V Contributions for th Relief of the Widows and Orphans. ALL MEN AT WORK PERISHED. Work of Exploring Mine and Remov ing Remain Carried on With Great Difficulty. It In now rprtaln that, with one ex ception, all the turn who were at work In tho Warwick mine, ai Cheswlck, Ta., at the time of the explosion are dead. One hundred ami fifty dead bodies have been recovered, nnd It In sup osed that about 14 other that nre entombed will not be found for n week or perhaps more. The work of exploring the mine and removing the ivmalus of those found was extremely dim. tilt and dangerous on account of the shattered condition of the mine roof, the pile of conl. slate, wrenched cars and timber and tho d.adly gas. Few men we:e will ing to rick their lives In the attempt, knowing thnt. nil In the pit were beyond humnn aid. hut a few were btave vnough to carry on the semi li and as fast as found, tho mangled and timecognlsable remnins were brought to the mirface. David Lysle, a miner, who came from I.eechbtirg. ra., nnd entered the pit wus suffocated nnd died before assistance cuttjd reach him. The severity of the weather also added to the disagreeable features of the work. Muh labor was required 4n brattlclng and clearing away the falls before it was safe for the ex plorers to go forward In many parts uf the mine. A generous fund Is being contribut ed for the reller of the families of the dead miners. Tire city of Butler, tinned $3.0(ii that had been raised for the fever sufferers Into the Warwick fund. Headquarters for the reception of the contributions of provisions, cloth ing and money wore established. Act ing Burgess George A. Blgley. of Chfswick, Is In charge of the commu te. George E. Alter Is in rhargv at the Warwick headquarters and V. A. Armstrong at the Cheswlck receiving depot. The committee Includes be Bides those mentioned 11. F. lladley, secretary ; W. C. M draw, treasurer: J. P. Hunting. E. V. Arthur, 11. 8. Stunit. W. F. Hutchinson. 11. W. Blg ley, the Rev. Father Klchard Ham ilton, the Rev. M. Haldlnger. Prof. 1). A. Frown, T. P. Clerk. George A. Kochler and M. V. Meredith. Many of the families suddenly de prived of tlvelr support 'will soon be in want. The need of bread is most pressing. Hed-clothlng conies next, I for nearly every home robbed their beds of coverings in order to cover the uuuh h. ne mm seconu niinu cioin-, William Sailers, fireman In the then ing for women and children is accept- ter; James K. Cummlngs. stage car- able, although not actually needed i Just now. Supplies may be sent to P. , r. cmi'K, station agent or tire west Penn Railroad at Cheswlck. Acting Burgees Blgley will arrange to re ceive the money contributed to the various tllef funds. The Western Union Tf If graph Co., is taking all re lief telegrams free. WAS IN GREAT TORMENT. Defaulter Rose Tells of Hi Pecula tions From a Cleveland Bank. George A. Rose, the alleged dofau'.; lng cashier of the Produce Exchange bank of Cleveland, o.. which clone, 1 Its doors January 22. and nmde a con- Indianapolis, laying the foundaMon for wealth equaled by few of his country fession to the countv prosecutor of 8 ,0snl battle for the possession of men, and finally lost nearly all of it. his method of using the bank's niotu v. i of which he la said to have lost $187 000. The confession while brief. Is ample in explanation. Kose said ho was alone In his peculations and his use of the bank's money began six years ago. He eald about three years npo. when the loss had reached only $io, 000, an auditing committee was ap , pointed to go over the bank's books. Rose had hoped'hlg shortage would be discovered then, but at the end of a week or eo of investigation, the com mittee reported everything satisfac tory with the bank's affairs. Hose de clares he lived within his salary of $125 a month, and has not got a cent of the money lost to tho bank by his speculation, it?ltllllZC fvivvv ir lie nu n lie tiwkii have to replace that sum, and seeing no other way of doing It than by spec ulating, he continued to do-so until the amount reached $187,000. Wis mental state hns been miserable ever eine his 'peculations began, he said, and oftentimes he had been tempted to commit suicide, but did not do so because of his wlf and family. All of the $187,000, Rose declares, was lost with grain speculators in Chicago. His willingness for a speedy trial and imprisonment, he said, was (o relieve his mind of the worry that he had undergone; also he desires to be sentenced and to serve his term and afterwards begin life anew. $2,000,000 Fire at Yucatan. A great fire at Progreso, the chief port of Yucatan, has desttoyed an en tire square of business houses and public buildings. Including the market. The loss Is conservatively put at $2, 000,000. The railway officers were al so wholly consumed. The public build ings were not insured, and the loss on them is estimated at $300,000. Pottery Burned. .Fire destroyed the Chelsea pottery at New Cumberland, W. Va., Including $40,000 worth of stock. The loss is estimated at $125,000 with insurance overing one-fourth the loss. The fac tory employed 250 men. The water flooded the plant eight feet and It Is thought that gas fires, started to dry the kilns, caused he Are. The com pany's East Liverpool plant which was ' to have been dismantled, ' will probably be operated in place of tho one burned. EASTERN WAR TALK. China Hat Approached the Powers, Asking Mediation Troop Be ing Moved. The Tokyo correspondent of the !ondon Dally Telegraph has sent In the following telegram: "The Official Uuiette publishes an Imperial ordinance empoweilng the government to assume control of all private railways, etc., for military pur poses. The situation is very grave and developments are hourly ex pected." The Chinese authorities have ap proached the mlnlstets at Peking of several powers with proposals direct ed toward attempting medlntlon with Russia and Japan. China Is exceed ingly anxious that war should be avoided. The Amerlenn government Is arranging to dlsialrh the senior student Interpreters heie to Mukden. Port Dnlny and Atitutig to act as American vice consuls. A small de tachment of Russian cavalry has passed through Knopangtzu on their ay to Icliou. Advices from Port Ar thur sny a battalion of Russian troops are moving toward the Koivan fron tier. The exclianjte of communications between the Russian foreign offlVe the members of the co'nm.lttt-e of the far cant. Viceroy Alcxleff nnd Hnron Heltosvn. the Russlnn minister at Tokyo. Is still going on. There Is no ofil.lnl Indication of when a conclu sion will lie reached, but likely this week. An authoritative d.m-lal Is calltles of the country In which they given of, the report that Russia ever j appear. It will appear from this list contemplated tequestlng the I'nlted j that minerals from which radium may States to vxplnlu the attitude attrl-jbe secured are to be found In proctl billed to the I'nlted States. The Ko- cnlly every pait of the United States, rean minister has received advices although they are more abundant in that his government will soon open the port of WIJu. on the Yalu river, at the request of tho United States, to' the commerce of the world. , A dispatch from Port Arthur says , that, accoidlng to a Chinese native pa per. Oen. Ma, with 20 regiments of! Shan Hal Kwan, Chi ll province, In or- aer 10 occupy strategic poinis ou me border of that province. In Novem ber Gen. Ma was quoted as saying that he would Join his forces with Japan. As the German government under stands the present situation, the feel ing Is such at Tokyo that Japan will declare wnr unless Russia answers her demands favorably. Russia In tend to accept enough of Japan's points to remove cause for war. IROQUOIS VERDICT. Jury Holds Chicago Mayer, Manager Davis and Others. The coroner's Jury, which for three weeks has been listening to evidence relating to the fire In the Iroquois theater, returned a verdict by which ti.e following persons are held to await the action of a Grand Jury: Carter H. Harrison, mayor of Chi cago; William J. Pavls, proprietor In nail and manniier of the theater: (;(-(,rge Williams, building commission er of Chicago; Kdwnrd I.aughlin, i.niMJnir mumvinr nmicr wininnn ncnter: William Mullen, who had carge of the light that caused the f.re; William W. Mushom, chief of I At a ociock juegciay orternoon Chicago fl.e department. Whltaker Wright was sentenced In It was at once decided by the cor- Ij0nJon t0 seven years penal servl oner that nil nun held by the verdict , At 4 0.t.,o(.k ne ,av deRi the o the M-and Jury should bo taken " flm)r of a Bnm room ,n ,he ,aw canHt Into custody to-night He theteioro wll(,tnor took nlB own llfe by ,. prepared wt.ri.nts for tluMr arrest aul, gon or whelm.r dt,R,h , lt8 naturnl calltJ upon tie police to serve them. colirse roul)eiI ,he ,ow of ltg fll,fln. i ANn id in niPiiTP nient will not be known until a post LAND 13 IN DISPUTE. nwTtvm examination Is held, the In- Three Thousand Six Hundred Acre. dl,11""1!' bo,r, v"0"" l K,80n",B' " , . . . i Whltaker Wright's career was one Claimed for Ex-Slaves Heirs. i ()f tno mugt remarkable of modern A copy of a will filed In Ce'lna, O.. times. Doin In England 67 years ago by John Heam, tho colored attorney of 3 ,,0 a. tea f Mercer county land, , valued nt $250,000, hns created consld-1 ei able, excitement among the farmers In the southern part of the county. John Randolph, a wealthy slave own er of 'Roanoke, Va., died, leaving an Immense estate to his former slaves. William Leigh was mode executor of his w ill. Under Its order he bought j ten acres or inmi ror eacn of ltan dolph's 300 slaves. We had the title of the lnnd put in bis name. It Is now claimed that Leigh had no right un der the will to take title to the land and it fliould have been given to tho ex-slaves and i..nt the peoplo who pur chased It from Leigh or from Bquat tcrs, have no valid right to it. MOB ATTACKS 8TREET CAR. Na've. at Seoul Suppres.ed by Ac tlon of Legation Guard The Stato department has received , . 7 , .... uiuciui iiiiui iuuwuu ui an uuucK uy a mob of native Koieans on an electric car In Seoul because of the fact that it had killed one of their unrulier The nows come In the following cable. gram, received, under to-day's date, from Minister Allen at Seoul: "This morning on the electric rail way, which is the property of Amerl- Woreros are threatening winunoek. a can citizens, a Korean was accidental-1 German patrol, which engaged the na tv and nnavnidnhlv unto.! Thieimnn I lives near Wodb farm, loat a reserve a mob of natives attacked and par- j officer. Von Boysen ; one non commis tlally destroyed the car. The opera- sloned officer and six men killed. The tors of the car would have been In Jured had it not been for the prea euce of mind and action of our lega tlon guard." - The President has appointed W. B. Martin to succeed M:s. Minnie Cox as postmaster at Indlanola, Miss. This postofflce was closed some time ago, the white inhabitants of the place re fusing to accept their mail from Mrs. Cox. who Is a negress. Martin, who is a white man, was one ot Mrs. Cox's bondsmen. ARMY BILL PASSED. House Adopt Measure Carrying $65, 000,000, Adding Amendment. The Wouse passed the army appro priation bill, carrying approximately $75,000,000, after adopting a number of amendments. The provision for the consolidation of the Adjutant Gen eral's department and the record and pension office of the War department into one bureau, to be known as the military secretary's office, was Strick en from the bill on a point of order raised by Mr. rosvenor (Rap. Ohio). WHERE 111 IS FOUND High Price Makes It Well Worth Searching After. FACTS WILL BE MADE PUBLIC. Government Expert Have Discovered Pitch Blend in Many Mineral Belt. The United State geologlral sur vey will shortly issue a buljetln ex plaining where and under what cir cumstances minerals , containing the elements of radium may be found. The paper will be prepared in simple lan guage, stripped of scientific terms, so that any peison with ordinary Intel ligence will be able, after a little study, to make experiments for find ing the minerals secreting this new HUlistan. e of fabuious vaiue. The expert of the survey who has this matter In charge has examined over 8.HD0 different minerals In order iO determine Just what conditions tend to pioduce radium. We has pre lum d a list of all minerals, which contain th? new element, together with a Reneral statement of the lo- certain sections of the west. Dr. Day, chief of the division of minerals, says that radium Is to be found In the east, and, as its market price is somewhere between $3,000,000 and $7,000,000 a pound. It behooves all i nn... ln,l hu.,l oral .In. I stalls 0f the forthcoming olllclal clr- cttlar on the subject Prof. Prince Tarkhanor, the well known Russian scientist, lecturing re cently before the military association at St. Petersburg, made some Interest ing statements In regard to the pos sibilities of radium. We presented to his audience two cancer patients who had been cuted of the malignant growths on the face by the use of ra dium, and expressed the opinion that tne problem of determining the sex of children, which Prof. Schenck had failed to solve, will shortly be settled by the aid of radium. The prince ad ded that he hod prevented the develop ment of hydrophobia In dogs. Inoculat ed with rabid virus, by using radium. When laiga quantities of radium were available, the prince contended, tho whole system of moc!trn warfare would be revolutionized as powder magnzlnes, whether in forts or In the holds of vessels would be at the mercy of radium rays, which could ex plode them at long distances. A TRAGIC END. Great Financier, Sentenced to Prison, Die Suddenly. in obs.urity. he rose to a position of He made his money promoting gl- gantlc schemes with which the names of England's foremost noblemen were connected. lie won for himself the title of "tho modern Monte Clirlsto," so like Dumas' hero wus he In the way he be- enme wealthy and used his money. We built himself a na ace. was the owner of the fastest yacht in England. and entertained even the king hlmsolf I on board. j Higher and higher did he climb on ; the heights of fortune, and stronger ' and firmer grew public trust In him year by year, until at length his great $111,000,000 corporation, the London and Globe Flnauce Company, went to i pieces with a financial concussion that shivered the money market of Ens I laud with an earthquake shock. GERMANS LOSE HEAVILY. ! e ... . . . rn,.. .1,1- 1 8ettler and Their Famine slain In Southwest Africa. n ofllcial dispatch from Windhoek. German Southwest Africa, says the 1 uermnns nave ium ucaviiy m umuo cessful attempts to relieve Okahandja, that five settlers and their entire fam ilies have been murdered and thd men, part of the force being horsemen, with two machine guns. Bomb In th Palace Doorway. A dispatch to the London Central Nows from Madrid says it has been learned that on last Saturday during King Alfonso's levee at ths palace, the police discovered an Infernal ma chine underneath a bench near the doorway of tne palace, which was crowded at the' time with persons of distinction. Reward for Human Lives. The porte has notified the Austrian and Russian embassies that the Macedonian committees have arrang ed with the Albanians for liberal re' wards to have them kill every for eign officer sent Into the provinces In connection with the reorganization of the gendermrie under the reform scheme of the powers. The 50118 therefore objects to the officers wear ing foreign uniforms, a their lives ,,.nL.. .nJ.na3.al WV tUWVUT BUnv. EV. BANK TREASURER EMBEZZLES. Say HI Downfall I Due to Assist ing a Friend. John P. Ooggln, treasurer of the Nashua Trust company, Nashua, N. W., Is charged with embezzling a sum of money from the bank. The amount Is placed between $80,01)0 and $100,000 Ooggln was held In $10,000 boll. We said that lit downfall was not dun to speculation, but to his having given asslstnuce from time to time to a friend. Ooggln Is one of the most prominent bank olllelals of N4w Hamp shire. The Nashua Trust company has a capital of $150,000 and usually carrJes deposits running In amount from $K00.oiil) to $ 'inn, doo in the sav ings depattment. The bank also had a check deposit department, the de posits In which will swell the total carried by the bonk to about $1,000, ooo. The directors of the Nashua Trust company Issued a statement assuring depositors that they will lose nothing. ; Ooggln bus been removed from the I otllee of treasurer. Since 1800 four local banking Institutions have closed I their door. It Is estimated that with in 10 years citizens of Nashua hove I lost fully $2,000.01)0 through the em barrassment of banking institutions. AMERICA LEADS IN EXPORTS. Enormous Gain In Our Foreign Trade 8lnce 1873. The United States again stands, at the close of the calendar year 1903, at the head of the list of world's export ing nations, so far as relates to the exportation of domestic products. This fact is shown by a series of tables Just presented by the department of commerce and Inbor through Its bu reau of statistics. There are only three "billion-dollar countries,' considered from the stand- ... ',,, ,, .. '"" " uui.i:i.i. ticts, and they are, In the order of the i magnitude of their exports, the United States, the United Kingdom and Ger many. In the calendar year 1903 the exports of domestic product were: Ftom the United States, $1,457,505,783 In value; from the United Kingdom, $1,415,617,552; from Germany the fig ure for the full year have not been received, but an examination of the figures of iiie year for which statis tics are available Justifies an estimate of $1,200,000,000. The United States in 1875 stood at the bottom of the list of the four great exporting nations of the world, France then being In the same class as Great Britain, Germany and the United States. At the end of the next decade It had advanced one place, a decade later still another place, and In 1903 stood at the head of the list. THREE BURNED TO DEATH. Frozen Fir Plug Interfere With Work of Firemen. Two men and one woman were burned to death In a Are at 7233 Uut ler street, Pittsburg. The Ore en gines responded quickly to the alarm of fire, but tho water plugs were frozen and the house burned rapidly. The dead are William Sawyer. 48 years old, married. We lived at 7233 Duller street and his body was not recovered from tike building until late yeBterday afternoon; Annie Saw yer, wife of William Sawyer, 50 years old. She was horribly burned and was found in the hall of the first floor near the front door; Ernest M. Cully, bridge worker, 31 years old and single. We wag burned to death. We boarded with the 'Sawyers and bis home is thought to be In Meriden, Canada. Fir In Chicago 8kycraper. An explosion of chemicals on the sixth floor of the Cosmopolitan build ing, Chicago, caused a fire which re sulted In $75,000 damage and a small panic among those on tho floor where the explosion occtined. Miss Her man Verba was so badly burned that she will die. Edward Stakes wag al so burned while rescuing Miss Verba, whom he carried down the Are escape to the stroet. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. In a mine cave-In at Rouse, Col., six men lost their lives. A debate without result was held In the Senate on the subject of "construc tive recesses. Grand ihike Alexis, of Russia, broke the bank of Monte Carlo, winning $50, 000. African tribes are pressing hard on the German 'posts In southwest Africa and Berlin Is alarmed. Tho Middle European Economic So ciety, ono of whose objects is to com bat American competition, was found ed In Berlin. Senator Morgan, of Alabama, intro duced a bill providing for the annex ation of the Republic of Panama by the United States. A conference of Presbyterian repre sentatives at Augusta, Ga., voted In favor of establishing a Presbyterian University at Atlanta, The French Chamber of Deputies had a fierce debate over the case of an Alsatian priest who was expelled from France as a foreigner. The Grand Jury has returned an In dictment against George A. Rose, cashier of the Produce National bank, of Cleveland, which closed Its doors. It Is understood that Receiver James Smith, carles M. Schwab and others have agreed on a plan for reorganizing tho United States Shipbuilding Com pany, but the plan Is meeting strong opposition. Samuel Baughman, colored, wis de tected in blowing the safe in the tick et office of the Louisville and Nash ville railway at Lexington, Ky. The main building of the State Normal School at Oreensboro, N. C, was destroyed by fire and 350 young women students were rescued. The plant of the American Steel Foundries at Alliance, O., closed down In all Its departments, throwing about 600 men out of work. Nothing can be learned as to the date ot resump- J (Inn n- lirhflt OBHSPlt thin EIIBnRnfilfin V " w " ...h.w... FOURTEEN DROP TO DEATH Cage In Which They Were Riding Breaks Loose. THE BODIES WERE MUTILATED. When at th Top of the Shaft On Man Catches Hold of an Iron . Bar and Is Saved. One of the most frightful mining accidents In the history of the Cripple Creek district occurred on the morn ing of the 20th in Btratton'a Inde pendence mine, when 14 men were killed Instantly and their bodies muti lated, In some Instances almost be yond Identlllcntlon. The dead nte W. R. Frostier, John Hebeck, Joseph Setherum. Kdwnrd Twlggen. I.. A. Wagoner, W. A. Yoe man. Kdwnrd Smith, Joseph Overy, II. F. llrown, W. 1. Collins, J. U Steward. Frank Cochrane, I P. Jackson and Henry Cngane, A gang of 15 was on its way from the workings below to a cage, which j numerous regarding the iron and steel traveled at a rapid speed. The ma-; lmiustiy. Anticipations of rapid re ehlnery be. ame deranged and the en- covery wth ti,e a(lvcnt of a new yent glneer found himself helpless to stop , nre nnt vpt renllE0l. although It It the progress of the car as it aprronch ed the top of the shaft. The cage rushed up to the top of the structure, crushing Into the heavy beams, when the cable broke, precipitating 14 men 1.500 feet to the bottom of the shaft. Two of the ' men managed to grasp Iron bars at the top and held on. One, however, was killed and the other badly crushed. The descent of the cage was like a lightning flash. The bodies of the men presented a sicken ing sight, arms, legs and heads be ing torn away, while the surrounding wall were bespattered with their blood. THOU8ANDS HOMELESS. Fir Completely Destroys a Fishing Town on Coast of Norway. The fire which swept over Aales land. Norway, destroyed every build ing with the exception of the hospital. The panlo among the 11.000 inhabi tants was so great after the outbreak of the flames that all attempts at leadership er discipline became out of the question. The people first en deavored to save some of their prop erty, but they soon found they had quite enough to do to save their own lives. Tho destruction of the town was complete. More than 20 steam fish ing boats and many sailing smacks wore sunk In the harbor In order to suve them from the flames. It Is be lieved iii.w ll.r.t only three persons lost their lives. Itellef committees hnve been formed and have invited public subscriptions. The King and queen of Sweden and Norway have contributed $1,500 to a reller fund, and all the other members of the royal family have also subscribed. A majority of the inhabitants of the town lost everything they possessed and thousands had to spend the night In the open fluids, where they were without food and exposed to a bitterly cold wind and a driving rainstorm. MORE TROUBLE EXPECTED. Outrages In Macedonia May Soon Break Out Again, The news from Macedonia grows more threatening and it Is not be lieved It Is possible to prevent a recur rence of the guerrilla fighting, which lasted all through last summer. Mem bers of the Macedonian committee at Vienna declare that the alleged re forms Introduced by Turkey In com pliance with the mandates of Russia and Austrlu would be farcical, but for thq strong element of tragedy In the situation. There has been no amel ioration of the condition of tho Mace donian Chilstlons. They are subject ed to outrage and oppression, they say, in the remoter villages and communi ties and no attention is paid to their complaints. Tho revolutionary lead ers are getting everything In shape for a concerted movement, which will ex tend from the Adriatic to the Black sea, and they will carry on such a warfare If their plans are. carried out as will force European Intervention. Tho Austrian government Is worried over the situation. If Russia la en gaged In war with Japan It Is hardly probable that she will undertake any movement to coerce Turkey by force, and It Is feared In the event of war in the far east, Turkey will take advan tage of the situation to cease making any pretense of reform and will un dertake to give Macedonia such a les Bon In her own way as will break the revolutionary spirit for a generation to come. Boston Wool Market. Wool has been bought freely dur ing the past six days at firm prices, and although medium wool continues in largest movement there is a general demand for all grades, with more interest shown in fine medium stock. The anticipated higher prices have not materialized. 'A steady -bus!- ' riAm tiaa tiapn rinna In tarrltnrv wnnll. " " ' - . - ... . ... y In pulled wools there Is a fair amount of trading with prices firm for me dium grades. The market for foreign wools Is quiet. Current quotations may be summarized as follows: Ohio and Pennsylvania XX and above, 3434Vbc; X. 30031c; No. 1, 32 33c; No. 2, 3132c; fine washed, 23 S 24c; three-eights blood-washed, 25 26c; half-blood unwashed. 2526c; one-quarter-blood, unwashed, 25 27c; tlno washed delaine, 3536c. Germans Buy Oil Interests. The Hamburg Petroleum Product Company has Increased Its capital to $3,000,000, and hag purchased all the Roumanian petroleum interests of the Deutsche bank. This company la al lied with the Shell Transport and Trading Company. Senator Daniel Re-Elected. The two bouses of the General As sembly of Virginia chose John W. Daniel to succeed himself as United States senator for the. full term be ginning March 4 next. REVIEW OF TRADE. Manipulation and Not Demand Given v as th Cause of Change In Price. R. O. Dunn A Cos' "Weekly Re view of Trade" says: Business condi tions would be most satisfactory il present high prices for the leadlnf staples were the result of wholesome demand, but the prominence of ma nlpulatlon prevents any such gratify ing conclusion. Aside from the Unci temporarily stimulated by severe weather, trade Is quiet, and evldencei of Increased activity with the approach of spring are hopefully awaited. Re ports of the building ouJook have been prepared by branch offices of R. O. Dunn & Co., at tho leading cities and Indicate that high cost of ma teriols and labor have curtailed o lun ations, although the year 103 sliowec a good gain over 1902. Demand fot lumber Is gradually Improving, stockf in the yards are light as a rule, and at tractive pi Ices promise a large cut Weather conditions are favorable fot winter whent. Transportation has suf fervd some Interruption by storms, bill railway earnings thus far repoited fot January nre 3.8 per cent larger than In 1H03. Optimistic reports are not still hoped that new business ran- not be n uch longer deferred. That prices have declined hut. little furthet is perhaps the best that can he said of results during the past week. Quo tatlons have not been maintained by expansion of demand, however, nv there are still many prospective pre chasers who hold back contracts, feel lng satisfied that there is no danger ol advancing prices and any change that may ocv:ur will be In their fnvor. A few new contracts for bridges and buildings have taken structural stee and fairly encouraging reports are Is sued regarding new business In wire and tube departments, but orders fot steel rails are lamentably small, tin railroad stubbornly waiting for con cessions In prices. FOUR KILLED IN WRECK. Heavy 8now Delayed Express ane Caused Collision. The Wannlbal accommodation ot the Hurllngt'on road, due at St. Ixiuif at 8:30 p. nt., crashed Into the real end of the Denver express, which had stopped for water at Gardeene crock tank, 37 miles north of St. Louis Four persons were killed, four se riously injured and seven badly hurt. The express was an hour and if. minutes late on account of the heavy snow. The last sleeper on the Den ver train stood on the bridge acrosi the creek, and when the engine of tht overdue train struck It, the brldgt timbers caught fire from the bursting lo oiiiotlve and the structure was soon consumed. Most of the cars of the lo cal train were also burned. A relief train was sent from here and a wrecking train was also sent out. The dead and Injured were brought to St Louh. TOOK CYANIDE OF POTASH. Examination Shows That Whitakei Wright Committed Suicide. A post mortem examination ha shown that Whltaker Wright commit ted suicide In London by taking cya ride of potassium. The Investigator made Indicates that Wiight must havi swallowed the poison while standing before Justice Blgham, after recelvlnf his sentence, it Is recalled thai Wright pulled a handkerchief from hb pocket and appeared to wipe his faci nnd It Is surmised that tinder covet of this he took the fatal dose. Wright's features showed no tract of the Buffering he must have endured prior to death. Wis face wag caln and peaceful. Wis brain was found to hnve been abnormally large. Por tions of the deadly tabloids, still undls solved, were found In tha stomach. Colombia Adopts Gold Standard. A belated report hag been received at the state department from United States Minister Beaupre. at Bogota upon the monetary law of Colombia which was passed by the Colombia congress at its last session. Tho 1)11 provides that the monetary unit Bhal be the gold dollar of the Unltec States of America, that future emls slon of paper money be prohibited and In the departments nnd province! where Bllver has hitherto been current coinage shall keep to the gold unit Capital News Notes. Senator Scott Introduced an amend ment to the diplomatic and consulat bill making the consulate at Buenot Ayres, Argentina, a consulate general and increasing the salary of the in cumhent to $3,500. The Consul I; Daniel Mayer, a constituent of th Senator, who hag been In office sine, the beginning of the flrgt McKlnle) administration, and the Senator think! he is entitled to a promotion. The Senate Committee on Llbrarj made a favorable report on a bill In troduced by Senator Scott appropria ing $10,000 to aid in the erection of 1 suitable memorial to those who rei In the battle at Point Pleasant, It West Virginia, October 10, 1774, be tween colonial tioops and Indians. Senator Burrows, Chairman of tht Committee on Privileges and Eleo tions. Introduced a resolution to au thorize the committee to conduct ar Investigation into the protest against Senator Reed Smoot retaining his seat The resolution was referred to th Committee on Contingent Expenses The Senate adopted the Gorman res olutlons calling upon the Admlnlatra tlon for records of previous acts of In terventlon in New Granada, or Colom bia. Six Block Burned. Fire destroyed six block of framt business houses at Sour Lake, Tex. and got Into the Cannon tract, In tht oil fields, doing considerable damage The loss is placed at $200,000. Th fire was placed under control with tht assistance of aid summoned fron Beaumont. PEARL OF THOUGHT. Unless above himself he can eras? himself, how poor a thing 1 tnahr Daniel. Lore It a beggar, who stilt toft when one has given him. everything.'- Rochepedre, Judge thyself with the Judgment of sincerity, and thou wilt judge other with the Judgment of charity. t have always observed the thread of life to be like' other threads or skein of Bilk, full of snarl and encum brances. -Ocorge Herbert. Little do ye know your own blessed Bets, for to travel hopefully I a bet ter thing than to arrive and the true success I to labor. Stevenson. To tell a man to study, and yet bid him under heavy penalties to come to the same conclusion with those who have not studied, Is to mock him. An drew D. White. We are often poor, mean, low; but there Is In the soul an Ideal of some thing better than we. In the midst of our folly and fault there stands before us the pure Image of serene goodness, and we cannot but reverence It. Thi also Is Ood. Man Is unjust, but Ood Is Just, and finally Justice triumphs. Longfellow. ou need Ood In the very things that seem to separate you from Him. You must seek Him In the very places where the misery of life seems, to be that We Is not. You must question th stoniest paths for streams of water. Phillips JJrooliS. DEATH IN THE BOAT. Novel Exposure of Unscrupulous Maf ufacturer In London. There Is one exhibit at the shoe and leather fair In the Agricultural hall In London, England, from which dis honest boot maker will not derive. either Instruction or edification. It II Intended to show the general publto how they are sometimes deceived In to buying what In construction ara more like cardboard boxes than seem ingly smart looking footwear. Upon a stall in the balcony there has been gathered a collection of boot which on being dissected and robbed of their deceitful veneer were found to consist of anything but leather. Tbey have soles of cardboard, leather- board, strawboard, shavings mixed with oil, strips of wood, and brown paper. One maker of exceptional economy had used the lids of old boot boxes. Even they were the worse for wear. "Many children owe their deaths to cardboard boots, which soak up rain like sponges," asserted the official In charge. The trade or rather the hon est section of It Is making an effort to secure a standard hall mark, the wrongful use of which would lead tcr criminal proceedings. The fair Illustrates a branch of the Industry wherein English manufactur ers set an example not yet followed by their American brethren. This Is the repairing of boots by machinery. One machine in charge of a boy is capable of putting new soles and heels on a Ir of boots rn five minutes. Ameri can boot makers, it was stated, do not encourage their customers to have their old boots renovated; they prefer them to buy new ones. London Mall. Chinaman Called Back. Because his old mother back In Can ton, China, wrote that she was grow ing lonesome because, she said, sha wanted surely to see her boy once more before she died. Ah Gun, part owner in a restaurant at Waco, has begun to wade through the formalities required by tho United States govern ment of a Chinese laborer who desires to return to his native land and then back to this country. Ah Gun Is now In El Paso on probation. Ah Gun first came to Dallas to get an expert notary In the business to make out a number of papers for hi case, bringing with him affidavits that he was unmarried, aged 36, and that he owned property In the sum of more than $1000. We has had bis picture taken, and small unmounted photos of him will go along with the several sets ot papers. Waving got his load of certificates and affidavits all ready. Ab Gun set out for El Paso. His credentials were examined by the Chinese agent there. If they are all correct, the homeward bound China man will be passed on to San Francl co, there to undergo more examina tion, after which he will be allowed, to ship for "dear old Canton, one biggest plovlncea In whole world," he said. Dallas (Tex.) News. Bird Tries to Feed Its 8hadow. A gentleman whose home Is in a grove on the North Side relates a re markable Incident which has come un der his observation within the last few weeks. A Kentucky cardinal is Interfering with bis comfort to such an extent that he threatened to shoot it. Every morning shortly after day light, for a period of a month, the gen tleman has been awakened by a tap ping and fluttering at his window, which continues for half an hour or longer. After several repetitions of the disturbance he cautiously opened the shutters and Investigated. He found the redblrd waging a fight with bis re flection In the window pane. Ha frightened It away, and hoped that this would bre&k up, the practice. However, the next morning the visit waa repeated, and despite his effort to discourage the visitor, every morn) lng since it has broken bis rest about 5.30 o'clock. Yesterday morning he was roused by the usual fluttering and securing a window stick, he started to enter the fight between Mr. Redblrd and his reflection. Peeping out, bis heart wm softened. The bird bad a piece of bread in his mouth, and waa trying to feed 1U shadow. Lexington (Ky.) Herald. J I
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