HG "liSl COTTOIi
i
Annct ncoir.ent cf Failure Brintj3
Rush of Ceiling Orders.
EXTENT O" LOCSEO NOT KNOWN.
Cci'.oil Decline.! C13 a Bale and
Prices of All Securities Fell In
8yitl,;nthy.
Daniel J. Fully, tin- niltim operator,
whi has ' r !.. monta bcu Hid blg-
p. t f!,.i:: in tli ci). inn markets of
the wci ..I iiivl wl'i) has "bulled" cotton
ti.n seven ((lit j a pound to ovrr 17,;
iinnuinccd l):i Inability to tnnko Rood .
Ills rugngcnirr.ta on the Now York
Cotton f.v lmri;.- FrMny. Within n few
Months rii'tim tell nearly $13 n bale
from tho hlyli"l figures of the day.
All previous r ords of slock piinlrs
ire eclipsed by the mini frenzy lollnw-,
lllg the tldiims of the failure. Ill till)
memory of mi'iiy brokers coiners in
upot nnd future? hnvp lieen smashed,
lint tlo scene bin ever 'been witnessed I
1n tho history id Hie 'chnnge lllio tin.1
lv.pd turmoil uccumpnnylnr; tlio col-topi-c
of Datile .1. stully & Co.
I-or n lew second tiller superintend
(Tt Kit's teal the u;iii::iinceii!i nt .
vi:,i. wps at 2:05 o clock, there was
ii-.i (ii'il:ion nub t. Brokers stood ns If
minted by the news that the kin;; had
Ir.ilni. Th ! r.s If by n Blngle 1m
a Tislnhtv Hlioiit went up from
tile bc::is. Tiny had fought Sully
and his I) i : ! clique for months, nnd tin;
tidings of surrender after he hnd shov
ed cotton l.-om seven cents a pound
In over 1" cent j frenzied every man of
thnn, each ol wholil lit one time or
another had been under the inlnlit y
lever.
Hats filled the nlr, to fall whore
tiny would and bo trampled to a
ihi'peleiip e'llp. in the mail MamrV'dn
frn.n the pit. fonts were torn from
broke: a l:i t!i"!r mad effort to unload
tin Ir holdings r.n l r '.intra were dashed
Into tho circle, to emphasize porno
wild broker's lTi r to sell. Soon tho
news reached Hie stock, produce and
colt-e exchange, tnid declines followed
In neatly all e cm-it ! s.
In the 30 minutes of panic follow
ing tho nnnonni r v.cit of tiio failure It
U estimated that 7.V.'i"i bales of cot
to were traded In. or this, upward of
Ciiii.DOO bales repres .'Mod forcen liipil
datlen, or the Rel'ii.i; nut of a mall
whose marr.'nn were wiped out. Tho
lor-r falling u;.on this cleniin. In the
slump of nr. ) points alone amounts to
over i).'
PENSIONS FOR MAIL CLERKS.
Pcurcoe'c Cill Alms to Protect Those
Employed on Railroads.
A plan foi- pertloning railway mall
clerks hns been advised by Senator
l'eniosi; ar.:l Is embodied In a bill
presented In the Senate. A fund will
lie accumulated by deducting 1 per
cent a month from the salary of tho
clerks and from flues Imposed on them
by tho department for neglect of their
duUes, Inlrai tlons of discipline or for
other reasons. This fund will be con
trolled by the postmaster general and
will be disbursed under his direction.
Tho bill provides that clerks who
have Berved 20 years In the railway
mall service and ha,ve been Incapaci
tated by reason of suelv service, be
cause of .Ill-health or 'by accident, or
who have attained the as;c of (!5 years,
shall bo eligible to retirement at full
pay, No clerk so reared shall re
ceive rwve then $1,imio a year, all
aalary pnyable to him 'in excess of
that amount being turned into the pen
sion fund. One per cent of all pen
sions e hall also be deducted for the
benefit of the general fund.
It Is undci'stotd this bill has tho
approval of the postofftce department
and was In part prepared by tho de
partment. COURT HOUSE DYNAMITED.
Attempt to Cemollah Building Failed
to Have Much Effect.
An attempt was mado to wreck the
Court House at St. Marys, W. Va.,
by dynamite. The last prisoner had
been released and Jailor D. L. Stlue
moved Into a dwelling several squares
away.
The dynamiters forced open the
north door. In the southeast corner of
the Jail near the celling they placed a
stick of dynamite and attached a fuse
which led to the corridor. The ex
plosion occurred about 11 o'clock at
night, and although Policeman Rlggs
was on the spot within five minutes
he found no trace of the perpetrators.
Windows were shattered, the ceiling
torn loose and the floor of the court
room raised In that corner a foot.
Some think It was dono by someone
who had. once been confined In the
jail. Others suggest that the deed
was committed by parties who are
In favor of a new Court House. Two
ycc-i ago the County Commissioners
cairr' to ha recorded In their minute
boo). .'.1- fict ti'.at the bulldlr.g w3 un
safe ..id i Wo patted an order pro
vider lor erection ol a new bulld
int. ip'ng to frr &s to pay abeut $2,
ti'ii .:- an arci-..tect's plaas, but have
tiLt d ('.one nr'.-.lng.
Assurances that Americans residing
In Seoul are In no danger is contained
In a letter Just received by the
Chicago Woman's Presbyterian Board
of Missions, from Miss Eva H. Field,
a missionary, stationed In the Korean
capital.
Saloonkeeper Held for Death
The appellate court at Springfield,
111., holds that saloon men are liable
for the death of their patrons who
die while under the Influence of liquor
sold them by the defendants. The
case was that of Kate Algood, who
was awarded $3ii00 damages against
William Uotwinis, a saloon man of
that city, for the deaUi of her hus
band, George Algood, who had been
drinking In the saloon of Botwlnls,
nd who, wt'.le on his way home In an
Intoxicated condition, tell from his
buggy and received fatal Injuries.
PR0GRES3 OF THE WAR.
Repeated Attacks on Port Arthur.
8klrmioh In Korea.
More nltarhs on Port Arthur are
reported from Ylngkow. In telling of
ono ho says occurred on Saturday tho
coiivspi.ntleiu declares the Japrneso
Rlilps got the exact range of the for
tifications nnd poured In such a show
er of shells that Son Russians were
killed or wounded. He says tho folU
limit o n leeblo response.
Another repuit of an engagement
on Smiilay g ijs a Russian cruiser was
hit.
Mennwhlln Tokyo Is disturbed over
a report that the llusslnn rhlps have
not nwny from t'oit Arthur anil have
started to Je.in tli Vladivostok squad
n:ti. The Japanese believe that If the
KiiKsInn admiral had miule such a
move Admiral Toko will rntcli him and
force a decisive action at sea.
There has been some skirmishing
in Northern Kori a. Chinese revive
the r'port that a .Japanese forco Is
at Fengwangclieng In Manchuria, Ml
ii'.'les north of the Yalu, and that an
engagement has oeciirred there.
.Iiipan Inn rernlled the newspaper
corn rrondetit from Northern Korea,
Indicating that some secret move. Is
to bo undertaken.
The Chinese Hoard of Foreign Af
fairs lias received a Chinese olllclnl
telegram, reporting an encountpr be
tween the Itiuslnns and .Inpanese nt
I'en'jhiinnsCheng, Mnnchnrlii, last
Thiirsilay, resulting I" favor of the
Japanese. The ftory is discredited by
military experts.
Fortification Bill Pasted.
The Senate passed the fortification
appropriation bill after a three hours
discussion of the amendment author
izing the purchase of an experimental
torpedo boat and the provision for the
purchase of sites for defense works
In tlio Uawn.llnn Hands. Tho torpedo
boat provision was stubbornly fought
but the amendment suggested by the
Committee on Appropriations was re
tained. The Hawaiian provision,
which had been eliminated by the
committee, was restored, and the
sum Increase! from $2nii.i)iio, as fixed
by the House, to $r2fi.lim.
Japanese Story Contradicted.
From the highest olllclnl quarter tho
Associated Press hns received Infor
mation that there Is absolutely no
foundation for the rumors persistent
ly tent out from Tokyo that the Hub
slans are abandoning Port Arthur.
"It Is the veriest nonsense," said the
official. "Nutlilng has occurred there
to warrant such reports. The Japan
ese tleet has not been seen for 4S
hours. The motive of the government
at Tokyo Jn spreading this story Is
probably to Intluence public feeling
In Japan for the purpose of creating
enthusiasm while a war loan Is being
floated."
Russia Floats Big Loan.
The Cologne "Gazette" publishes a
dispatch from St. Petersburg stntlng
Hint tho Tiiisslan government had suc
ceeded In floating a war loan of $200,
(iiMi.nnu. International financiers, the
names of whom are kept a secret, have
agiced to advance the money to Hits
r.la, to be repaid when tho war ends.
The loan will tak the form of con
solidated stock. The money will be
given to the Russian government
when the present resources become ex
hausted. The funds Russia has at
hand will last a considerable time.
Statehood Bill Completed. j
The statehood problem was taken ,
up by the sub-committee of the house :
committee on territories, recently ap-1
pointed to drart ntatehood bills for !
Arizona and New Mexico, and Okla-;
homa and the Indian territory. Tho
bill making a state of the flrat two 1
named was practically comrleted. Tho
difficulty of adjusting the taxation and
other questions with regard to the ad-p-.'sslon
of Oklahoma and the Indian
terr.'tory as a state are next to bo
taken up.
Boys Expelled From College.
Twelve students at Grove City, (Pa.)
college were expelled for disobedience
of tho ruleB prohibiting students from
forming or belonging to any fraternal
order In tho Bchool. The Inlormatlon
was undoubtedly furnUhed by some
member of the society. The president
by a ruse secured the rituals, regalias
and paraphernalia of the society, but
not the membership roll. The society
Is called the "OpoBsum Club."
Wage Reduction Accepted.
Employes of the Aetna-Standard
plant of tho American Sheet Steel
company decided to acevjpt the re
duction proposed by officials and Ova
mills will resume operations. The re
duction of 10 per cent In the scale of
tho Amalgamated Association of Iron,
Steel and Tin Workers has been tho
subject of frequent conferences be
tween the management and a commit
tee of the men.
Balfour Defeated.
Premier Balfour's Government was
defeated In the House cf Commons
by the combined Liberal end National
vote. This reverse was due to the
prohibition by Mr. Wyndham, Chief
Secretary for Ireland, on the teaching
of Gaelic In the Junior grades of tho
Irish National schools.
Lithographer'! Strike.
Ten thousand lithographers through
out ihe country will be out of work
to-mrjrow as a result of the failure to
agred'bn the acceptance of a plan of
arbitration to be operativo for one
year.
Killed by Explosion.
Three porsona were killed nnd eight
others Injured by an explosion of
toy pistol caps, which completely Jo
mollahed the two-story brick manufac
turing plant of the Chicago Toy Novel
ty Company, Western avenue and West
Eighteenth street. The known dead
ore Harry Jordan, foreman, blown
through second ttory window; Alex
ander J. Wllskl, 16 years old. blown
through window; Joseph Bendowsky,
14 years old, burned to death. Others
may have perished. The cause of the
explosion Is unknown.
Bureau Fixes the Age Limit for
Civil War Veterans.
A NEW SCHEDULE 13 ORDERED.
Men of 8ervlce Who Are 62 Years
Old Are Cons dered One-Half
Disabled.
ComnilKKli'.ner of Pensions Waro,
vllh tho approval of Secretary Hitch
cork haa promulgated tho most Import
ant pension ruling that has been ls
tued In a long time. The order fol
lows: OrderrJ, In the adjudication of pen
sion claims under said act of June 27.
1HIIM, as amended, It sliull bn tnken
and considered as an fvl.lontlal fact
If the contrary toes not appear, and If
nil other legal revilrcmciits ore prop
erly met, that when a claimant has
pHhsed the ngo of !2 yenrs ho Is dis
abled one-half In ability to perform
manual labor and Is entitled to bo
rated nt $'l per month; lifter ," years,
nt $s p-r month; alter lift years, at $10
per iimnlh; and altfr 7'l years, jl2
per month.
Allowance at higher rates, not ex
ceeding $12 per month, will continue
to be nindo a? heretofore, where disa
bilities otln r than ngo Miow n condi
tion ol Inability to perform mnminl
labor.
This order shall take effect April 13,
1904, nnd shall not bo deemed retro
active. The former rules of the of
fice fixing the m I til in u in nnd maximum
at r5 years and 75 years respectively
are hereby moillded as above.
The order Itself Is , prefaced by a
preamble which, after citing tho Inws,
rays tho pension bureau has establish
ed with ivniionnbln certainty tho aver
age nntiire nnd extent of the Infirmity
of old age; thai .19 years atter tho
Mexican wnr. congress. In 1887, placed
on the pension roll all Mvxlean war
soldiers who were over C2 yenrB old.
Commissioner Ware, JiiFt before
leaving for a trip south for his health,
fpoke as follows regarding the order,
which ho said, would pavo both tho old
soldiers ami the government a great
deal of money nnd time.
There hns long been In tho bureau
a rule fixing a maximum age limit at
$12 for 75 years. This was mado dur
ing Mr. Cleveland's administration by
Commissioner l.oehren.
GERMANS WANT SANTO DOMINGO
Efforts to Secure Control of That
Revolutionary Island.
Advices from Santo Domingo indi
cate Germany 'Is at work to gain a
treponderant Influence In that repub
lic au will give her a reasonable excuso
to exercise a protectorate over the
country If not to make it a German
colony.
The recent arrival there of the
nephew of tho late President lleureaux
whose assassination preceded the rev
olutions, Is connected with Germany's
designs, M. Heureaux, It la stated has
been exiled and tho hint comes the
cause of his exile is the suspicion that
he Is really acting In the Interest of
Germany.
Ons of the plans attributed to Ger
many Is tire purchase from Sraln, of
a debt of over $21.Oi)H,fiO0. This debt
was contracted after the war of in
dependence In 1803 when a treaty was
r.lgned In which Spain recognized tha
Independence of Santo Domingo and
the latter recognized the above In
debtedness which has never been paid.
It Is asserted at a much later date
Spain freed the Island from this lia
bility with the condition that the debt
should be paid In the event of Its an
nexation to somo foreign power.
If Spain should transfer this debt to
Germany and the latter power should
Insist on Its validity, It would make
Gei ninny the heaviest creditor of the
'iilnnd. Should she try to collect the
debt the only settlement possible
would bo tho giving to Germany of
Santo Domingo territory.
It Is believed In Santo Domingo, ac
cording to the advices received hero,
that unices the United States soon
undertakes the pacification of the re
public, Germany will step In and un
dertake the task.
AGAIN3T THE 8TRIKE.
Return Show Coal Diggers Are Fa
vorable to Reduction.
At ths national headquarters of the
United Mlno Workers of America they
are poeltive the scale has been accept
ed and there will be no strike.
Of the 190,000 miners in the states
voting It Is estimated that 135, miO
voted, and of these 88,500 voted for
the scale and 46,500 voted against It
and In favor of a strike. Maryland
did not vote, not being suro It was en
titled to vote. West Virginia reports
are meager, and no estimate Is made.
Indiana cast 10,000 votes, a. majority
of 2 to 1 for the scale; Illinois cast
30,000 votes with a majority of 2 to 1
against tho scale and In favor of a
strike. Pennsylvania cast 50,000 votes
with a majority of 2 to 1 for the scale.
Kentucky had a small vote, with 3 to
1 for the scalo. Iowa cast 10,000 votes,
with a majority for a strike. Michigan
cast a small vote for the scalo. Ohio
cast 35.1)00 votes, with four to one for
the scalo.
Information from Port Arthur by
letter puts the number of Russian
soldiers in the garrison thore at 2,
500 men.
Reward for Indians.
A doed of heroic proportions will
receive Government recognition If
Senator Quay can induce the Senate
to 'insert an item of $3,400 in the In
dian appropriation bill. This snm he
wants distributed, In equal shares, to
17 Sioux who, In 1862, rescued Mrs.
Julia Wright and Mrs. Emma Deely
and her six children Irom a band of
White Lodge Sioux, which had made
captives of - them- during the Indian
outbreak.
WHOLE CREW DROWNED.
Lieutenant and Ten Men Lose Llvet
In Collision,
Tho llrltlih fiibmarlno boat Nrf. At
was run down nnd sunk tiff Tho Nab
llghtHhlp by a Dotinl Currlo Uner nnd
11 per.'ons were drnwncd, Including
l.leut. ManHorgli, the nenlor officer en
gaged In nitlimnilne work. Tho liner
passed on and reported that i-he had
struck a torp.:i!o.
At tho time sh was s-ruck the ves
sel was off the lli;bti'hlp engaged in
maneuvers nnd was lying ,!n seven
fathoms of wnler waiting tho approach
of a bnltli slilp.
The boi.t was one of th- newest of
the licet of submarine vessels and was
built from the latest models, but she
had always b.en a bad diver. She
was inspected recently by both Klna
Kdwnrd and the i rlneo of Wales.
INDIANS SICK AND DYING.
War Department Takes Measures To
Relieve Native Alaskans.
Representations havo been mtido
to the Wnsli.iigton authorities tbnt tho
('upper River Indians In Alaska are
sick nnd dying from lack of nourish
ment. Assistant Secretary Oliver, of tho
War Department tokgrajhed to (Ion-
nil FtliiKton, cotiitniiiiilltig tho Depart
ment of the Colombia, to do anything
ho can for the Indians In tho Interests
of Immunity. The only military post
in the C')pp: r River region Js a smnll
po.-t at Copper Center used by men of
the Signal Corps, who havo supplies
Kiifllcleut only lor their own subsist
ence. REFUSED SAFETY.
Government's Offer to Remove Mlea
lonarle's Families Rejected.
The state department was Informed
by Minister Allen at Seoul that tho
missionaries In tho neighborhood of
Plugynng have refused to send tholr
women and children aboard the Cincin
nati, where they could bo taken to
plnef s of safety.
The slate departm-nt has felt tnore-
I fore obliged to .Impress upon the nils
1 slonnry representatives In this coun
try t.lint In case of actual hosllltlcs It
cannot undertake to employ tho
United States army and navy In ex
peditions Into the interior of the coun
try which Is the scene of war.
Although missionaries continue to
pay no attention tn thp naming given
by tho United States government they
will hnve to take their ( bailees with
other civilians.
SAW JAP SHIPS FIRST.
Rutclan Fleet Put Back to Port Arthur
for 8afety.
The report that the Port Arthur floet
had attempted a dash for Vladivostok
alter the engagement of March 11 is
confirmed, but, after sighting the Jap
anese fleet reeonnolterlng, on tne 13th,
It returned to port.
Capt. Troubrldge, Itrltlsh naval at
tache at Tokyo, witnessed . the bom
bardment of Port Arthur of March 10
and pr 8,1b js Japanese marksmanship.
Nearly every shell hit the forts or
damaged houses In the town. Tho
fire of the Rnsslnns shells was short.
Viceroy Alexleff reports the capture of
a Jnpanc3o detachment.
NEWS NOTES.
Joseph Nolan, aged 23. was shot and
killed by an unl.no.'.in assassin in a
St. Ixiuls saloon.
Three fast torpedo boat destroyers
and tho cruiser Kagul are nearlng com
pletion at the dockyard In Nlekolalev.
Minister Powell cables the State de
partment from San Domingo that
Samana has again fallen Into tho
hands of the Insurgents.
The President sent to the Senate tho
nomination of Henry W. Shoemaker,
of Ohio, to be Secretary of the United
States legation at Lisbon, Portugal.
The Westinghouse interests have se
cured the moit Important contract
ever let for the "eiectricatlon" of
British docks. The work will Involve
an expenditure of $350,000. .
At Menominee, Mich., William War
ren caused the death of George Stalk
en by striking him with his fist, caus
ing concussion of the brain. Warren
was arrested on a charge of murder.
Judge Llttlejohn, at Amerlcus, Ga
ordered soldiers to PreBton, Ga., to
protect Henry Morgan and Sidney Har
rell, both whites, from lynching. They
are under arrest on a charge of at
tempting to burn the town.
The statistical abstract of the Unit
ed States for 1903, Issued by the De
partment of Commerce and Labor,
shows that the exports of domestic
products from this country exceed
those of any ether country in tho
world.
The car barn of the Chicago Union
Traction Co. at Blue Island avenue and
Leavltt street was destroyed by fire.
About 600 summer cars stored In tho
building were burned. The loss is es
timated at $150,000. Crossed electric
wires caused the blaze.
An effort will be mado to secure an
appropriation from Congress for tho
improvement of the Kaneas river, so
as to guard against a recurrence of
tho floods that hava caused such great
damage at Kansas City.
At a meeting of the congregation
and trustees of the Third Presbyte
rlun Church, of Washington, Pa., it
was unanimously decided to build a
new church edifice at a cost of about
$20,000, They also Increased the sal
ary of their pastor, the Uov. E. C.
Little, $200.
Although discharged only four
montli3 from tho Western penitentiary
after serving a sentence for arson at
Valley Camp, William Forsytho of Ar
nold, Pa., was put In jail, charged by
Mrs. William Gllby with having stolen
thickens.
Mies Ilcstio David, aged 18 years,
died at Walker, Ohio, of Injuries re
ceived Sunday evening while walking
on the railroad track on the way to
church. She was (truck by a train
and bad both legs broken. Her broth
er, aged 16 years, who was Injured at
the tame time, may not recover.
DECISION IN MERGER GASE
Supreme Court Decides Northern
Securities Comoany Illegal.
OPPOSED TO ANTITRUST LAWS.
Decree of the Minnesota Circuit
Court la Upheld In Every Par
ticularCourt Divldod,
Tho United States Supremo court, In
an ( Inlon delivered in the merger
caso of the Northern Securities com
pany vs. tho United States, favored
the government's contention that the
merger was Illegal. The opinion of
the court was hnnded down by Jus
tice Hnrlnn, and it upheld the decree
of the Circuit Court for tho District
of Minnesota In every particular.
Four of the Justices dissented from
tho five constituting the majority.
The division In the court was duo to
a dlfferenco of opinion as to tho right
of Federal control of State corpora
tions. The majority opinion proceed
ed on the theory that Congress has n
right under the Constitution to control
Interstate commerce, no milter by
whom conducted, while tho minority
or dissenting opinion was based on
the theory tbnt in tho present ease
the elfort Is to regulutc tlio ownership
of railroad stocks by Slate corpora
tions nnd that such ownership Is not
Interstate traffic.
Four of the nluo Justices dissented
outright. These were Chief Justice
Fuller and Justices White, peckbam
and Holmes. The opinions of Justices
Hnrlnn and White wero long, whllo
thoso of Justices Brewer and Holmes
wero comparatively brief.
Tho case was brought by the Unit
ed States against the Northern Securi
ties Co., a corporation ol New Jer
sey; tho Great Northern Rnllwny
compnny, a corporation of Minnesota;
the Northern Pacific Railway company,
a corporation of Wisconsin; James J.
Hill, a citizen of Minnesota, and Wil
liam P. Clough, D. Will's James, John
S. Kennedy, j. Piorpnnt Morgan, Rob
ert Uncoil, George F. Raker nnd Daniel
Lomotil, citizens of New York. Its
general object was to enforce, ns
against tho defendants, the provisions
of tho statute of July 2. ISIIH, common
ly known ns tho anti trust act and en
titled "An act to protect trade and
commerce agnltiBt unlawful restraint
and monopolies."
The effect Is to sustain tho conten
tion that tho Sherman anti trust law
npplles to railroad combinations of
the character In question.
Justice Harlan said that In tho
merger of the two roads tho stockhold
ers disappeared and reappeared in tho
Securities Co.. the two thus becoming
practically consofidnted in a holding
company, tho principal object being to
prevent competition.
"No scheme or device." tho rourt
says, "could certainly moro effective
ly come within the prohibition of the
anti-trust law and It Is within the
meaning of the act of a trust."
The contentions of the Securities
Co. were reviewed, and Justice Harlan
said they had full attention. He
quoted the various opinions involving
the trust question, saying that from
them R Is to be gathered that all con
tracts In restraint of trade,, reasona
ble or unreasonable, are prohibited by
the Sherman law, and that Congress
has the power to establish such regu
lations as are laid down In that law.
Congress had power to enact the
statute.
Japanese Cruiser Damaged.
Two Russian f.assengerB of the
steamer Argun, captured by tho Jap
anese off the coast of Korea, Feb
ruary 7 and taken to Saseho, have re
turned to Port Arthur. They say that
while at Sasebo, February 17, they
saw the Japanese cruiser Asuma be
ing towed Into that port without
smokestacks, masts or bildge and her
decks had- been ploughed up by pro
jectiles. The Gprman steamer Stol
berg, which brought from Vladivostok
the survlvers of the Japanese steamer
Nakonoura, sunk by the Russians, waj
still at Nagasaki.
Jones & Laughlin Reopen Mine.
Numerous mines throughout the
Lake Superior region that had been
Idle through tho winter are resum
ing and the situation on the ranges
Is far better than was expected at this
time. Jones & Laughlin of Pittsburg
have reopened their Lincoln mine
range, which was closed since Decem
ber 1. They will mine probably about
tho lame as last year 300,000 tons.
Weds a Chambermaid.
State Senator Daniel Tewey, a well
known politician of Butte, Mont., was
married to Mary Pendergast, a chamb
ermaid, employed at his hotel, anj an
hour later he was named as defendant
In a breach of promise damage suit
for $75,000 brought by Mr3. Elizaboth
Utley, a woman of some means and
good social connections.
Boston Wool Market,
The feature of the wool market the
past week has been the strong demand
for medium and low wools. Prices on
all grades, with the exception of me
dium, are noticeably firm. Current
quotations are as follows: Ohio and
Pennsylvania XX and above, 31c anj
31c; No. 1, 33c; No. 2. 3233c; flno
unwashed, 23 rfr 24c; one-half blood, un
washed, 25'2Gc; three-olghths
blood, unwashed, 25H26c; one
fourth blood, unwashed. 25V42iic;
fine washed delaine, 3536c. Michi
gan X nnd above nominal; No. 1, 23
fi;3Uc; No. 2, 285i2!)c; fine unwashed,
215j 22c; one-fourth blood, unwached.
25&2oV&c.
Coining Gold For Japan.
The San Francisco mint la making
United States coin for the Japanese
government, gold being sent here lor
celnage into money which Will be
used In the purchase of food and
other supplies for the army and navy.
The last two steamers from the Orient
have each brought $2,000,000 worth of
gold bullion from Japan.
STEEL TRADE IMPROVING.
Manufacturer of Agricultural Imple
ments Buty Miners Action Had
Good Effoct
Improvement In trado and Industry
continues, favorable reports largely
outnumbering adverse influences. Tho
most Important event (;t the week was
tne vote by bituminous cr.al miners to
accept tho proposed reduction In wages
This will probably prevent a serious
striigglo that would paralyze inanu
liieiuiliig Just when It Is beginning to
revive.
Traffic delays nro s'lll causing com
plaint and the movement of exhibits to
the St. Ioitls exposition provides a
temporary feature of linrortanco.
Railway earningn thus far available
for March show a decrease of only 8
per cent, as compared with last year's
figures. Another week has brought no
check to the progrtss In tho Iron and
iteel supply, nor Is there any Inclina
tion to advance prices 'by bounds, as
In the boom four years at-. This con
servatism will bring beneficial results
If continued. All divisions of the pig
Iron market are more active, and tho
level of prlcej tends grndually upward.
Tho leading Interest Is cloving; Us
option by taking tiio Iron, and will
probably accept the May delivery when
tho option expires, next month. Sev
eral large undertakings nro progress
ing satisfactorily, providing a good
mark' t for tied and much contemplat
ed work Is becoming more tangible as
the season advawv-H. While no mate
rial Increase Is reported in sales of
steel for railroad or structural pur
poses, tho tone of the market Is better
nnd' there Is moro confidence In tno
future. Pipe Is one of the strongest
features of tho Industry. The fuel sit
uation Is attracting attenlon, coke
shippers being unable to secure cars.
Failures this week numbered 229 In
the United Stales, com pared with 220
Inst year, and 21 In Canada agalu&t 22
a year aijo.
Briidstreet's saya: The backward
mss of' spring trade, generally attribut
ed to almost Interruptedly bad weath
er, tinges most reports from distribu
tive centers, but several developments
of the week havo been notably favor
r.l", chief among those being the con
f.'nir;i Improvement In tho Iron and
tted trade and tho decision of the bi
tuminous miners not to strike against
proposed reduction of wage. The im
provement, noted In Iron and steel has
progressed favorably. Tlio largo
buying by leading Interests some
vveeifs apo has Indiiied freerer pur
chasing by smaller Interests. Agricul
tural Implement manufacturers are
doing the best buMncts In years. Tho
railroads are reported still backward
In taking tiiippl'ics. but late re-forts
point to some leading systems coming
Into the market for t.teel rails. West
ern car works are reported actively
employed and shop siipp'les and tools
are reported to be In moic active re
quest. RUS3IAN3 MEED SIG ARMY,
i
Reports That They Vill Fall Eack
Until Well Reinforced.
Tho best Russian Information ob
tainable admits tlio government's in
tention to fall back indefinitely until
It can complete the mobi:.zatlon of
300,i'('0 troops f-;r the purpose of as
saulting and opposing tho Japanese
and probably 2"0.(i(i0 to oppose the
Chinese. The sams opinion asserts
that Vice Admiral Makaroff will fight
hard. He is determined to weaken the
enemy at any cost nnd make tho oper-
I atnn of the Ualtic sea fleet in the Far
! Hart feasible, though It mny be neces
! fa.-y to fight without the Pallada,
j Czarevitch and Retvizan. which, It is
admitted, cannot be fully repaired
vit.Mn Fix months.
KUBELIK MOBBED.
I Crocert Broken Up By a Race Riot
In Austria.
The ferocity of the race hatred be
tween Germany and the Czt-chs wa
manifested at LInz, v.'hcn an infuriat
ed mob of Germans In revenge for
the Ill-treatment of Teutons In Prague
stormed the hall where Kubellk was
playing and compelled the violinist to
seek safety In flight.
His manager was warned to cancel
tho concert, but refused. A mob of
thousands gathered outside the hall
and jeered the auditors entering. Fin
ally the mob broke the police cordon,
stormed the hall, smashed the decora
tions and threw missiles at Kubellk,
who plucklly continued playing until
his manager called for him to stop.
The mayor's efforts to restore orJer
failed and Kubellk escaped to his ho
tel. WARSHIP BADLY DAMAGED.
Serious Nature of Accident to Illinois
Not Divulged at First.
But for the watertight compart
ment of the battleship Illinois it would
be resting at the bottom of the sea
off Culebra. Tho Illlonois, which is
now ready to go into dry dock in the
brooklyn navy yard, was run Into by
the United Stat?s steamship Missouri
two weeks ago. but her serious condi
tion was kept secret.
Capt. Bradford, the commander of
tho mine's, says that one of her pro
pellers was disabled and there is an
Immense hole In her side below the
water line. The collision occurred
whllo tho vessels were maneuvering
eft Cu'.ibra nnd tho blame Is said to
rest on tho Missouri.
Cartaln Ivkov, of tho Manrhurlan
Commissariat Service, has been sum
marily court-martialed and shot for
acting as a spy In tho pay of the
Japanese,
Robb Will Assist Knox.
Charles H Robh. of Vermont, attor
ney In the Postoffice department, has
been chosen assistant attorney general
to succeed H. M. Hoyt, appointed so
licitor general of the department of
Justice. Mr. Robb was active in the
prosecution of the postal cases, which
led to the arrest of Beavers, Machen
and other high officials In tho Post
office department
An explosion of nitroglycerin, at
Oakland, Cal killed two laborers anj
crippled a third.
KEYSTONETATE CULLINGS
KILLED FOR A DOLLAR.
Dlcpute Among Negro Miners Ends
In Murder Two Men Killed
by Falling From Scaffold.
Phillips Johnson, colored, 25 years
old and rlnglc, was shot In a shanty
at Ellsworth by NclBon Phetor, also
colored, who mado his escapo. Tiie
men wero employed by W. F. PM'cr
son, who Is sinking a new air ehsft
for the Ellsworth mines. Johnson nr.J
Leroy Phefer are Mid to have had a
dispute about a dollar which Johnson
alleged Phefer owed him, when Nelson
Pbefer, a brother of Leroy, Interferon
and shot Johnson threo times, twice
la the breast and once In tho left arm.
Johnson ran to the farm house nearby,
where hn was cared for during the
night The only physician In ?;irs
worth was unablo to render medical
attention because of his own illness
and Johnson died this morning with
out receiving medical attention.
Two men were killed by falling from
a scaffold from the Duquesne steel
works yesterday afternoon. Oustav .
Lux, aged 23, of pearl street, McKces
port, wan crushed to death instantly;
Joseph Katie, aged 22, of McKoesport.
died at tho McKeesport horpltal two
hours later. The men were boiler
makers and were working about a
stack, some 20 feet from the ground.
The Dauphin county court handed
down an opinion signed by Judge
Velss In the caso stated of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania vs K.
Hampton Mooro, treasurer of Phila
delphia, to determine tho disposal of
$9,418. f,3 of license taxes collected in
th9 city of Philadelphia during 1901,
Ifi02 and 1003. The opinion holds in
favor of the Commonwealth and City
Treasurer Moore Is directed to pay tho
taxes to the State with Interest from
Juno 30, 19U3, at 2 per cent
Louis Hippo, Oeorgo Farmlngton,
c-iarlcs Denny and Clarence Skelly, of
Altoona, whoso ages rango from 15 to
18 years, confessed to having banj
ed themselves together to commit sys
tematic robberies and to loot lofts and
coops of chickens and pigeons. Offi
cers found valuablo plunder In the
homes of the accused.
As a result of the discovery that
$82,000 worth of Washington .bor
ough bonds have been declared Inval
id, It Is probable that the big demon
stration plannod for noxt Fourth of
July In connection with the dedica
tion of the new city park will hare
to bo called off.
Sherman Flanlgan, 28 years old,
d'icd at tho Altoona hospital. Ho was
found recently wandering around with
both feot frozen. To save his life
they were amputated, but he was un
ablo to stand the shock. He Is said
to be a member of a wealthy Virginia
family.
Carp by the thousand wero ground
to death In the breaking up of th
big Ice gorgo on the Susquehanna riv
er, and since the receding of the wa
ters the dead fish are strewn in tho
mud and Ice which has been loft up
on the shores.
Rev. J. W. Plannette, of Linesvllle.
has been appointed a clerk In the lie
partment of Internal Affairs at Harrls
burg. Mr. Plannotto was chsplain of
the Two Hundred and Eleventh Penn
sylvania regiment in the Civil war.
He Is a retired Baptist clergyman.
Fo,ur unidentified men were burn
ed to death In a box car containing
gasoline at Harrisburg. Two others.
George K linger, of Harrisburg and
William C. Lyter, of LewlBtown, bare
ly escaped with their lives.
Rev. R. P. Daubenspeck, pastor of
the Presbyterian church of Apollo, an
nounced to his congregation that he
has decided not to accept the call of
tha First Presbyterian Church of
Steubenville, O.
Joseph 8. Martin. 28 years old, was
drowned In a lake in a Colorado game
preserve. He was a son of Contractor
Thomas F. Martin, of Altoona, and
graduated from St. Vincent's college
in 1892.
An explosion of a large 'charge of
dynamite and gunpowder at tho Penn
sylvania railroad Improvements, near
Millersburg. Instantly killed James
Kerns, a foreman and a laborer named
Mazlgottl.
The Spearman furnace, of the She
nango Furnace company, at Sharps
vine, was started after a long Idleness.
Judge S. H. Miller lighted the fires In
the big stack.
Mrs. John P. .Elkln, who has been
111 tn a Philadelphia hospital for some
time, has recovered sufficiently to bo
taken to Palm Beach, Florida. The
family accompanied her. -
The pay of the Pennsylvania rail
road shopmen at Altoona for February,
amounts to $502,985. the largest
amount for the shortest month In the
company's history.
The chain works at Carlisle, belong
ing to the Standard Chain company,
of Pittsburg, was destroyed by fire.
The loss is estimated at $10,000. Over
100 men are thrown Idle.
The Ella blast furnace at West Mid
dlesex, resumed operations after a six
months' Idleness. About 150 men are
benefited.
The Mahler window glass plant at
DuBoli, resumed work at the Phila
delphia scale. It Is expected the
fires will last until June.
Dr. N. L. K. Cllne. of Scottdale,
whllo examining an old gun. discharg
ed tho weapon, the charge almost tak
ing off his let t foot.
A lump of coal has been sent from
the mines near Freeport. to tho
World's lair at. St. Louis. The lump
weighed 2.000 pounds.
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