and -In helping her we shall help our
selves. I
The foregoing considerations caused
the negotiation of the treaty with Cuba
and Its ratification by the Senate.
They now with equal force support
tho legislation by Congress which by
the terms of the treaty is necessary
to render it operative. A failure to
enact such legislation would como
perilously near repudiation of the
pledged faith of the nation.
I transmit herewith the tnvity as
amended by tho Smate and ratified by
tho Cuban government.
THEODORE nOOSUVET.T.
White Houkd, November 10, 1903.
Lynched a White Man.
At Bvlnklcy, Ar'.:., Sunday morning,
Z. C. Cadlo, a white man, was lyn.hed ;
by a mob of 10 or 15 people. CaJie
In an , altercation had cut Policeman
J. C. Cox, who died' shortly aftorwaid.
A mob secured entrance to the jail,
and, taking Cadln cut, shut him four
times and hanged him to a telephone
pole. The coroner's Jury rendered a
verdict that. Cadlo car.ie to his death
from lynching by parties unknown.
Immigrants Going Back.
Figures obtained of tho number of
'laborers who are returning to Europe
show that while from all ports of the
United States 13.000 steerage passen
gers were carried from October 1 to
November 10, a year ago, more than
27,000 have left the shores ot Amerlra
this year during the corresponding
period. Of this number about 90 per
cent sailed from New York. Inabil
ity to obtain employment is given as
tire reason for the .emigration.
STORMS IN THE WEST.
Heavy Ralna, Snow and Extreme Cold
In Some Parts.
The Pacific coast, from British Co
lombia to Southern California and tho
States of Oregon, Washington, Idaho,
Montana, Nevada. Wyoming! Utah
and Wvstern Colorado were swept by
a storm that has caused almost a to
tal prostration of telegraphic service
over that territory, and In the mount
ains all but tied up the railroads. The
storm wu3 tho severest on the coast.
For five days rain full without cessa
tion In tho Pugot Sound country and
turned Into bnow, accompanied by
wind which blew at tho rate of 35
mile an hour. Heavy galea are re
ported along the conn In California,
accompanied by torrential mlns.
In the Gorges of tho Cascade mount.
Bins snow is four feet deep on tho
level, and Is still falling, and railroad
traffic Is Bviloiuly impelled in conse
quence. At Helena and 'Butte and
over the ranges of Central and East
ern .Molilalia thy stcrm ha? turned
into a blinding blizzard, with eight
im h.i'3 ot mow nt Helena and nix
luehu nt Unite, with a high wind and
rapidly dripping temperature. South
ward in Wyoming, Nevada nnd Utah
th re was little precipitation, but high
winds prevailed for ne.nly 24 hours.
At CuniK.m, Col., tho mercury t li.cn
nt 10 degrees below it"ro Wednesday
nornlng. A high wind prevailed all
day nml there was a heavy fall of
snow.
WANT RECOGNITION.
Revolutionists in San Domingo Appeal
to Minister Powell.
The San Domingo revolutionists
have addressed a letter to United
States Minister Powell informing him
that engagements entered Into with
the United States by he government
presided over by General Wos )' Oil
will not be recognized by them. The
letter requests that Minister Powell
recognizee tho revolutionists, but the
minister has refused to hold communi
cation with them.
The city la closely besieged by the
revolutionists and commerce Is par
alyzcd. Firing around San Domingo
continues, many shells falling Into the
city. The German warships Panther
and Oazello are there.
Previous to beginning the bombard
ment of San Domingo tho revolution
ists nr.tifled tiro diplomatic corps and
the consular officers that they had
previously rerved notice on tho l)o
minlcnn government that the forces
of the revolution intended to adopt all
means. Including a bombardment. In
their efforts to capture the city. The
representatives of the powers met and
decided that they could only hold com
munications with tho legnl'.y estab
lished government of the country.
CROP ESTIMATES.
Corn Will Turn Out Better Than Ex
pected. Preliminary returns to the depart
ment of agriculture on the production
of corn In 1903. indicate a total yield
of about 2.S13.ooo,noo bushels, an av
erage of 25.8 bushels per acre, as com
pared with nn average yield of 2H.8
bushels one year ago, 10.7 bushels In
1901 and a 10-yoar average of 23.9
bushels.
The estimate of avernge yield, per
acre of potatoes is 84.7 bushels,
against nn average yl?ld of 96.0 bush
els In 1902, B5.5 bushels In 1901. and
a 10-year average of 79.5 bushels. Tho
average as to quality Is 8(i.4 per cent,
as compared with 90.4 per cent In No
vember, 1901, and 88.1 In November,
1900.
The estimate of tho average yield
per acre of hay Is 1.B4 tons, against
an average yield of 1.50 tons In 1902,
1.28 tons Irl 1901 and a 10-year aver
age or 1.33 tons.
TEN THOUSAND MINERS OUT.
Colorado Collieries Tied Up by the
Strike.
More than 10,000 coal miners In Col
orado went on strike Monday for an
eight-hour day. increased wages and
other coneesiions. One hundred
mines have been closed down. The
Colorado Fuel and Iron, Victor Fuel,
and Northern Coal and Coke Com
panies are the largest productrs. They
are making efforts to continue opera
tions under the protection of a strong
guard. It will ho the policy of the
United .Mine Workers to depopulate
the coal districts by sending the Idle
men and their families to Illinois, In
dian Territory, Missouri, Iowa and oth
er states.
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Minister Leishman, ot Constantino
ple, has notified tho state department
that the Sublime Porte has at last
made a satisfactory adjustment of
what Is known as the "Jerusalem cem.
etery case." ihls moans t.iat the
porte hns authorized the establish
ment of a protostant eenvetery by tho
Evangelical Society In tho vlllngo of
Tour at Jerusalem and the transfer
to tho same of the Latins of the old
protestant cemetery at Slon.
The United States Supreme Court
granted the motion recently made on
behalf of the State of Minnesota to
ndvance the hearing of the case of
that Slate vorsus the Northern Se
curities Company and named January
4 ns the tlmo for hearing tho rase.
The navy department is advised Ilia'.
Rar Admiral Glns3, commanding the
Pacific station, arrived at Panama this
morning with the cruiser Murblelnead
and tho gunboat Concord, having
made a quick run from Acapuieo.
Senator Stewart, of Nevada. Is the
only man In the Senate who has never
boon shaved. His beard began to
jiow when hi? was 16 and has been
growing for 60 years.
Left Fortune to Harvard.
Victor and Hubert McKay, the two
sons ot Gordon McKay, of Boston, the
late millionaire Inventor of shoe ma
chinery, are practically out oft by
their father's will from all share In
his estate, while Harvard University
will eventually receive the entire es
tate, valued at several millions of dol
lars; the Interest of the fund to be
used to promote applied sciences.
fill TROLUT 01 DISASTER.
FIVE KILLED, MANY INJURED.
Work Car Breaks Loot and Collides
With Passenger Car Without
Any Warning.
In a collision between a passengor
car and a gravel car on the Erie trac
tion !.ln-e near McKoan, Pa., four peo
ple wore killed and Ave seriously In
jured. The dead: Charles Amldon, black
tmith, of McKean; lola Benttey, wife
of James Bentley, a leading hardwaro
merchant of Edenboro, Pa.; Miss Lch
nm. of Lavery, Pa.; Mrs. hind, of
Cambridge Springs, Pa.
Tho Injured: Mn c. W. Sherwood,
Cambridge Springs, Pa., leg broken;
Miss Camellta Willing, of Krto. badly
Injured; Clem Anderson, motorman,
hurt internally, will die; P. II. Davis,
Goshen, lnl., tobacco salesman In
jured Internally and head cut. ciindl
t'.v.n permits: Peter Guchvs, farmer, of
McKcmi, Injured Internally, rendition
se lout.
A mile nnd a half s:mth of McKcnn
a flat ear loaded with gravel had been
sidetracked. In mine manner the
brakes became rocsencd. just before
the passenger car was due. nnd tho
lead of gravel started down the track,
gaining terrible momentum. It trav
ersed a (M?tance of a mllw nnd a quar
ter, finally crashing Into the passen
ger car. Tho fronts of tho both cars
wore splintered to kindling we.od, and
ft'..e,rmnn Anderson was pinioned bf
ticalh tho wreckage.
Henry May, of McKean, was one of
tho first to reach the scene, and. with
siwral farmers, began digging out tho
people.
When the collision came the 30 tons
or gravel vtre thrown Into the pas
senger car, wreiklng the whole upper
part of the tiolley.
The oead were taken to their re
spective 1 tints, and tho Injured were
placed n l.oui d the car and taken to
Erie. Motoimnn Anderson was tho
lirst taken out. He ls seriously In
jured and It Is believed he will die.
lie ;t:irk to his car, and started back
down the Incllme, but the oncoming
cr was under sueh headway that the
fusl: was -r.. possible. It Is stated that
cwtnj to the heavy rain tho tracks
were r-j slippery that tho brakes
wiuld not hold.
CUT IN WAGES COMING.
Truot Agrees to Make No Further Cut
In Product.
Willis 1.. King, vice president ot
the Jones & I.aughlln Steel Company,
of Pittsburg, gave out an official state
ment of the outcome of tho recent con
ferences on steel prices, whleh have
resulted In reducing the price of steel
billets to $23 a ton and steel bars to
$1.30 base hundred pounds, other steel
prices remaining unchanged.
Tho "Wall Street Journal" says:
The return of President. Corey and
Vice President James Gayley from
Pittsburg, where they conferred with
the heads of subsidiary companies of
the United Stnfea Steel Corporation
concerning additional reductions and
retrenchment, will' be followed. In duo
cours-e by the announcement of
changes they have directed.
The question of wages Is now para
mount, and the one most likely to
cause trouble. Until January 1. It Is
not possible to estimate the extent of
the reductions, or to tell whether the
steel employes will accept, without a
struggle, tho lower schedules.
A report from near headquarters
rays that the corporation plans to cut
Its,' wage and salary account from
$120,00o.o:ift, In round numborbers, di
vided among ltiS.ouo employes and la
borers, to approximately $100,000,000.
This would necessitate an average cut
of 25 cents a day in ail salaries, which
would mean to the corporation a dally
caving of $42,000 und a monthly sav
ing of $1,200,000.
Regular Army Is Small.
TIia nnnnnl iTnnni-t nf Actln? Arltt
Gen. Hall says that the actual strength
of the army on October 15. 1903. was
3,081 officers and 55.500 enlisted men.
nurlnff tho vmi thei-A wi'in lost 138
officers, of whom 25 were killed in bat
tle or died of wounds or disease, and
28,141 enlisted men. of whom 837 were
K-lllod -In hnttln nr died of wtilltlda or
disease, the remainder representing
men dlscliargeu ror rxpiration or term
of fcervlco, for disability, by sentence
nf cmirt martial, desertions and re
tirements. Tho total number of or
ganized militia, Including officers, was
11CE42.
Disorder Attends Spanish Elections.
Municipal elections were hold
throughout the country on the 8th.
The Republicans trlumphod in Bar
celona, Valencia. Sara,;o&sa, Sevlllo
and tho niout Important towns In Cut
alonla. Dlsordeis occurred In Barce
lona in which many persons wero
wounded by revolver shots. Two per
sons are reported to have been killed
in a small town in Valencia.
Kentucky Coal Lands Bought.
J. L. Nicholson, a Pennsylvania coal
magnate, has purchased the coal rights
under 208 acres of land In Henderson
county. Ky. A shaft with a capacity
of 100.000 tons a day will ho opened.
This is In tho best coal section In
Western Kentucky, and already turns
out nearly 500.000. tons a day, much
of It superior coke coal. Mr. Nichol
son Is said to have paid about $400,
000 tor the land.
Strike Lasts Three Years.
The strike In the slate quarries at
Port Fearhyn, North Wales, which. has
been maintained for thr?ie years, en
tailing great expense and suffering
upon the families of the workmen, col
lapsed, the men voting to return tc
work without having obtained a Bingle
concession from tho owner. Lord Pen
hyu. The City of Chicago, the largest
steamboat on Chautauqua lake,
h timed.
OFFICIAL RETURNS.
Enormous Republican Majority In Key
stone State.
Thfl official returns of the recent
election In Pennsylvania show the
total vote cast for the Republican and
Democratic nominees for 8tate Treas
urer and Auditor General follows:
Treasurer Mathucs, Republican and
Citizens, 529,031; Hill, Democrat and
Independent, 244,284 ; Mathucs plu
rality over Hill 285,347; majority over
all, 245,272.
Auditor Gt-neral Snyder, Republi
can and Citizens, 51 7.9(1.1 ; Dewalt,
Democrat a.d Independent, 240,305;
Snyder's plurality over Dewalt, 277.
658; Snyder's majority over all, 237.
633. Stale Treasurer Pa'.on Prohibition,
24.850; Smith, Socialist,' 13.245; Gil
christ, Ijtbor, 1.980. Aud'.tcr General
Kane, Prohibition, 24.945; Atkinson,
Socialist, 13,014; Ebehly.-Labor, 2.0fi.
Tho totnl vole for Superior court
Judges follows: Morrison, Republl
enn and Citizens. 54.')li7; Ilendertiin.
Republican nnd Citizens. 4D9.4P.8;
Ward, U'einocrat and Independent,
225.051 ; Stevensnn, Pivhlhltionlxt, 23,
493; Nichols. Prohibitionist. 23,307;
l.rach, Socialist, 12,515; Goazlou, So
cialist, 12,058; Thomas, Labor. 1,922;
liursebell. Labor, 1,"oti; Morrison over
Ward, 285.922; Morrison over Ray
burn, 299.910; Henderson over Ward,
235.210; Henderson over Rayburn,
249,204. The scattering vote will run
into the thousands.
MISS GOELET BECOMES DUCHESS.
Police Unable to Control Crowd of
Curious Women.
The marriage of Miss May Goclet,
only daughter of Mrs. Ogden Goelet,
and ono ot America's richest heir
esses, to Henry John Innes-Ker, eighth
Duke of Roxebnrghe, was solemnized
at St. Thomas' Church. New York, In
this city, Bishop William Croswell
Donne, of Albany, assisted by Rev.
Ernest M. Stlres, of St. Thomas'
Church, performing the ceremony.
Three hundred pollremen, their
night sticks drawn, beating, fighting
with their fista and poshing, were not
able to control the thousands of per
sons who surrounded St. Thomas's
Church during the wedding ceremony.
Never In tho history of New York
weddings hns there hepn such a mob.
which was compound almost entirely
of women. There were women In
rags and women in silks, and they
fought as only excited, curious wo
men can.
Utah Miners Strike.
The first miners' strike in the his
tory of Utah was Inaugurated when
305 miners employed at the Utah Fuel
Comr.nny's Sunnyslde colliery decided
to go out In sympathy with tire strik
ing miners of Colotalo. This num
ber Is one-third of the Employes ot the
company, and It Is prohahlo that oth
ers will follow th. ir example.
Russians Fight Chinese.
It is reported that Russian troops,
marching toward Shnn-Hni Kwan. en
countered a force of Imperial Chinese
troops, and that fighting ensuPd. The
Rimsians, It Is asserted, pretended that
the Imperial force was a band of Chi
nese robbers.
LATEST NEWS NOTES.
A Columbus (O.) bank teller put
$100 Into tho w'asto basket.
Five minors were Injured, three per
haps fatally, by a gas explosion In tbu
mines nt Foster, Mo.
The recent Indian fighting In Wy
oming Is charged to the sheriff who
mixed in without any warrant.
The French government has recog
nized the defacto government ot the
republic of Panama.
D. D. Tompkins, of New York, a
traveling salesman In tho woolen
trade, committed suicide in Kansas
City.
Five thousand people at Birming
ham, Chamberlain's homo city, gave
a vote against his tariff program but
cheered his name at a meeting.
The resignation of Mrs, James I..
Blair as president of the St. Louts
Women's Club, was accepted, and Mrs.
David R. France was elected to the
position.
In the Cuban Swnate and House of
Representatives a gift of $50,ooo was
unanimously voted to Gen. Maximo Go
mez in recognition of his services as
head of tho revolutionary army.
Captain Hobson reported to the
New York police that a medal worth
$1,000, which was presented to him
by a Southern Society, had been
stolen.
It Is now announced that all prcs
pect of war between Russia and Jnpun
has disappeared and that official an
nouncement of a settlement of the
matters in dispute may soon be ex
pected. The Joint conference of plate, glnBS
manufacturers and skilled workers,
held In Philadelphia, resulted In the
adoption ot a uniform wage scale
whereby nearly 10,000 workers will
receive an advance In wnges of from
Hi to 2 per cent.
Messrs, Ruth and Haskell have sold
their Interests In the Tennessee Inter-Urban
Rnllrocd Company to Pitts
burg capitalists, who will form a $'!,
000,000 company and build the line.
This Is the Gallatin, Nashville and
Columbia enterprise.
English military men are alarmed
over tire South African uprising, and
fear another Zulu war. England pre
pares for trouble.
It is saJd In London that King Ed
ward has approved the engagement of
Prince Alexander of Teck to Princess
Alice of Albany, the King's niece.
Lewis Nixon testified at tho Ship
building Trust hearing that the trust
bad $3,000 working capital on hand,
and that borrowed, at tho time the
statement for listing stock was Issued,
announcing cash balance on hand of
$1,503.0011
EXTRAORDINARY SESSION.
Several Hundred Bills Offered Pres
ident Asked to Submit Panama
Correspondence and Papers,
The extra session of congress, call
ed by the President to make effective
the Cuban reciprocity treaty, assem
bled at noon on the 9th. Joseph O.
Cannon of Illinois, was elected speak
er of this house, the usual prelimina
ries wero attended to. Maj. Alexander
McDowell, of Sharon, Pa., clerk of tho
house, preuldi'd until the ohectlon of
tho speaker was accomplished, after
which ho turned the gavel over to
Speaker Cannon. One hundred and
twenty-nine new members were sworn
In. Major McDowell was re-elected
clerk or the house.
Mr. Hitt (III.) offered tho following
resolution: "Resolved, by the house
of representatives, That the President
be requested to communicate to tho
house If not Incompatible with the In
terest ot the public service, nil cor
respondence nnd other olllcJal docu
nvents relating to tho recent revolt In
the Isthmus of Panama." It was
agreed to.
Several hundred bills were Intro
duced In tho house. A statehood bill
for New Mexico Introduced by Dele
gate Rodey, has the distinction of be
ing the first house bill of the Fifty
eighth congress, and will bo number
one. Representative Bartholdt (Mo.)
sought this distinction for a bill re
storing the army canteen, but was
compelled to tone second place, and
this bill Is number two. A bill giv
ing congress the right to regulate
trusts was Introduced by Representa
tive Palmer (Rep,, pa.). Representa
tive Sibley (Rep., Pa.) Introduced a
bill to Increase the pay of rural free
delivery carriers. Representative
Greene (Rep., Mass.) Introduced a bill
to Induce favorable employment of
American ships.
Tho Senate, having organized for
the special session of that branch In
March had little to do. In this cham
ber the floral offerings were magnifi
cent. Senator Hanna received many
flowers In recognition of his great vic
tory In Ohio, nnd Senator Gorman was
accorded like recognition for his lead
ership of tho Democrats in Maryland.
Tho HouSe was In session less than
half an hour Tuesday, an early ad
journment being taken out of respect
to tho memory of two deceased mem
bers. The President's message was
read and inferred to the committee on
ways and means. The speaker an
nounced the committees on rules and
mileage. The committees appointed
were ns follows: Rules The speaker,
Dah.ell, (It., Pa ); Grosvenor, (It.. O.) ;
Williams, (D Miss.); Do Armond, (!..
Mo.). Mileage Rceder. (Kan); Jack
son, Old.); Flack. (N. Y.); Lewis.
(Ga.); Butler, (Mo.). The first tlneo
are Republicans nnd the last two
Democrats. Resolutions of respect to
the memory of Mr. Forderer, of Penn
sylvania, and Mr. Borelng, of Ken
tucky, were adopted. The session of
the Sennto was devoted exclusively to
the rending of the President's message,
nnd to the routlno Incident to the re
ceipt of the nivRsage, and cuntinued
lor only about 15 minutes.
8EEKING TRADE IN KOREA.
United States Will Send Minister
Allen on a Warship.
The United States government is
so-.'kliig to have tho port of Wljil, Ko
rea, opened, while Great Britain and
Japan have combined In favor of open
ing Yongpmplio. Minister Allen, wdio
has been stopping nt Yokohama, la
about to rrort-ed to Chemulpo. Korea.
j on an American waiship In. pursuit of
this miiislon. The purpose Is to honor
the Koreans by . the presence of an
American vessel of modern type, but
there Is no Intention to uso pressure
of any kind. WIJu lies directly op
posite Antuug. which is to be opened
to trade by China under our new
treaty, and Is an important post on
the great road from Pel: In to the
Koreun capital. The possession of
considerable concessions at Yongam
pho by Russians might Involve Inter
national complications in the present
ment of claim for a port there.
Advices renchlng the war depart
ment from Manila indicate that, be
fore sailing from Manila on December-
23rd. Governor Tal't will have suc
ceeded In the adjustment of the claims
of the triors I'cr their extensive Phil
ippines property holdings.
South African Train Robbed.
Twn m..n lm-.i-ilnd a rnlla'flv ttnln
i as It was ascending a t:ioep giado b
iweeu rieiei Miiui g una iyiMii ouin, ov
erpowered the guaid, lonted the treas
ure car and made their escape. The
robbers, it Is leptnted, secured $50.
ono. which was coii-lgned to tho Stand
ard 'bank at Pretoria.
Filipinos Coming Here.
On the steamer Curea, which arrived
at San Francisco, from the Orient,
, were 90 youn Filipino, who have
I been sent to the United States to per-
feet their education. They have al
I ready been assigned to various col
i leges, a large portion going to tto
University of California.
Wiped Out Three Lives.
Dr. E. W. Light, a loaning dentist
of Saginaw, Mich., committed suicide
at his home, 813 South JetToraon avo
nue. after fatally shooting his wife and
daughter. Ruby, 18 years old. The
tragedy was not discovered until noon
next day.
M. Thoplteau. French deputy, pro
poses to tax all games ot hazard to
tho extent of 8 per cent of the sums
at Etake. M. Thoplteau estimates that
the tax would bring in an Annual rev
enue of $2,000,000.
REVIEW OF TRADE.
Presperity of Farrrere Relied Upon to
Offset Deprecalon In
Other Lines.
R. O. Dun A Co.'a "Weekly Review
of Trade" says: Readjustment of
wages and abnormally warm weather
are not calculated to stimulate! dis
tribution of merchandise, especially
wearing appnrel and fuel, yet the
splendid profits of agricultural com
munltiea cannot fall to put large sums
of money In circulation and piovlde a
market for commodities. Price of all
staples were slightly higher on No
vember 1 than a month previous, but
In the pnat two weeks tho level has
fallvn somewhat. Settlements of la
bor disputes In meat parking, litho
graphing and several minor Industries
lire offset by new r.truggles In the
building trades, street car Mnes and
coal mines, while tho rut .In wages ol
Iron workers and splnm rs may result
In strikes. Railway earnings for the
first week of November wero 4.8 per
cent larger than la'-t y:.ar. White fur
nace s'lo'ks nro far In excess of all
recent high p Mnts, tl.era Is some off
set In tho vi ry small supplies held
elsewhere, nnd now that quotations
hnvo fallen to a mora avtrat'Ivo posi
tion there In reason to look for mnne
recovery In deniund. Alter tho first
fheck of now prices was over tho mar
ket became more active. Ono feature
! tho loss sustained by jobbers and
dealers who hnd stocks on hand pur
chased above the now levvl, but there
Is more satisfaction e:tprtv-scd than
otherwise over th lower flgun3, sdnc
they are calculated to stimulate ac
tivity. Failures this week numbered
283 In the United Stntoj. agr.lnst 241
last year and 27 in Canada, compared
with 24 a year ago.
OHIO NEWS NOTES.
By the use of electricity M. Horner,
an employ of tho Findlay table works,
has cleared the factory of rats. For
some time the men have complained
that tlvelr dinners have boon eaten by
tho animals. A plc:e of fat Is placed
on a round tin with a hole In the cen
ter. Through tho fr.t a wire is' run
which connects with a dynamo. The
tin is connected to tho ether side of
tho machine. When the rat steps on
the plate and commences to eat It ie
Instantly electrocuted.
Whllo riding tj Findlay William
Worthlnpton was thrown from his
horse and his leg broken in three
i places.
PENNSYLVANIA CRIEF3.
William Miliar, of Granite City, III
has been appointed manngfr of the
Sharon works of the Ameiican Rtee!
Foundries Company, to succeed S. A,
Wnllace, transferred to AlV.ance. O.
The Colonial Oil Company will drill
soveral wella In tho vicinity of Edln
burg. The company hn.i leased the
larnis of Edward McKeo and others
and will sink holes at least. 3,500 feet
Thomas Coppo, a Lake Erie section
man, was struck and fatally Injured
near Edlnburg by a special passenger
tialn lrom Cleveland to Pittsburg.
Two mere murders have been add
ed to Allegheny county's already large
list. Adolph Bengele. 59 years old,
farmer, was shct and robbed in the
rear of 1I3 home In Glenfield. His
assailants aie unknown. John Hagar
23 years old. colored, was shot nnd
killed on the Gieer.slmrg pike, two
miles cn.'it of Wilklnsburj;, by nn tin
known Italian.
WEST VIRGINIA ITEMS.
The West Virginia Grand Lodge of
Masons, in session nt Whee'ln;?, ad
j.iurned nflcr electing tho following
officers: Grand master, Georpte Hatch,
of Wheeling; deputy fcrind rnrsler, L.
II. Clarke, of Kyle; Rcsnlnr grand war-
den, G. W. MeClertlek, of Charleston
Junior gianl warden, T. G. Strlek'ln.
of Ellenbero; tenlor grand deacon
James A. Bryan, of Parkersburg; Jim
ior giand deacon, F. M. Showalter, of
Fairmont; grand master, F. W. Clark
cf New Maitlnsvllle: ernnd tiler. Wil'
Ham H. Roso of Wheelin?; grand sec-
rtHary, O. W. Atkinson, of Charleston;
grancl treasurer, S. M. Myers, P. G. M.,
of Martlnsbur,;.
Joo Duncan, -former street commis
sioner of Pnrkersburg, fell from an tin-
glne In the Ohio River dlvlttan yards
and lighted In the pit of a turntable.
One of his shoulders was broken and
he received other injuries which It is
feared will terminate fatally.
The state board ot health adopted
resolutions calling on tho local boards
und other officials to tettie admission
to tho schools to nil children who have
not been vaccinated.
BUSINESS BRIEFS.
The grosa earnings of Waba.ih for
October were $2,200,295, an Increase
of 236.19.
Tho gross earnings of Missouri Pa
cific for the forrth week In October
Increased $117.0o0.
Bulgarian officers have been arrest
ed in that country on suspicion of
plotting against Prlnca I- nllnand.
wero $720, 208, an Incren.- of 521.033.
Tho gross earnings of Canadian Pa
clflc for October wero $1,473,000, an
, lncreaGO of $359,000.
1 The gross earnings of Hocking Val
i ley for October w ero $329,3 JO, un in
! ci'ease ot $J2.200.
The gross earnings of Wheeling &
I Lake Erio for October were $4uU,112,
an Increase of $32,1 13.
Tho gross earnings of Southern
Railway for the fourth wer:k In Octo
ber Increased $125. ouo, and for tho
month Increased $279,0u0.
It Is estimated that tho cannings of
United Stutes Steel for the present
quarter will be between $23,000,000
and $24,000,000. For tlve corresponding
quarter last year they were $31,983,
ooo. and were $29,739,000 in 1901. The
largest earnings for any one quarter
were $27,002,000 (the second quarter
of 1902.) The smallest thus far were
$25,009,000 (the first quarter of 1903.)
THE FINAL ANSWER.
' "
There Is a little boy at school
Who bravely mnkns a stnrt,
But somehow Dover tenmt to gel
The Union all bv noun.
It Is mournful thing to '
Ills look ol gntnerlng woe,
As he at lent gWe up tbe tank ,
And ant nerg, "1 don't know."
Be not discouraged, little boy
For vou are nut elune
What flings tbe burenlls light
Aorofs the Arotlv Zone?
IV hut glvet the oolor to the rout?
What bids the sued to glow'
The wtsmt men murt liluth at laet
And say, "I do nui know."
Wanblngton Stab
HUMOROUS.
Teacher Johnny, you may define
tbe first person. Johnny Adam.
"Han Ilalrovltch always shown a tal
ent for music?" "Yes; even as a child
no cried every tlmo his hair was cut."
"We got along excellently together,"
he explained. "You neo, ne never bor
rows anything but trouble, and that'"
all I ever loan."
Mrs. Flatle.lgh I eoe you still have
the same cook. Mrs. Urbanlto Yes,
Indeed. We have been with her noar
ly six months now.
"Aren't you ashamed of that last
massacre?" "I don't Ben why I should
bo," answered tho eullan. "It wasn't
aucb a very small one."
"Didn't you have a pleasant voy
age?" ho asked. "Oh, yes," replied Mies
Grcaiblood, "except for the vulgar
trade winds we encountered." ,
Smith Brown Is certainly doing his
duty as a paront Jones How's that?
Smith He's trying his best to bring
up bis children tbe way he should have
gone,
"Aren't you ambitious to rank as a
captain of Industry?" "No," answered
Senator Sorghum. "I'm satisfied to
keep connected with the paymaster'!
department."
Professor Suppose you were engag
ed in the autopsy of a subject and it
gave signs ot life, what would you
do? Student I think t should change
the subject, sir.
"The brusque way that you refused
to buy Willie a knifo cut hlra deeply,"
asserted the mother. "In that case,"
replied the father, "he has the result
without having the knife."
"You can't exactly git tor heaven In
a automobile," said Brother Dickey,
"but, Jodgin' by do way (ley pltchtn
folks over de hilltops, dcy kin give
you a good start on de upward road!"
"Jack proposed to me this morning!"
"Did you accept him?" "Yes." "Then
you prophecy has come true?" "What
prophecy?" "Why, last night you said
Jack was foolish enough to do any
thing!" "Let us have peace," said the Eng
lish Invader, "Can you nut see that tbe
white, strangers love the Redmen."
"Ah, yes," replied the Intelligent In
dian, "they love tho very ground we
walk upon."
Papa Show me that you deserve
my daughter, and you may have hor.
Splndloshanks I have mado her love
me, sir. Papa Take her! You have
performed a miracle beyond my com
prehension! "Oh, you needn't talk," said the In
dignant wife. "What would you be
today If It were not tor my money?
Answer that, will you?" "That's an
easy one," replied the heartless wretch.
"I'd be a bachdor."
"Why do you call this a farewell
concert? You know the chances are
that this singer will return as usual."
"Yes; but It gives the purchaser ot a
seat an admirable opportunity to say
farewell to his money."
"Are your daughters stnglng les
sons worth the prlco you are paying
for them?" "Oh, yes? Why I've Just
bought that house next door for three
thousand dollars. A month ago the
owner wanted ten thousand for it."
"You haven't held public office very
long, have you?" asked tbe stranger.
"What makes you think so?" returned
the new incumbent. "I se you're
working Just as though you expected
your salary to be cut oft If you didn't
earn it."
"Now, my sister-in-law," said the
stranger, "has led more women to be
come regular attendants at church
than" "You don't tell me!" exclaim
ed the Rev. Mr. Priestley. "So she Is
an evangelist?" "No, nut she's the
most fashionable milliner in town."
Two 8unoet Per Day.
There Is only one place In the world
where the sun sets twice dally, and
that is at Leek, In Staffordshire, Eng
land. The reason of this la that a
lagged mountain Is situated to the
west of the town and In tho evening
the sun sets behind it end darkness
comes on. Then tho first sunset oc
curs, the gas lamps are lit, and ap
parently night has set in. Dut It has
not, for the space of an hour or so
the sun reappears again through the
opening at the sldo of tlio mountain
and daylight again appears. Artificial
lights are extinguished and daylight
again prevails, until the sun descends
below the opening and the second sun
set occurs and night comes to stay.
Danger In Klssln Dogs.
According to English physicians,
young girls who are lu the habit of
kissing dogs will sooner or later find
their lips and gums very son and are
likely to suffer a long time from the
malady thus contracted. Recently a
young girl In Birmingham suffered
greatly tor several weeks from swollen
Hps and gums and the physicians were
utterly perplexed as to the cause of
the trouble, until one of them by
chance learned that she bad been In
the habit of kissing her little dog se
wal times dally.