t
PEACE WITH VENEZUELA.
Th Attempt to Invade the New R
public en th Isthmus
Given Up.
Admiral Coghlan ha received a let
ter from Luther F. Kllsworth, United
States consul at Cartagena, saying the
Colombian warship Cartagena- left Car
tagena early in December with HOD sol
diers for tho Atioto river district.
The Mayflower will Join the Atlanta
ar.d po to tht gulf of Itarlon to get In
formation of what In happening them.
Tlie Mayflower will return Immediate
ly and report to Admiral Coghlan.
Gov. Melon do said: "The Colom
bian warship General Plnzon and
Cartagena lift Cartagena at the be
ginning of December, having on board
the amo 4.10 t:oops, with h (Ion. To
var brought to Colon. Thoso wvre
lAnded at the Hlo Atrnto. with Instruc
tions to linllil a mail toward Panama.
But their supplies bolng soaked with
water, tho troops resolved to go no
farther. The ti;;ps have returned to
Cartagena."
News has he on received ho e that
4.000 Colombian troops left Bogota a
fortnight ago to gi down th Mag
dalena river, but at 1 1 n iln they re
ceived orders countermanding the
movement and returned to Bogota on
December 2. It Is believed that lien.
Reyes countermanded tho onler.
Gvn M blender, further Bald that he
has Rent commissioners to the chiefs
In the Indian territory requesting
them to come to Colon and Interview
the ofllclals of th government. On?
chief has arrived, lie gives assurance
that Colombian troops have not been
een In this territory, and further that
they would not be allowed to cross the
country.
Through the efforts of Herbert W.
Dow-en, An.frlcan minister to Venezue
la, that lountiy and Colombia are on
the verge of ai agreement to renew
diplomatic relations. They have for
tome time been on bad terms, each
accusing the other or aiding revolu
tions against Its neighbor. The fact
that Mr. Ho wen hail succeeded In
bringing the two together is regarded
as an important fat-tor tiwa.d the es
tablishment of peace In tho northom
pnrt of Synth America.
CHURCH UNION FAVORED.
Resolution Indorsing Consolidation of
Presbyterians Adopted.
A ate.p toward the suggested union
of the arinus Presbyterian church.M
In live I'nited States was taken In
New Ycik nt a joint meting cf com
mittees fi,;nt tlr governing bodies cf
four such dcn.imlmitlonnl organiza
tions, a set of resolutions declaring
such a union deniable living adopted.
Tho resolutions were drawn by a
ormmlttee which considered a set of
10 tentative pK:p.':,;;lins, submitted
by Reformed Presbyterian delegates,
and read:
Resolved, That this J.ilnt conference
on tho closer co-opouuion of tho re
formed churchoB holding tho Presbyte
rian ysim, composed of committees
representing tho Reformed Presbyte
rian church (general synod), the Pres
byterian church In the United States
of America, and of the corresponding
members trom tha United Presbyterian
church, after full, frank and prayerful
conferences, is unanimously agreed:
"That some form of union closer
and more tangible than any at pres
ent existing between the reformed
churches holding the Presbyterian or
der is dosimble for the furtherance of
the work intrusted to thorn by the head
of the churches.
"That such union Is passable (a)
through the complete consolidation of
some of these churches and (b) by
such fedaratlon as shall preserve the
Identity of the various bodies entering
to It, and shall alto provide for effec
tive administrative co-oporatlon.
Resolved, That the several commit
tees constituting this Joint conference,
not fully Instructed upon this point, be
requested to report to the bodies ap
pointing them the above conclusions,
and to souk further Instructions as to
which or the Hues indicated shall be
pursued In ttie futuro conference of
these committees.
.Resolved, That this Joint confer
ence extends the Invitations already
given by the Reformed Presbyterian
church (perioral synod) to the various
churches of the Presbyterian family
to appoint committees to confer with
us upon the great question of church
oo-operatlon and unity.
JAPAN'S DIET DISSOLVED.
Action Gives the Cabinet a Free Hand
In the Russian Negotiations.
Tbe Japanese diet has been dissolv
ed. Hope had been entertained in of
ficial circles that In view of the extra
ordinary nature of the step taken by
tho lower house In its reply to the
speech from the throne, the vote on
the reply would be reversed. The
allied parties, however, at meetings
held outside the diet, decided the ao
tlon taken should not be reversed, and
. dissolution followed.
It is now reported In official circles
that tbe reply of tbe Russian govern
ment to the Japanese demands Is on
Its way, and It is forecasted that the
final proposals of Japan are consid
erable modifications cf the claims made
In the last note. It Is also said that
Russia has made concessions regard
ing the difficulties In Manchuria.
The dissolution of the diet leaves
the cablnj, with a frer baud In tbe
negotiations.
Carnegie Was Easy.
Because little Timmy O'Brien col
lided In some way with a fence belong
ing to Andrew Carnegie nt Flfta ave
nue and Ninety-first street. New York
and hurt his bead, tbe philanthropic
nillliouulre paid Tommy's father $500.
Frank O'Brien, the boy's father,
brought suit thtough Lawyer J. P.
Donellan against Carnegie for Injur
ies sustained by the child, but the
case was never finished because Mr.
Carnegie authorized hi attorneys to
settle the affair.
KNOX SUGGESTS CHANGES.
Would Have Naturalliatlon Law
Amended to Prevent Fraud.
The annual report ol Attorney Gen
eral Knox calls attention to tho nat
uralisation frauds disclosed In every
section of the country, and says every
honest cltlr.cn Is deeply concerned in
repelling dishonest claims to that high
right. He recommends to Congress
the enactment of a law which will pro
vide these results:
"That the law amended so as to com
pel nn alien at the time of applying
for citizenship to present from the ap
propr.lato Immigration authorities a
certificate showing his age and the
date of his arrival, and containing his
physical desirlntlon similar to that In
a passport. This certlfleato should
form part of the court records, like
his application Tor citizenship.
"The petition and application and all
certificates should be uniform through
out tlm United States, and the final
certificate of citizenship Issued by any
court throughout the country should
contain a phyalcal description of the
applicant and holder on the back
thereof for the purpose of idontitlea
Hon and to avoid substitution."
Mr. Knox calls attention to the act
of February 25, 11)03, appropriating
$500.1101) for the employment of special
rcnnsel to conduct pniceo.llngs under
the trust and Interstate commerce
laws, and says that It lias become
highly imitortant that this appropria
tion should be made available for the
enforcement of tho laws of the United
StPtes generally, and especially those
relating to nubile lands, postal of
fenses and naturalization frnuds.
The attorney rrncral Is of tho opin
ion that the limitation to bar criminal
prosecutions should Ire at least five
yours. The attorney 'general recom
t. ends the office of assistant general
for the postofflee department be abol
ished, and t'.inl the law officer for
that department bo designated as so
I'cltor for tho postofflee department.
'I lit? report shows that there was an In
cr ase of two In the number of cases
docketed on U.c appellate docket of
the supreme eenrt and an Increase or
4S In the lit inher disposed of.
DEATH OF HERBERT SPENCER.
Famous Philosopher Was the Greatest
of His Day.
lU'rbvrt Spencer, author and phll
csophor, died at his Brighton resi
dence. For come months he had been
III, and h.ls plckm ss took ft critical
turn a ew days ag. Last night ho
became nucoiiM ions and remained so
uittll he died,
Siieneer was especially happy In his
dentil, lie had Ion since finished bis
grcnt philosophical work, "A System of
Sn.Mhctlc Philosophy," and had lived
to sec It approved by tho sclent Hlo
world. XI) posthumous fame wa li In.
It cnir.e to him alter vears of toil, but
it was a world-wide recognition of his
rrcnlus ami his ability as n writer and
founder of a system. Ho has been re
garded for years as the greatest living '
thinker and plillosophvr.
In 1S20 Herb.'rt Spencer was b'irn
I:; Derby. In the heart of England, a I
son of William (Jeorgo Spencer, a 1
teacher. His education was an uncon
ventional one, and In spite of tho cn
eydopodlc Unowledgo that he display
ed In Inter years he never attended
ollege. Ho entered philosophy through
his Interest In' the scenes that came to
him when he was studying engineer
ing. Herbert Spencer's influence upon
philosophic and scientific thought In
th? nineteenth century was greater
than thnt of any other man of his
time, save Darwin. He was the first
to definitely formulate the theory of
evolution and give It universal appli
cation. Handicapped by pecuniary
embarrassments and physical suffering
ho devoted 40 years of unremitting
toil to building up hla system of phil
osophy, than which there exists no
greater example of individual achieve
ment lu original and conatructlvo
thought.
SHIPBUILDING TROUBLES.
Stockholders Accuse Schwab of Re
ceiving $20,000,000 of Stock.
Jchn A. C. Norris, Cyrus B. Lewis,
James C. Mills, J. J. MeGuIrk, John
Young and Adolph Soelig filed suit to
have the United States Shipbuilding
Company declared Insolvent, a receiv
er appointed and an Injunction grant
ed restraining any Interference with
the assets of the corporation or any
disbursements ty Its officials.
The complaint says tlie plaintiffs are
owners of stocks and bonds amounting
to $75,000. It alleges that Charles M.
Schwab, acting as agent for J. P. Mor
gan & Co., rect-lved without payment
of value. $20,000,000 of stock, and that
other stock was distributed among tbe
shareholders of the companies acquir
ed, and Daniel LeRoy Drossar, Lewis
Nixon, Max Pam and others, without
consideration being received. The
plan of reorganization is denounced,
and In view of the small value of the
properties held by the subsidiary com
panies, is characterized aa a fraud
upon the public.
Notice of suit waa to-day served
upon Harris, Gates & Co., of whlih
John W. Gates Is a member, by James
B, Dill, counsel for tbe Commonwealth
Trust Company, as successor to tho
Trust Company of tbe Republic, for
$750,000, alleged to have been deposit
ed by the Trust Company of the Re
public with Harris. Gates ft Co., in the
flotation of tbe United States Ship
building Company, to give It a credit,
but which witnesses in the hearing
before Referee Olyphant have stated
waa not to be drawn against.
Heir to $20,000,000.
Walter Watklns, of Fairmont, W.
Va., received a telegram from the gov
ernment commission at work on the
case that the descendants of David
Watkins would receive nearly $20,
000.000 for land leased by David Wat
kins in Philadelphia for 99 years. The
site was then in the suburbs, but is
now In the heart of the city. Pblla
delphlans offered to compromise on
$16,000,100, but failed. Tbe money
will be divided among eight descend
ants, most of whom live about Fair-
j mm i t
PEAGETO BE SECURED IK FAR EHST.
DETAILS OF THE TREATY.
Russia and Japan Will Come to An
Agreement Regarding China
and Korea.
A London news agency dispatch
from 8t. Petersburg says that peace
between Russia and Japan Is believed
to he assured as the result of the czar
discussing with Count Lamsdorff, Rus
sian minister of foreign affairs, the
rply of Russia to the Japanese pro
posals. The conference which was held at
the Tzarkoeselo, lasted an hour and a
half. Certain modifications of Japan's
proposals regarding Korea wore decid
ed upon and these were immediately
telegraphed to Ilaron I) Rosen, Rus
sian minister at Tokyo, and Admiral
Alexleff. dtussian viceroy of tho Far
Hast, and probably will be submitted
Informally to the Japanese negotiators
at Tokyo.
It is asserted that the modifications
are of minor Important, ami that If
Japan accepts them there will ho noth
ing to prevent a ompIeto agreement.
A convention coming from such an
agreement would cover only Korea,
Honda acknowledging Japan's pre
dominating Influence there, and Ja
pan's right to exercise a protectorate
over that country. Coitain reserva
tions, however, would be made regard
ing coast defenses and naval stations
for tha purpose of preventing tho In
terruption of Russia's sea communica
tion with Vladivostok and. Port Ar
thur. '
On the other hand, Russsia would
be guaranteed freedom of trado In Ko
rea. and Russian concessions thoie
would bo subject to a separate Under
standing, Japan agreeing to leave the
question of evacuation In abeyance,
and to recognize Russia's special posi
tion there.
TREA8URY REPORT.
8urplus of Over Fifty Millions Shown.
Cash Balance Increased.
Tho annual report of the Secretary
of the Treasury shows a surplus of
$'.4 .2!7.67.3. Tim total receipts for
the year were $(l!M.fi21. 117.64, of which
$1.14.224.-14:1.2.1 came from the postal
revenues. Tho total expenditures for
the snmo period were $'140,323. B40.2H.
The expenses of the war in the Phil
ippines amounted to $H2, 018,0114. 18.
Ine report says In pnrt:
"The most notable, features In tho
condition of the treasury were the
Increased available rash balances and
the Increased In, Minus of gold. Since
isno, the availablo cash balance, In
eluding tho reserve, lias more than
doubled, rising frim $179,259,8.17.18
to $:l8H.CSli.1 14.2.1. The cash in tho
general fund Increased during the year
by $3n,iu3.8i:r.fi7, and the liabilities In
creased $:l.liH5.11tI.(io. Thus, tho avail
able cash balance at the end of 1903
exceeded that of 1902 by $20,498.
733.07. Gold continues to accumulate In tho
treasury. The totnl holdings of gold
on July 1, 1903, were $1131.420,789.43,
nn Increase for tho year of $71,220,
498. On October 1. 190,1, tho total
holdings of gold In tho treasury
amounted to $54.S11,716. Unrestrict
ed ubo of gold coin and certificates In
all branches of business and the free
dom with which they are paid into and
out of tho treasury have been marked
features of the treasury operations
during tho past year.
RU8SIA 8ENDS 8QUADR0N.
Eight Battleships to Prevent Opening
of Yongampho. -
A strong Russian squadron, consist
ing cf eight warships. Including two
battl-eshlps, has arrived at Chem
ulpo, Korea, the port of Seoul, the
capital, to support Russia's opposition
to the proposed owning of Yongam
pho to the commerce of the world.
Tho Russians threaten to land 3,000
men and march on Seoul should Ko
rea disregard their warning.
The correspondent of the London
"Times" at Tokyo says that two Rus
sian cruisers and two battleships hav
ing assembled at Chemulpo, M. Pav-
loff .the Russian minister to Korea,
accompanied by the admiral command
ing the fleet, had an audience with the
emperor. In the course of which. It
is believed, be renewed his protest
against tbe opening of Yongampho to
foreign commerce.
THIEF CAUGHT BY LASSO.
Tried to Loot a Bank and Jumped
into tne Huumh River,
After having attempted to rob the
First National bank of Hoboken In
daylight, Frank Stone, aged 19, whose
home Is In Youngstown, O., Bprlng Into
the Hudson river when followed by a
great crowd, and would have, made
bis escape bad not a tugboatman
thrown a lasso about his neck and
hauled him aboard. Stone arrived in
Hoboken one day and the police say
that night he robbed a saloon cash
drawer of Its contents and a check on
the First National bank for $15. Pay
ment was stopped and when Stone pre
sented it at the cashier's window.
Cashier MicKalg went out to capture
him. Stom suddenly solzed the wick
et window and attempted to pull It
apart and seize tha cash no the coun
ter. He was still pulling at the win
dow when the cashier attempted to
bold btm. He wrenched himself loose
from McKaig and bolted for the
street.
Passersby beard tbe cashier yell
"Btop thief" and Joined In the pursuit
of Stone, who ran to a pier and leaped
Into tbe river. He was sent to jail.
WEEKLY COKE REPORT.
Of tbo coke trade of the Connells
ville and Lower Connellsvlile region,
the "Courier," the official organ of the
regions says: The coke trade of the
Ounnellsvlllo region has suffered a
Siiimp In tbe last two months that
will most likely drag the total 'pro
duction this year considerably below
tbe output In 1902. Within tbe past
few weeks tbe estimated tonnage has
suffered a reduction of more than 1.
000.000 tons.
CONVICTED FOR FRAUD8.
Men Mixed Up In Postal Scandal
Found Guilty.
Former Postal Clerks Thomas W.
McGregor and Columbus E. Upton
were convicted In the United States
District Court at Tlnltlmore of conspir
acy to defraud tbe government In the
purchase of 20,000 leather ponchos for
free delivery service. Charles R.
Smith, who rocrived tho order for th
poncho through the Influence of Up
ton and Mcdregor, was the principal
witness against the accused, and tes
tified that they had hi in put a price
of 90 cent on each satchel, which was
worth only 3!) cent In the market,
and that ho paid them 40 cents rake
off on eaoh satchel. Counsel for the
convicted men made a motion for a
new trial, and Judge Morris agreed to
hear arguments on the motion on next
Saturday. I loud In $5,000 was f urn Inh
ed by Upton's friends, and he was re
leased. MeOrogor Is In rhargo of the
United HI cites Marshal I-anghatnmer,
pending the arrival of friends from
Washington to furnish similar hall
for him.
GENERAL WOOD'S CASE.
President Again 8ends Nomination to
Congress for Action.
President Roosevelt again sent Gen.
Wood's nomination to the senate to
bo major general of tho army and tho
administration forces In congress took
now heart and are preparing for a
quick derision on the case one way or
tho other.
Tho military affairs committee of
tho senate notified Maj. Rathbono and
others Interested In producing evi
dence to sustain the charge against
Gen. Wood thnt their witnesses must
all be heard on or before December
ID. This will give the opposition alto
gether six weeks In which to produce
their evidence as the name was sent
to tho special session.
LATEST NEWS NOTES.
Tho Norwegian parliament unani
mously rejected a female suffrage,
bill.
Milton 13. Mllmnn. a civil engineer
of West Newton, Pa., was killed In a
coal mlno explosion.
Tho Young Men's C.'hrlmittn AJ
clallon building nt Fortress Monroo,
donated Uiy Mies Helen (iould, waa
dedicated.
John Alexander Howie Is again In
control of Zlon City and its industries.
TIiIb turn followed a f1ii:iui-lal showing
which satisfied all the cr.dllore.
,1 nines llarbelt, a inurderor and
train robber, was shot nnd klllvd by
a farmer nnined Donahue at S.'bruiy,
Ulilll.
Tbe Society for tho Prevention of'
cruelty to Animals prevented a deer
chase by society people at Lalttwood,
e.. J.
Under weather conditions reganl.d
as perfect, the Lnngloy airship was
given a second trial down the Potomac
and was completely wrecked.
Seven . addlt.lonnl warrants lif.ve
been Isaued for well-known men of
Grand Rapids, Mich., in connection
with th 3 water Rcnmia! In that city.
In tho district court of Cherokee
county, Texas, Allen Urown, a negro.
convicted of attempted assault, was
sentenced to 1,000 years in tho peni
tentiary.
Solomon Segel, a married man, who
eloped from Chicago with his niece,
Soph ina Corrlgold, has been arrested
In London for abduction.
The will of Gordon McKay, which
bequeathed $1,000,000 to Harvard uni
versity. Is contested in the Post on
courts by Nettle S. Abbott, a distant
relative.
October net earnings of CS railroads
show an average Increase of D.6 per
cent. Gross earnings of 27 roads for
the fourth weak of November show nn
average Increase of 2.90 per cent.
A .A. Howlett, of Syracuse, N. Y.,
who gave a banquet to 134 widows on
his eighty-second birthday, said ho
will have young men instead at bis
eighty-third birthday dinner.
Cardinal Gibbons, In his sermon at
the Baltimore cathedral, condemned
"sweatshops," and appealed to his
hearers to discriminate in making pur
chases In favor of employers who
treat their employes with Justice aud
charity.
The growth of the population of Ger
many In 1902, regarding which statis
tics has just been tabulated, was the
greatest ever known, amounting to
902,312, or 15.61 per 1,000, compared
with 15.09 In 1901 and 14.63, the aver
age for the last 10 years.
Harry J. Hoover pleaded guilty to
making false entries and fraudulent
Issue of a certificate as cashier of tho
Peoples National bank of Newark, O.,
In the United States court at Colum
bus. O. He was sentenced to five years
in the penitentiary.
James K. Jones, chairman of the
Democratic national committee. Issued
a call for the committee to meet at
the Shoreham hotel. In Washington,
Tuesday, January 12, for the purpose
of deciding upon the tlnw and place
of holding the Democratic national
convention.
Russell H. McWUllams. a student at
th University of Michigan, commit
ted suclde in his room at Ann Arbor.
Henry Farley, walking delegate of
the Painters' union, pleaded guilty In
New York to perjury on the trial of
Samuel Parks and was sentenced to
not less than one year nor more than
two years In prison.
John A. Wood, leader of the con
victs who escaped from tho Folsom
Penitentiary, California, last summer,
when a guard was stabbed to death,
waa convicted of murder In the second
degree. As Wood Is already serving
a life sentence Judge Hart ordered
him to appear in court for sentence
100 years.
Tbo Danish mJnlbtry ha recom
mended that King Christian recog
nize the republic of Panama.
Mrs. Mary 'McKnlght was sentenced
to life Imprisonment at Cadillac. Mich.,
for poisoning her brother, John Mur
nhv. 4
TROUBLE IS EXPECTED ON MIS.
COLOMBIAN TROOPS LANDEO.
United States Almost Sure to
Drawn Into th Conflict and
Prepares for It,
Be
Tho pof '.Iblllly of an aclu.il rla?h
with Colombia an a sequel to the Pan
ama revolt has become something of
a reality. An crucial dispatch to tho
war department reported the arrival
of l.fioo Colombia,! troop, at the
mouth of the Atrato river. In the Oulf
of Ilarlen. They were conveyed from
Cartagena by n French stoatirer and
M the mouth of tho Atrato Is In Co
lombian territory therw was no at
tempt by the American warships to
prevent them from landing.
High army officers now cons.!der It
certain that American troops will be
sent to the Inlhmus, but they aro hop.
Itil that a show of force will be all
Hiat Is needed to convince to CoKin
blnns of the, uselenstiens of n tual war.
The Joint army and navy board mot
and considered the sending of troop)
to tho Isihmus.
The administration will not hnsltate
to exercise tho pow.-rs for the protec
tion of the canal strJp granted In Mils
latter treaty, even If tho Inntimnent
has not In on rat 111 'd by tho Henato.
It will feel safe In doing this beause
If any question should arise as a re
sult of its activity, It will probably he
easy to make It appear that Ita course
was all determined by tho drire to
avoid interruption of isthmian transit.
Acting under guidance tho American
officers on tho isthmus, it is expected
the Panamanian authorities will be
able to organize an effective force to
copa with the Colombian invadeis be
yond tho limits of tho area in which
the United Slates Is entitled to use
It marlnns for tho protection of the
(anal and the maintenance of freedom
of traffic.
Tho administration figures that In
any event tho number of Columbian
troops that will ever bo aid's to pene
trate through the swamps and Jungle
lying between tho canal strip and the
boundaries of Cauea will bo atrial! and
they will not bo nblo to put up much
of a fight when they arilvo, so that
tbo small army I'nnama Is capable of
miirttrlng onuht to be competent to
deal with them oulsldo tbo canal
rtrlp, while the United StntiM innrlii'-s
nn !;o depended on to make short
work of theni If they nltiinpt to pen
etrate the strip.
Meanwhile tlie coasts of both sides
of the ifthiiiiis through nil Its length
will continue t0 lie pal mini by our
naval vr.ust Is nn l Colombian troop
1 Uept from landing If porslhlv.
FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
I
j Extraordinary Sesilon Endo and Reu-
1 lar session Oriens.
j Tbo flist regular session of tho Flf-
ty-eighth Congress began nt noon on
Monday, but tho Senate met half an
hour previous to that tlmo In accord
ance with the adjournment of Satur
day last for the purpose of permit
ting nn orderly termination of the
called session. ,
After hearing the President's mes
sage road the House adjourned in re
spect to the memory of the late Rep
resentative flnrlt. of Pennsylvania.
In tho Snatc a favornblo report
was mude from the Committee on Con
tingent Ixpcn3cs on tho resolution of
fered by Mr, Penrose, Republican,
Pennsylvania, requesting tho Postmas
ter General to transmit all tho papers
rc'aUng to the postal Investigation
i Mr. Gorman, Democrat. Maryland, ob
ji-cted to present consideration of the
resolution and it was laid over. He
suggested a number of amendments
to mako It mandatory for the commit
tee to mako nn Investigation and re
port to tho Senate by May 1 next.
Mr. PenroFO indicated a willingness
to accept tho amendments, but Mr.
Piatt, Republican, Connecticut, object
ed. Mr. Cullom, Republican, Illinois,
ppoke In favor of the Cuban reciproc
ity bill and tho President's message
wus read.
While making excavation for tho
New York subway workmen un
earthed the skeletons of eight Revolu
tionary soldiers whoso bodies are sup
posed to have teen throwu 111 a ditch
by th3 British.
CAPITAL NOTES.
Secretary Shaw sent Congress tho
estimates of appropriations required
by tho government for the fiscal year
ending June 30. I'.uio. They aggregate
$024,502,140. agalnBt $5SD.1S!U12 for
the year 1004, and $tiU5.2S0,l)O, tho
amount of the appropriations for that
year.
Representative John Dalzeli, of Pitts
burg. Introduced a bill authorizing
the Charleroi and Mon?ssen Bridge
Company to construct a bridge across
the Monongahela river trom a point In
the borough of North Charleroi, Wash
ington county, to a point on the oppo
site Bide of tho river in Rostraver
township, Westmoreland county.
Representative AchcBon Introduced
a Joint resolution appropriating $.'U0.
000 and authorizing the Secretary of
War to cause a survey to be made of
the Big Miami to the mouth of the
Ohio river for tlie purpose of deter
mining the number. location and
probable cost of constructing a suf
ficient number of movablo locks and
dams to secure a uniform depth of
nine feet of water at all stages.
Killed by Boiler Explosion.
By the explosion of a boiler cf the
Washington Oil Company at Taylors
towu, Pa., one man was Instantly
killed and another so badly Injured
that bis death Is expected at any mo
ment. The explosion was caused by
a too high pressure of steam In a
boiler which was being tested. The
dead man is Frank II. Green, aged 31
years, and single, of Washington. The
Injured man is Duniel Yurner. aged 25.
of Crothurs. He was taken to the
llaaklna hosultul at Wheeling.
REVIEW OF TRADE.
Iron and Steel Improve Revival of the
Great Industry Looked For.
R. O. Dun & Co. "Weekly Review
of Trade" rays: Development am
not encouraging as to cotton spinning,
but there Is pvldenm of better condi
tions In tho Iron nnd steel Industry,
while retail trade feels tho usual Im
petus as the holidays approach. Rail
way earnings for November show an
average gain of 4 per cent over laH
year. It is significant evidence of tho
attitude of consumers that while out
put of rig Iron declined to about 1.000,
imhi tons In November, lowest point In
several years, ftirnarn stocks oe to
058,107 tons, far exceeding all rrcent.
record. Prom piesent Indication It
seems almost certain that, tho pit nation
will show wmiit Improvement by tho
end of this month, although Inventor
ies always retard operation during
December. Throughout 1H Industry
there Is a growing sentiment of hope
fulnes regarding the new year. Price
have steadied and orders are being
placed moro liberally. Structural steel
li sought freely, several largo on
tiacts being under consideration, nnd
mnny smaller orders have been placed.
Failures this week liumbeied R:ll In
tho United Rtaies, ngalnrt Jfi! last
year, nnd 2 In Cumidii, compnrrd with
30 a year ago. Whenl, Including flour,
exports for the week ending December
10, ogRiegite 4.I107.R10 bushels,
against 470I.5H1 bushels la 't woek
and 3.7U1 .07 bushel this week Inat
year. For 2:1 week of tho c .'real year
lliey aggregate 77.5il.!tn!l. Com ex
ports for the week Aggregate ill,915
bushels, against 1.00X.1I51 bushel last
week and I.Miil.ZKtl bushels a year ago.
For 23 weeks they nggrcgnM 211,444..
411 1 bushels, agalnrt D,0ti,203 bushels
In 1012.
FLAG HAULED DOWN.
Consul Davis Gets Into Trouble In
Asiatic Turkey.
Tho United HtiiteS flag over tho
consulate at AlPxandretta, Aslatio
Turkey, has been hauled down and
Consul W. R. Davis has left his post
for llelrut in consequence of a seri
ous diplomatic Incident.
The affair grew out of th? arrest of
an Armenian, ('limine Attarlan, a
naturalized American citizen. Attar
lan had been In prison at Aleppo dur
ing the last two month and had Just
been liberated through tbe Interven
tion of tho A 111 c rli on consular agent,
on condition of his leaving the coun
try forthwith. Mr. Davis was accom
panying Attaiinn on le ard a depart
ing s'-oiinur when the p'.l're Inter
cepted the party, assaulted nnd Insult-
cd Mr. Iiavls, rearrested Attnrlan and
took Mm hick to prison. Mr. Davis
luiiii'-diiitcly lowered the flag over the
coPHUl-ito nnd formally bro! o f latlons
with tho Tiirblih an'horltle.4 by quit.
ling AlexNiKfr-'ttn. leaving trie consu
late In charge of Ibe vice consul.
Th) local Biitli'c.illi s assert that. Mr,
DhvIb ptruek tbo rollee with a enno,
j that after the reanvst of Attaiinn tho
coiiFiiiar avascH I limitary couriers)
attempt! d to r.sMio him, and that In
tho fracas v.Mch ensued tin cavaases
broke tho windows of the prison.
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
Valuation Made In One State Not Good
In Another.
Tho supremo court of the United
States derided the enso of tho Perm-
j tylvanla Railroad Company vs. Hughes
. and others Involving responsibility on
I the part of tbo railroad company for
j tbe loss of a valuable race horse kill
1 ed while In transit from Albany to
Philadelphia.
Tho opinion of the court was deliv
ered by JuFtlce Day, who stated that
the bill of lading limited to $100 the
damages to be paid In case of accident.
The court of common pleas of Phila
delphia held that the rontrat mode In
New York was not binding In Penn
sylvania and awarded full damages
in the sum of $10,000. The state su
preme court affirmed this verdict, and
held to the same view. Tho decision
of tho Pennsylvania courts was at
tacked by tho railroad company on the
ground that it was in violation of the
Interstate commerce laws.
Tho court dismissed for want of jur
isdiction the case of John Artmokle vs.
Dairy Commissioner Joseph Black
burn, of Ohio. The case Involved the
question as to whether the glazing of
coffee is la violation of me dairy food
law. The effect of the dismissal Is
favorable to the contention of th
statj that it Is.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Much concern Is felt for the condi
tion of tho German Emperor, who waa
reported aa not improving.
The Czar of Russia has appointed a
commission to investigate the cause
of the death of little Princess Eliza
beth, who was reported to have been
poisoned.
J. W. Davidson, United States Con
sul at Tamsui, Formosa, reported that
Russia had 200,000 troops in Manchuria-
Miners May Strike.
At a meeting of delegates repre
senting the various locals In tbe
Meyersdale. Pa., region of the United
Mine workers, It was decided not to
accept the proposed reduction of 10
cent a tun for mining coal. The coal
companies bad posted notices that
such a reduction would be inaugurat-
1 ed on the 16th Instant. A striko of
3.000 miners and mine employes
seems Inevitable.
Mrs. Katie Ludwtck, a Bronson
(Mich.) bride, is charged with tbe mur
der of her husband, whom she was
forced to marry.
Investigation by Gunboat
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, commander-in-chief
of the Aslatio fleet,
has dispatched the gunboat Annapolis
to Tamsui, Formosa, to make a thor
ough investigation Into the attack on
tbe crew of the American ship Benja
min Sewall. which was abandoued Oc
tober 5, about 40 miles southeast of
the Island of Bote! Tobago. Upon the
I result of the mission of the Annapolis
will depend tbe decision of tbe state
department as to whether an Inquiry
I of tbe Tokyo government will be ner
I K.irv.
SCIENCE NOTES.
MleroHcopIo experiment hare show
that the electrically mads steel la not
different la any war from cmclbl
teel.
Tim fourth International Congress of
Psychology will be held In Rnma In tha
r.prlng of 1905, Instead of the autumn
r 04, a had been arranged.
A four-cylinder compound locomo
tlvn opnratod on the Adriatic Rallwrnv
of Italy recently hauled a train of 400
Ion at th rat cf sixty-two miles an
hour. Th roadbed 1 crooked, with
heavy grade.
It I proposed to reserve a national
park near th eastern coast of Porto
Rico. A representative of th United
State Bureau of Forestry ha visited
Porto Rico, and find a great forest,
preserving a natural water supply.
A D Forest radiogram apparatus
Installed by Sir Thomas Upton on hla
yacht, tho Krlp, while tender to the
Shamrock, bandied over 60,000 person
al and press message, at the average
rat of thirty-two word per minute.
It lis been suggested that, In view
of recent development In Ionic Inves
tigation, all matter may be composed
of a alngie niother-subslance-protyle.
This protyle Is supposed to be manu
factured by destructive processes from
concrete matter In the Crookes tube.
The Prince of Monaco, who baa long
made a study of oceanography, la at
present trying to find out the route the
sardines follow In the east Atlantic. He
Is doing thl to help tho Breton fisher
men, who suffered severely last win
ter because they could not And th
route the sardines, their main liveli
hood, followed,
Tho Bombay University Syndicate
announce that the subject selected for
the Dr. Theodore Cooke memorial
prize for 1905 Is "Electric Traction and
Application of Electricity to the Re
quirements of ClUe In India." Compe
titors for the prlr.e should be graduates
in engineering of the University of
Bombay of not more than seven years'
standing.
Speaking of mountain climbing, Sir
.Martin Conway's Alpine record of the
year ll.'Jl Is another startling proof of
what man is physically capable of
doing and enduring. Sir Martin's tour
lasted eighty-six days. During that
lime he covered one thousand miles on
fiM't, ascended twenty-one peaks of an
a'.erago height of 11,500 feet, and
crossed thirty-nine lofty passes. It ha
been calculated that a man who cllmj
a seven thouaund foot peak In Ave
hour exert enough energy to raise
five fully loaded locomotives one foot
from the ground.
Roads of Steel for Heavy Traffic.
"There is no more reason for run
alng a wagon over ctones and dirt
than there would bo for so running
a locomotive," says Gen. Roy Stone, la
Public Works.
Two years ago Germany tried t'.ie
experiment and laid down 50 miles of
steel road, which are In great favor
among drivers. Steel plates, a foot
wide, are laid down Ave and a bait
foot apart, leaving room for a team ot
horses to walk abreast between the
rails.
Spain has had a two-mile steel road
for 12 years. It Is still in perfect con
dition. On some Canadian bridge the
planking ha been preserved by the
laying down of thin steel plates. The
only steel road in New York City hi
tbe one on Murray street.
"The finest road In the world," says
Genoral Stone, "would be under the
cliff of the Palisades out to the moun
tain of Rockland county. On this
route for more than 20 miles no cross
road Is ever possible, and for tha
most part scarcely a living creature
exists to be endangered. It would be
as sheltered and warm In winter
mornings a the aunny side of a
house, and yet cool In summer after
noons under the shadow of a great
rock,"
The Greatest of Reservoir,
As sponges and water reservoirs, tha
clouds are wonderful beyond our Imag
ining. They hold high In the air mass
es of water of a weight and volume
equal to that of cur greatest lakes and
then let It overflow gently on the
earth. Barely Indeed do these bug
aerial dams break or overflow and
the cloudburst, as we vividly call It,
plunge down aome river or valley car
rying ruin and destruction along with
It. To estimate the amount of water
raised to these reservoir without a
pump, held there in dam whose walla
are of fog, and then poured out on th
earth beneath, la possible even over
very large areas, but the figure grow
to such enormous sum that they con
vey nothing to our mind. But take,
for Instance, a garden 50 feet long and
cne hundred feet wide. If a rainfall
of a depth of 1.100 of aa inch fall on
that little plot ot ground twenty-flv
gallons or two hundred and fifty
pounds of water have been poured out
on the garden; if an Inch ot rain fall,
2"i.000 pounda of water, or twelve and
a half tons, have been dropped on
that solid earth. It has been estimat
ed that In New York seventy million
ton ot water are dropped annually on
Manhattan Island. Leslie' Monthly.
Cat's' Language.
A French savant report that he ha
solved th vernacular ot Gotland.
"Aollo" mean that pussy 1 hungry;
"Aliloo," that ah la thirsty; "La"
that she want milk: "Bl." red meat;
"Bleeme-b." cooked meat; "Ptlee-b,"
mice, and so on. Lover ot cat will
pleas take notice.