t
MiflifllifSS HE N CUSTODY.
HAD COMPLETE MINTING PLANT.
Had Paper Enough to Print $1,000,000
Worth cf Government
Money.
What I considered by the United
States government secret aervlre nf
flclals to be one of the most Import
ant raids that has ever taken place
In tho vicinity of Boston was suc
cessfully carried out In the neighbor
ing town of Revere, when three men,
all Bald to be well-Known counter
feiters, were arrested and an exten
sive plant and a supiiy of paper for
printing $l.CflO,noo worth of notes
were confiscated.
The men arrested were John Davis,
Joseph Roiimenblltt and Moses Novak,
and It Is uv.lcrstood that the govern
ment made. even simultaneous, ar
rests In or near New York. Davis
is S3 years old, and Is believed to be
the head of the gang. It Is believed,
however, that New York parties vcn
behind iho plot, and the couniorfelt
Imt In said to have been carried on
cither In that, eity or In Newark.
Novak, or Frar.kcl. ns he was known
in R 'vere, enme from Now York about
two months ago, aeeompanl-d by a
woman, anil hired a home. To-day he
was arretted In a Mroet. The detec
tives tin n torced their way Into his
house, p.nvis and notimenblltt wore
arrested and tho seaiih of the house
revealed lithograph pints bearing the
imprint of many different kinds of
money, presses and many engrnvlng
tools. The paper for printing the
noleg was of good workniaiiFhlp and
a very fair .Imitation of the genuine
bank note pttper.
PRESIDENT REMEMBERED.
Will Receive $30,000 From Estate of
His Uncle Grade.
Tho will of James King Oracle,
uncle of President Roosevelt, has
been admitted to 'probate by Judge
Seabury. In tho Nassau county. (N.
Y.) surrogate court. One of the bene
ficiaries Is Prescient Roosevelt, who
Is given $30,ooo, faring tho same as
his sisters. Mrs. Cowles, the wife of
Commander Cowles, U. s. N., and
Mrs. Corrlne Roosevelt Robinson.
Two of tire President's children,
Kermlt, for whom the late Mr. Graeio
was godfather, and Ethel, who was tho
Kodvhlld of the testator's wife, were
also remembered, each being the
richer by f.'i.ono through the will.
With the will was Hied an affidavit
that the value of the entire estate ex
ceeded $100,000. The actual value is
about $51)0,000. Tho executors are
James J. Hlgginson. a brother-in-law
to the testator, and Douglas Robin
son, a nephew.
Tho only Institution remembered In
the will is tha Orthopedic dispensary
and hospital, in Manhattan, which
gets $5,000 for the endowment of a
bed and $25,000 for a general endow
ment fund.
KILLED IN EXPLOSION.
Mixers In Dynamite Factory Are
Blown to Atoms.
The mix ho-.ise of the Independent
Powder Company's plant, five miles
southwest of Carthage, Mo., blew up
lnstnntly killing the two mixers, Les
ter Ridge and Bert Cobb, and seii
oiiBly injuring four other men.
Ridge and Cobb recently came to
Carthage from Emporia, Pa. They
were In tho mix house, compounding
by hand nitroglycerin with the other
Ingredients of dynamite, when 500
pounds of tho materlnl which was In
a wooden through exploded. They
were tho enly men In , tho building
and no one knows what caused the
explosion. The two men were blown
to atoms.
The four Injured men were work
Jng In a small house 100 yards away,
packing dynamite. The concussion
crushed In a part -of the building, in
juring the men.
Twenty-three roads for October
show an avorage net Increase of 12.21
por cent; 40 roads for third week of
November show average gross in
crease of 2.10 por cent.
Three Klilod In Wreck.
Three men were killed, two sie
lioutily injured and two slightly In
jured in a collision between a car and
freight train, a few miles below
"Wavorly. 0 on the Norfolk & West
ern road. The men were all on a
band car on their way to Sargents' to
make some repairs on a bridge, when
thoy ran into the freight train on a
curve ao short that neither the en
gineer of the train nor the men on
the hand oar were aware of each oth
er's presence until the moment of the
accident. The three dead men were
bridge carpenters and the injured men
their assistants.
CONSUMPTION 8ERUM KILLS.
Fatal Experiment with Prof. Mar-
morek'a Cur.
A Paris cablegram says that Prof.
George Dloulafoy has reported to the
Academy of Medicine, of which he is
a member, that be has teBted the se
rum for tubercolosis discovered by
Prof. Marmorek, an Austrian bacter
iologist, who until recently was chief
chemist at tho Pasteur Institute in
Paris. The serum was iiBed on seven
patients, Prof. Marmorek operating.
Instead of becoming better they be
came worse and five of thorn died. Dr,
Dentu made a similar report,
Restraint on the Jew.
American Jews are no longer per
mltted to cross the Russian frontier
without a Bpeclnl permit In each case
from M. Von Plehwe, the Russian Iu
terlor Minister. Moat Americans trav
el to Russia by way of Germany. The
practice until the last two weeks was
for the Russian Consul Oeueral here
to vise the Jews' ipaBsports upon re
ceiving a statement of -their purpose
to visit Russia and that their stay
there was to be. temporary.
CRANKS ARRE8TED.
Pittsburg Man Goas to Washington to
Hypnotize the President.
Two more Presldontnl cranks were
temporarily sent to the government
hospital for the Insane. They are
Eihraim Sellers of Pittsburg, a for
mer Inmate of St. Elizabeth's Insane
Asvltint, and Panlol V. Cllppard. of
Mount Holly. N. C. alias "I-iliJah II."
Seller arrived ' from PltWbnrgi and
started for the White House to com
plain to the President that the Dem
ocrats and church members of Pitts
burg were persecuting him because he
Is a Republican. Boilers also an
nounced that he was a hynotlst and
said that he Intended to hypnotize the
President.
Cllppard said he wa "Elijah II."
and came to Washington to claim a big
reward Tor advice which he said led
to the victory of Admiral Dewey at
Manila bay. Hoth men were arrested.
PRIZE FOR BIBLE ESSAY.
Controversy Ends In Competition en
Merits of Versions.
Result lug from the ban of the Ro
man Catholic church placed by tho
Rev. T. J. Karley, rector of the
Church of the Immaculate Concep
tion, on her clans of 300 girls at I.ynd
hurst. Miss Helen Gould has offered
$700 In prizes to be awarded for the
b'esf essays on the double tonic: "The
Origin and History of the Version of
the Bihle Approv.vd by tho Roman
Catholic Church," and "The Origin
and History of the American Revised
Version of the English Bible."
This competition will be open to the
world. Four hundred dollnrs w.lll be
given to the wrlter.of the best essay,
$200 for the second best and $100 for
the third.
CREW KILLED BY 8AVAGE8.
Survivors of Wrecked 8teamer Tell of
Hardship.
The steamer Iro Marti, which ar
rived at Victoria. B. C. from the Ori
ent, brought Captain and Mrs. Hoe
stadt, of the wrecked Amwlcan Bhlp
Benjamin A. Sewall. Captain Hoes
tadt confirms the report that 10 of the
crew were killed by savages off To
bago Island, off the Formosan coast.
Searching parties found two of the
men belonging to the mate's boat,
which had fallen Into the hands of
the natives. These men, William
Relnwald and Julian Calco, had been
kept alivie to carry wood and when
found were naked, their bodies sore
and Mistered. The clothing belong
ing to the others, and Identified by
Captain Hopstadt, was found In a sav
age village, where all had been killed.
What disposition was made of their
bodies It was Impossible to learn.
Those who were killed were Joseph
Morris, third mate; Thomas Pickle
and his wJfe, a Japanese woman; the
Chinese carpenter and tho cook, Hen
ry Adams, an American negro; Peter
Johnson, a Chilean, and three Japan
eso seamen.
HEAD-HUNTERS SLAUGHTERED.
Constabulary Kill 90 of the Enemy In
Four Days.
Gen. Alien reports from Manila by
mail that between October 6 and 10
28 men of the Philippine constabu
lary had a four days' fight with 60O
head-hunters of tho Gallnga tribe In
NiKva Viseaya province, 100 miles
northeast of Manila, all the time with
out food. Two eonstabularlos were
killed, but of the enemy at least 90
fell, and a large quantity of ammuni
tion, seven guns, 130 axes, many
olos, and other weapons were cap
tured. Lieut. Velasquez, command-
ng the constabulary, had a hand-to-
hand conflict with seven of the tribes
men, killing six of them with his 'pis
tol, and finishing the seventh with a
head ax, which he snatched from the
hands of one of those he had slain.
Rlos, a fanatic Filipino leader, some
times called Pope of the Tabayas,
has been hanged for murder and 27
of b.'.B followers have been sentenced
to Imprisonment. Lavedo Toledo, a
ladrone chief, who surrendered with
30 of his men In Albay province in
October, has been sentenced to death.
WELCOMED IN ABYSSINIA.
Consul Skinner Received With Great
est Cordiality.
Robert P. Skinner, United States
consul at Marseille, who ia going to
Abyssinia to conduct negotiation
with King Menellk, with his escort
reached llarrar, Abyssinia, Saturday.
Abyssinian troops met the party eight
miles outBld the town, and General
Ras Makonnen, with a bodyguard of
1.000, greeted the column when with
in two miles of the city.
The new palace was placed at the
disposal of the Americans. A camp
was established and General Raa Ma
konnen was received with military
honor. The scene wa picturesque.
Th"' company .- mt with - unprecedent
ed cordiality. King Menellk sent
Consul Skinner a message of welcome.
Ottawa College Burned.
In the $500,000 conflagration that
utterly wiped out Ottawa college at
Ottawa, Out., the personal effect of
all the boarding students were de
stroyed, including those of 11)0 Amer
icans. All of the students escaped
with very slight Injuries, no one be
lug seriously hurt. Two of the priests
were seriously Injured, and one, Fath'
er Boyon, is not expected to live.
Spain May Become a Republic.
The Republicans iu Spain at the
laBt election won a victory which put
the government of the boy king. Al
fonso, in the most difficult position.
The Republicans have gone forth trl
urophantly In all the large cities of
the kingdom, except Madrid. At Bar
celona the whole administration of the
city is entirely in the hands of the
Republican and the same thing it
the case at Carragossa. a Valencia, at
Bllboa and all the cities of Audalu
sla.
"J
STARTED BY A FAMILY QUARREL
Killed Father and Son and 8hot Two
Other Men Haa Been
Captured.
A message from Ilodgenvllle, Ky.,
reports tire assassination of two men,
the fatal, wounding of a third man
and the injury of another. The dead
are 'Squire Osborne and his son, Dave
Osborne, and the wounded, Will Gard
ner, will die, and John Btmnett, arm
shattered.
The alleged murderer, Custer Gard
ner, a young farmer, was caught at
Elizabeth to-day after a desperate
fight and taken to the Munfordville
Jail.
Under cover of darkness the assass
in crept to the window, of the room
where th men were sitting, and,
placing his Winchester near the glass,
fired several times. 'Squire Osborne
fell to the floor dead, his head torn
almost off. His son was shot through
tho heart. Will Gardner was wound
ed In the abdomen and John Bennett's
loft arm was shattered by a ball.
The trouble started In a family
quarrel. which developed Into a fac
tional fight. Gardner has heretofore
borne a good reputation.
PLEAS OF CHICAGO BANDITS.
Marx Admits Guilt; the Other Three
Plead "Not Guilty."
Gustav Marx, the Chicago car barn
murderer, pleaded guilty of murder.
His three accomplices, Van Dine,
Neldemeler and Roeskl, entered a
plea of not guilty. Van Dine will, it
is tald. enter a plea of Insanity, sev
eral members of his family being in
asylums.
Van Dine and Niedemeler say they
are willing to hang If they first see
Marx executed. Marx Informed upon
them, but he Justifies his betrayal in
tire fact that they tried to kill him.
Roeskl also claims they tried to kill
blm.
Mrs. Van Dine and Minnie Dunne.
the bandit's sweetheart, have been
engaged by a local museum at $500
a week. The dugout In Indiana,
where the battle took place, is also
on exhibition. Tha money thna ob
tained will be used to defend Van
Dine. Mrs. Van Dine was totally In
Ignorance of her wayward son's ac
tions and devoted most of her time
to organizing anti-saloon clubs among
ooys.
8WINDLED IN CALIFORNIA.
Paid Good Money to Seeur Timber
land Not on the Map.
Among the tourists In Los Angeles
are nearly 100 persons from Pennsyl
vania, Ohio and Michigan, who claim
to have discovered a big btrneo game
m California. Every man in the party
has spent from $250 to $400 In se
curing what hw thought wa a timber
claim In the Eureka district In an
agricultural magazine these men saw
advertisement of an alleged locater of
California timber lands. They paid
this locater $100 each before leaving
their homes and later went to Eureka.
Humboldt county, to file on the lands
described by the eastern locater.
When they reached Eureka to prove
up their claims they sent timber
cruisers overland and where they
were promised 6,000,000 feet of tim
ber to claim they did not find 1,000
feet. Only three of the entire party
proved up on their claims.
Several of the farmers mortgaged
farms In the east to get money to
make two trips to California and pay
the fee. Several Minnesota business
men were also swindled.
THREE NEGROE8 LYNCHED.
Hanged to tha 8ame Limb for the
Murder of a Merchant.
Phil Davis, Walter Carter and Clint
Thomas, all negroes, were lynched
within a short distance of Belcher,
La., for participating in the fatal
shooting of Robert Adgcr, a business
man. Tho negroes confessed their
crime.
No shots were fired at the lynching,
thB negroo all being hanged to a
single limb of a tree. Two of the ne
groes under arrest, Sam Lee and Peter
Thomas, were released. Lee proved
that he had attempted to prevent the
negroes from shooting Adger. and
Thomas established the fact that he
wa too frightened to shoot.
Panama Sign Canal Treaty,
The treaty entered Into (between
the United State and the Panama
Junta was signed by -the government
at Panama without amendment.
CAPITOL NOTES.
The secretary of agriculture has
approved plana for the construction of
three laboratory buildings for the de
partment of agriculture at a maxi
mum cost of $1,500,000.
The Census bureau reports that dur
ing the year ended June 30, 1902,
there were 3,620 central, electric
light and power stations in operation
in the United States with a gross in
come of $85,700,005 and total ex
pense of $08,081,375. The cost of their
construction and equipment waa $504,
740,352. Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, the
new British Ambassador, has arrived
in Washington.
The United States Supreme court
affirmed the constitutionality of the
eight-hour law of the State of Kansas,
regulating labor on public works.
Two officials of the naval observa
tory are arranging to send a New
Year' greeting from Washington to
all the countries of the civilized
world by the employment of a series
of signals to all points to mark the
exact ,second of the beginning of the
new year.
LATEST NEWS NOTES.
The football season Just closed cost
10 lives.
'Nearly 1,200 'cases of typhoid fever
have been reported at Butler, Pa.
The schooner Emeratll from Fair
haven, for Toronto, with a cargo of
coal, ha bvon given up as lost.
In a dispute over S cents a Chicago
restaurant keeper killed Marrus Slice
han, an elevated railway guide.
Mrs. Anulo Glnter, of Blalno City,
Pa., killed one of four men who were
trying to break Into her house.
Tim will of former Governor F. M.
Drake, of Iowa, admitted to probate,
leave $50,000 to Drake university and
the rest of his fortune to his six chil
dren.
The Spanish ministry resigned as
the outcome of difficulty encountered
in getting the budget voted In the
face of the Republican policy of ob
struction, The decrease In value of Imports nt
New York for November of upward of
$7,J00,OO0 Is an Index of the favorable
tendency of our foreign trade In Its
bearing on tno money situation.
The reports of snowstorms in Great
Britain, Germany and Belgium show
that winter has set In early on the
other side of the Atlantic as well as
upon this side.
Discoveries of forged documents are
snld to have been made In the Drey
fus case and there Rvnma to be pros
pect that he will have full Justice
done to him.
The Wabash has determined unon
the Installation of longdistance tele
phones ail along the line of the sys
tem. Every ofllce on the system will
be connected with this service.
Tho Rev. Dr. David Gregg, tf the
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian
Church, Brooklyn, has accepted the
presidency of the Western Theologi
cal Seminary, Allegheny.
Emperor William haa withdrawn his
offer of a cup for a trans-Atlantic
J' axil t race In 1904, on account of his
health, and has substituted for it the
offer of a cup to be raced for in 1905.
The discharge of 350 men at the
mines of the Cleveland Cliffs Com
pany at Ishperaing, Mich., was be
cause of a slackened demand for Iron
one and the enormous stock piles ac
cumulated. Judge Wickersham gave hi opin
ion confirming the title of the Alaska
Copper Company to the undisputed
ownership of the Bonanza mine near
Valdes, the key to the copper rail
way situation.
Lord Mayor Harrington, of Dublin.
gave a luncheon at the Mansion
House In honor of William Jennings
Bryan. The guest included Arch
bishop WaUh, John Redmond and
John Dillon.
A verdict of guilty was returned In
the case of Alderman John B. Bren
nan, of Chicago, and his two political
friends, Charles McCarle and Herbert
E. Kent, who have been on trial for
violations of the election laws during
the Judicial election last June.
Preliminary returns to the chief
of the Bureau of Statistics of the De
partment of' Agriculture indicate that
the actual growth of cotton In tho
United States In the year 1903-04 will
amount to 9.962.039 bales or an aver
age net weight of 490.8 pounds.
A wreck train and a freight train on
the Cincinnati & Muskingum Valley
railroad collided at North Bend, O.
Conductor E. B. Poling was killed.
Engineer Martin Dlttmar fatally in
jured, and two other less seriously
hurt.
H. M. 8. Flora went on the rock
near Village Point, B. C, during a
dense fog, and It is believed the big
cruiser, valued at $1,250,000, will be
a total loss. No lives were lost, but
the officers and crew had to leave tha
ship without securing any . of their
valuables.
According to an official report pub
lished by the Ministry of Agriculture,
tre Argentine production this year
will be as follows: Wheat 3,720,000
tons and linseed 883,000 tons. There
will remain for exportation 2,766,000
tons of wheat and 733,000 tons of
linseed.
The special train of President Burt,
of tho Union Pacific railway, arrived
in Omaha, on it return trip from the
Lticlen dedication, making the 1,000
miles from Ogden In 24 hours, and
beating the time of the Union Pa
cific limited for that distance by 4V
hour.
President Harper, of the University
of Chicago, has warned the student
against a typhoid lever epidemic.
Several cases have developed in the
last few days, and the authorities
have begun rigid effort to stamp out
the disease.
The United States Shipbuilding
Company failed in ita effort to re
move the. receiver .appointed by Judge
Klrkpatrlck In the circuit court for
the Insolvent concern. Judge Ache
son in an opinion handed down in the
United States Circuit court of appeals
affirm the decision of the lower
court.
Corruption In Hawaii,
The Federal grand Jury at Honolulu
reported to Judge Dole accusing the
late Legislature of systematic and
monumental "grafting" and reckless
ness In the granting of warrants for
work never done and for excessive
overcharges, $50,000 having thus been
spent altogether. The house vouch'
era, says the report, rrcscut an as
tonluhlng spectacle.
Must Arbitrate Claims.
The proviBlonul government of San
Domingo will bo obliged to agree to
the arbitration of the San Domingo
Company' claim or the United States
will not recognize the now govern
ment. Proceeding on this theory the
board of arbiters has been Belccted to
consist of Scnur Galvan of tho former
Wos y Gib povornmuiit, who is in
Washington; John G. Caiilslo for tho
United Stale and Judge Gray of
Delaware, as the umpire,
IIIQCMIIII EXPLOSION.
PEOPLE WERE PANIC-STRICKEN.
Town Was Fired, Two Persons Killed,
8core Hurt and the Train
. Burned.
A town was fired, a whole train of
cars destroyed, two men were killed
and a score were more or less Injured,
two perhaps fatally, and a railroad
system was blocked by the terrific ex
plosion of a pahtha tank car. The oil
car was In the center of a southbound
freight train, when there was an car
splitting noise which shocked all of
central Delaware, broke almost every
window glass In the town of Green
wood, through which the freight train
was passing down the Delaware di
vision of tire Pennsylvania railroad,
and then there was a creaking and
crashing of timbers and shrieks of
wounded or dying men about the
train.
Fifteen cats were piled In a mass
of wreckage and soon enveloped in
the Allies enured by tho burring oil,
which also spread nnd set on fire the
adjacent houses, Including the Green
wood hotel and the public school
boiiKV. The explosion literally turned
the town np.-lde down, and men and
women rushed out Into the blinding
snowstorm, many of them becoming
panic-stricken at the sight of the
flames that they spread consternation
everywhere rather than carried aid.
The dead are: 'Brakeman Edward
J. Roach, of Georgetown; an Inlant
child, died from shock.
Injured trainmen: Conductor Cor
nelius J. Hall, Wilmington, ibadly
burned; Towerman Horace Lynch,
Greenwood; Engineer B. W. Shep
pard. Wilmington, badly scalded.
A score or more citizens were In
jured, or Buffered seriously from
shock.
The telephone nnd telegraph wires
were broken and communication with
other towns was impossible. As soon
as possible a locomotive was sent back
to Seaford and It returned with a spe
cial car, carrying physicians from
Harrington.- While the physicians
wero looking after the Injured citi
zens and trainmen a party of rescu
ers was at work around the wrecked
train and another party directed Its
efforts to the burning buildings. De
spite the hard work of fire fighters,
the residence of Dr. II. C. Johnson
and the public school building were
consumed and a dozen other houses
rendered uninhabitable.
WEALTH FROM THE FARM.
Nearly Four Billion Dollar Placed to
the Country' Credit In 14 Year.
The annual report of Secretary of
Agriculture James Wilson says that
In the training cf specialist lor Its
work the department has become
f.ractlcally a post-graduate Institution.
Of the 490 students admitted since
TVj7. 24!) aiie still In the department.
Tue Increase In the exports of farm
products for the 50 years ended In
liini was from $147,000,000 to d52,
Clu.Ooo, and the exports for 1903 were
over $S7S.OOO.ooo, an amount sreond
only to that of 1901. Grain and farm
products exported exceeded $221,000,
ooii and animals, meat and meat pro
ducts, $211,1100,001).
Mr. Wilson shows that the balance
of trade In favor of this coimtry Is
dus to the farmers. The balance In
favor of farm products (Hiring the last
It years aggregated $4,800,000,000. In
other products tho balance was
against this country to the extent of
$805,000,000. Our farmers not only
caneelvd this Immense obligation, but
placed $3.940.i:oo,000 to the credit of
tilt Nation when the books of Nation
al exchange were (balanced. It Is
tho farmers who have paid tho for
eign bondholders," says Mr. Wilson.
The valuo of all farm products nut
fed to live stock for 19u3 considera
bly exceeded that of 1900. when ti
was $3.742,t !o,ooo. on Jannary 1,
IS03, the value of horses was over
$1,000,000,000; mules, nearly $200,00,
000; cattle, over $1,300,000,000; sheep,
$t8,000,000: hogs, $305,000,000. An
extension of 20,i'0i) Is shown in the
number of places receiving weather
forecasts by telephone. The crop of
sugar beets for tills year la estimated
at 200,000 tons.
Extremely important work is re
ported from tho soils laboratories from
which the chief of the bureau of soils
argues that nearly all sells are amply
supplied with the neressary mineral
plant food; that their supply as re
gards the plant is determined by the
supply of soil moisture the crop can
obtain from the soil; that the chem
ical analysis nf a soli cannot m Itself
throw such light upon the problem of
fertility, but In attempting to con
trol the factor governing crop yield,
attention must be specially directed to
the chemical condition of the Boll as
affecting the -supply of soil moisture
with its dissolved mineral nutrients,
to the effects of climate, to rotation
and to general suit management.
BUSINESS BRIEFS.
The American Flint Glass Manu
facturers' Association announced a
reduction in prices to the trade from
18 to 34 cents per dozen on one-third
pint battles and from 21 to 16 cents
oa each one-half pints.
A Beat on the New York Stock Ex
change has Just been sold for $55,000.
This is an advance of $1,000 over the
lust tranaactlon and an dvance of
$4,000 over tho low pries.
Assaulted and Robbod.
With robbery as a motive two
strangers entered the pawnshop and
clothing store of John Miller, on
S;;uth Walnut street, Canton, O., Just
before dusk, und asuahlted the aged
proprietor with a lead pipe, fatally
Injuring him. As far ns can be learn.
ed the thieves only secured $40 In
money, contained In a wallet which
Miller carried lu his pocket. The
thieves made no attempt to rlfld the
store.
REVIEW OF TRADE.
Confidence Increase That There Will
Be a Revival of Business In
the New Year.
R. O. Dun A Co.'s "Weekly Ravlew
of Trade" says: Trade Is seasonably
quiet, except In the lines affected by
weather and tho.e embracing holiday
goods, which are In good demand.
Commodities are generally lower In
price, although a few Important arti
cle such as cotton, eggs and dairy
products have risen ra sharply that
Dun's index number on December 1
was 98,223, against 97,825 a month pre
vious. For the year there- (s a de
cline of about 2 per cent. Manufac
turing conditions are still Irregular,
the best symptom of the week being
the steadiness of Iron and steel. Rail
way earnings In three weeks of No
vember weie 4 8 per cent larger than
a year previous. Several encourag
ing reports are rccr.'ved regarding the
Iron and steel situation. In most
cases the proposed reduction In wages
has met with no opposition, and such
business as comes forward Is handled
without Interruption. Another good
sign Is that the past dullness has
hi ought no reduction in prirvs. Mills
have received several orders for stmc
tural shnpes and railway supplies.
These nro evidences of an end to the
deadlock between buyers and sellers,
while In the trade there Is a growing
rr.nfidence that the new year' will
bring a further revival. The chler
event In the export trade was a large
sale of tin plates for shipment to Can
ada. Ffilures this week were 3H1,
against 238 Inst week, 249 the preced
ing week and 204 the corresponding
week last year.
Bradstreets Bays: Wheat. Including
flour, exports for the week ending
December 3. aggregate 4.2t'1.504 'bush
els, against 3.851 .77 last week, and
6,704.44(1 this week last year. For 22
weeks of the cereal year they aggre
gate 72.929.299 bushels, against 115,
141.451 in 1902. Corn exports for tha
week aggregate 1.008.951 bushels,
against 1.520,941 last week and 1.151.-
Dfi.1 a year ago. For 22 weeks they
aggregate 25.602,480 bushels, against
3.794,917 In 1902.
ZION CITY BANKRUPT.
Receiver Appointed ror John Alexan
der Dowle's Affairs.
Financial difficulties which began
during the cntsaie of John Alexan
der Dovlo. the solf-styleil "Elijah II."
and bis "Restoration Host" to New
York, a month ago, and which have
been rapidly Increasing since Dowle'a
return, culminated In the Federal
court' taking possession of all the
property controlled by Dowie, In
Zlon City, III. This -own, which was
founded two years ago by Dowie, has
a population of over 10,000. 1 the gen
eral headquarter for Dowie' church.
and Is said to represent an expendi
ture of $20,000,000.
Fred M. Blount. casTirer of the Chi
cago National bank, and Albert D.
Currier, a law partner of Congress
man Boutell, were appointed receiv
ers of tho property. Their bonds were
fixed at $10,000 by Judge Kohlsaat.
of th United States district court.
who made the appointment on the pe
tition of several creditors.
The bankruptcy proceedings against
Dowie were based cm tho allegation
that he Is Insolvent, and that while
In this financial condition ho commit
ted an act of bankruptcy by making
a preferential payment, November 2.
to the Estreetcr Lumber Company, of
$2,770. Dowln has been hard presssd
by IiIb creditors, and especially since
It was announced that his recent mis
sion to New York had proved unsuc
cessful financially.
Dowie Is known to have accumulated
a largo sum as tho head nf the Chris
tian Cathoiie Church, the assets of
tho organization being estimated at
between $20,000,000 and $30,000,000.
There was a large outlay of money,
however, when Won City was started.
TWO CHARGES OF FORGERY.
James L. Blair Must Answer Indict-
ment by Grand Jury.
The St. Ixuts grand Jury returned
two Indictments against James L.
Blair, former general counsel of the
world's fair, each charging forgery In
the first degree. One Indictment al
leges that on December 10, 18S6, Blair
filed for roeord a forged deed In fa
vor of Mlchaet O'Laughlin and hi
wife, to Loul A. Meyer, for $122,000.
Seven notes and property were given
as security. The other Indictment
charges on July 10. 1895. Blair filed
a forged deed for $00,000 In favor of
Elizabeth and John Dwyer and the St.
Louis Trust Company.
Soldier Accused a Spy.
Fred Wakeman. a private In Com
pany F, at Camp Goldflold, Cripple
Creek, has been arrested as a apy. He
is now in the military prison awaiting
trial by a courtmarttal. Adjutant Gen
eral Bell said Wakeman was employed
as detective by the miners' union. A
spy found guilty of giving Intelligence
to the enemy, can be punished by
death. General Bell say Kakeman
may suffer the extreme penalty.
Dowie Trlea to Raise Money.
At Zlon City a gathering of Dowie
ite was held in the great tabernacle
for the purpose of collecting $1,000.
000 to pay off the indebtedness that
hangs over the place. The hall holds
6,000. but it was not half filled, and
at tho close of Dowle's appeal it was
stated that not over $1,000 had been
collected. The liabilities of Dowlo are
estimated at $700,000.
Banker Commits Suicide.
George 1). Woods, cashier of one
and director of five ether Iowa banks,
shot and killed himsolf after having
called two of his most trusted friends
to his home for a conference. With
in a few hour after his death the
Bank of Collax, of which he was cash
ier, and tho State bauk at Baxter, of
which he wa a director, were closed
temporarily, It Is believed thes-e in
stitutions, a well as the others at
Mltchellvllle, Ira, Mingo and State
Center, are in a sound condition.
8CIENCE NOTES.
M. Nordman, before tha Part acad
emy of Sciences suggested that auro
ras may be due to Hertzian wave
from th sun.
Tha asylums for lnsano In Moscow,,
Russia, being overcrowded, tha au
thorities have arranged to have tha
quiet Insane cared for In private fam
ilies. A regulation ha been made In Vi
enna that all electric light must ba
raised to 10 teet above tue paveuient,
as otherwise they are calculated to
Injure tha eyesight of paasengers.
A new substance for giving buoy.
ance to Teasel and life preserver 1
being exploited, says tha Journal des
Debats, Pari. It 1 capable of sus
taining 30 times Its weight, while cork
can carry but five times Its owa
weight
Electrical engineers In London have
patented a new process for the con
version, by electric energy, of peat In.
to a substitute for coal, turning out
the new material In the form of peat
coal briquettes, which are claimed to
be smokeless, with the best steam
raising qualities.
SIgnor Marconi signed a contract
with tho British navy department for
the use of his system of wireless tele
graphy on all the ships of the British
navy. This contract gives him per
mission to uso all the British coaling
stations In all parts of the world for
the erection of his land stations.
An Immense egg of the Aepyornls,
a bird thought to be extinct, having
been found floating down a river of
Madagascar, a German professor who
was on the ground started up the
stream to find Its parents. This egg,
which measures 18 by 12 Inches, was
still fresh and therefore it had not
been afloat more than eight days.
Dr. A. Negri, at Pavla, Italy, an
nounced last March the discovery of
the specific micro-organism of hydro
phobia. He now states that he has
examlred mure than 100 dogs with na
tural or laboratory hydrophobia, and
has never failed to find the specific
mlcro-organlsra In the nerve centres.
On the other hand, he has never found
it In other dogs.
Near Frankfort on the Main there Is
a greenhouse about 250 feet long, 80
feet wide, and 15 feet high, In which
120 different varieties of grapes
Spanish, German, French, Italian, etc.,
are cultivated. The vines are only
two years oU, but owing to tho elec
tric treatment, they look like flve
j ear-old vines, and some of the bunch
es of grapes weigh up to three pounds.
New York Post.
Professor Curie now announces the
amazing fact that tho change In tho
rate of heat emission of radium with
in the comparatively short distance
of absolute zero Is exactly In the op
posite direction to what might be ex
pected In Tlew of the effect of low
temperature necessary to liquify hy
drogen, the greatest cold yet secured
hy scientists, the heat emission of
radium, Instead of being reduced. Is
augmented.
The Onion Cur.
The Idea that an onion cure may
not strike the fancy of tho aesthetic,
says a recent writer; however, the
experience of those who have tried it
Is that Is wcrks wonders In restoring
a cold-racked system to It normal
state.
There are three kinds of doses In
the onion cure, or three onion cures,
as you may choose to put it. One Is
a diet of onions, the other la onion
plasters and the third .a onion syrup.
. It is claimed by those who believe
In the onion cure that a bad cold can
be broken up if the patient will stay
Indoors and feed on a liberal diet of
onions. It need not be an exclusive
dlot, but a liberal one. For Instance,
an onion cure breakfast Includes a
poached egg on toast, tree tablespoons
ful of fried onions and a cup of cof
fee. Luncheon of sandwiches made of
brown bread, buttered and filled with
finely chopped onions, seasoned, with
salt and pepper, makes the aeconj
meal on th schedule. For supper the
onions may be fried aa for breakfast,
and oaten with a chop and a baked po
tato. The atrange efficacy of onions Is
well known to the singers of Italy and
Spain, who. eat. them every day to
Improve the quality of their voices and
keep them smooth.
Onion plaster are -prescribed to
break up bard cough. . They are
made of fried oniena and - placed -between
two pieces cf old muslin. The
plaster 1 kept quite hot till the pa
tient Is snugly in beJ, when It Is
placed on the chest, to stay over
night.
Onion syrup Is claimed by some to
be unequaled aa a cure for a bad cold
In the chest.
A Real White Deer.
Last fall I shot a white deer la
Maine. I have received so many In
quiries in regard to it that I would like
trt know if any pure white deer was
ever shot before. I have seen a num
ber of so-called white deer, but they
were all more or less spotted. The
one I shot was a 179 pcund buck,, six
points. The only color was a narrow
strip on top of the forehead, extend
ing to the antlers. I have had the
skin mounted and ahall soon have
some photos cf him. A number of
guide have seen htm and told me they
never saw one as White, so I am natur
ally Interested to flud out U this la
' rare specimen. Recreation.