V
Tcco'a Float Withdraws When
Russian Ships Move Out.
JAP SHI? HIT AND RETIRED.
Constant Skirmishing Between Out
posts of Japanese and Russians
et the Yalu River.
Admiral Togo's fleet renewed the
bombardment of Port Arthur on the
221. Tho a'.ticl; wa3 Ucpt up for sev
eral hours, but the Russian reports
Si ye no Indication that It had much
effect. It Is admitted that many shells
fell Into the town and that five sol
diers were killed. It Is declared that
one ..apanese ship was hit and had to
withdraw. The whole fleet sailed
away at noon.
The Ice at Newchwang Is rapidly I
breaking up. and a Japanese attack la :
xpeoted there.
Russian patrols are in touch with
the JataiiFto at Anju In Western Ko
rea and at other points across the
country to the east coast. A large 1
force of Russians Is reported at the
Yalu. There Is constant skirmishing
between the outposts. j
A mob of 200 Koreans, probably pro
Russians, rose against the Japanese
at Samun. The Japanese dispersed :
thorn, killing five, wounding 20 and j
capturing 3d. A Japanese soldier was
wounded.
A message from Shanghai says: I
"A proclamation of the rebel loader, '
Yuan, says he has no Intention of!
causing trouble to the Chinese or to
foreigners .In China, but he will raise
lO.OOo men. march to the Western
Ocean, and destroy the Christian re
ligion of foreign countries. The proc
lamation especially condemns the
Koreun Catholics."
WABASH STOCK INCREASED.
Addition of $50,000,003 to Railroad's
Capital Authorized. j
At a special meeting held In Toledo
the tockholders of the Wabash rail
way voted to authorize an .Increase of
$50,000,000 in the company's capital
stock. This is to comply with the law ,
of Missouri, under which the Wabash :
Is Incorporated, which provides a com
pany cannot have a greener bonded In
debtedness than Its .tal stork.
Since the organlif..cn of the Wab
ash the bonded debt of the company
has exceeded Its capital by about
$43,0CO,oo(, but the Increase voted to
day brings the capital stork up to
$102,COO.Oim. about $7,000,000 more
than Its bonded debt. This meeting
also voted to ratify the execution of
the agreement between the Wabash
and the Bowling Green Trust Com
pany, trustee for an Issue of $10,ooo,
000 of first lien BO-year 4 per cent gold
bonds to provide money for the Im
provement of terminal facilities in va
rious cities, including its crosstown
line and new central station In Toledo.
TROOPS CALLED OUT.
State of Rebellion Exists in Las
Animas County, Colorado.
A proclamation was Issued by Gov.
Peabody of Colorado, declaring the
county of Las Animas in a state of In
surrection and rebellion. Subsequent
ly an order was Issued for 300 troops
under command of MaJ. Zeph T. Hill
to proceed to Trinidad, the county
seat. In his proclamation the Gover
nor says that there exists in Las Ani
mas county a cortain class or Indivi
duals who are fully armed and resist
ing the laws of the State and offering
violence to citizens and property. Las
Animas county forms the larger por
tion of the Southern Colorado coal
fields, where members of the United
Mine Workers of America have been
on strike for several months.
KEARSACE BEATS THE WORLD.
New Battleship Makes Target Record
Never Equaled in Any Navy,
In a private letter received nt the
Navy Department from an officer on
board the Kearsage. the following re
markable record made by the battle
ship In her target practice, Just com
pleted at Pensacola, is given:
One 13-inch gun made six hits out
of seven shots in 5 minutes and 20
seconds. An 8-Inch gun made ten hits
out of ten shotB in 5 minutes and 20
seconds, and a 5-Inch gun made IS hits
out of 18 shots in 2 minutes.
At the Navy Department this rae
ord was declared to be the best ever
made by an American warship and, aj
far as the officials know, it has cot
been equaled in any foreign navy.
LOCAL OPTION BILL PASSED.
Ohio House Takes Action on Import
ant State Measure.
The Brannock bill, providing for
db'rlct nca option elections la ci
ties ad v.liag-s of the State ot Ohio,
pastel the Huiue by a vote of 71 to
38. Advocates of the measure say It
will pass the Senate and that It will
be signed by the Governor. The bill
provluea Kr local option elections lu
"residence districts" instead of wards.
The measure also exempts blocks
on streets were 75 per cent ol the
frontage on both sides of the street
Is used for business purposes. Liquor
may be delivered In districts which
have voted agalnut saloons.
Probing Beef Trust.
The Department of Commerce and
Labor la making an Investigation of
the beef trust in accordance with a
resolution paused by the House recent
ly. When the necessary information
la collected It will be transmitted to
the President. It Is llkoly some, per
haps all of It, will be sunt by him to
Congress. This investigation will be
made by the officials of the depart
ment with outside assistance and the
proceedings will be devoid ot spoctacu
far features. '
STRANGLED TO DEATH.
Body of Young Hostler Is Pound en
Lonely Road.
H-nry Eooth, aged 18 year eld, a
liojtlcr employed In the livery stables
of 0. W. make, of Nllea, O.. was
killed on the lonely read, near Salt
Springs. No arrests have been made,
and the police are said to have no
clues. i:o.ith was sent to Salt Springs
to carry William Messcr, a railroad
employe, homo after his week's work.
He left Meuer at h!a homo and start
ed back.
Evidence goes to show that Rooth
was attacked by an unknown arty,
dragged from the carriage and choked
to death on the roadside. The rig
was found by a young man Just be
fore rr.ldnlght.
Rooth'a body was found by the side
of the road, near his home. Booth
had some money when he left the
stables, but his pockets were empty
when the body was found. The young
man came from Columbus, O., a few
months ago. His throat was terribly
scarred by the hand of his assailant.
PROGRESS OF THE WAR.
Another Report That Port Arthur Has
Been Taken by Japanese.
While the Russians deojare that
the Japanese have not landed on the
coast of Manchuria Toklo has a report
that a force did get ashore behind
Port Arthur Saturday night and cap
tured the place. The fleet co-operated
In the attack.
The Russian commander at the Yalu
admits that the Japanese army In
Korea la advancing toward the river,
and has occupied Anju, north of Ping
Yang, the previous base. UnofflcJal re
ports tell of some fighting. In one en
gagement the Russian loss is said to
have been fino.
The correspondent of the Paris
Figaro at Rome says the Japanese Le
gation there announces that repairs
to the Japanese fleet are actively pre
ceedlng. In order that the vessels may
be ready to meet the Russian Baltic
fleet.
EARTHQUAKE IN NEW ENGLAND.
Shock Felt In Several Cities, Chimneys
6haken Down.
An earthquake caused a tremor
throughout the entire eastern section
of New Kn gland. Beginning at St.
John, N. B the seismic vibrations
traversed ttvj State of Maine, causing
tome slight damage to buildings In Au
gusta, Bangor and Portland. The
Bhock was felt plainly as far
south as Taunton, in Mass. Reports
from Manchester, N. H., and Spring
field, Mas., state that the vibrations
were felt distinctly In those two cities.
At Augusta, Me., chimneys were shak
en down and crockery was smashed.
The vibrations lasted several seconds.
MERGER 8TOCK PLAN.
Holders of Northern Securities Will
Receive Original Railway Shares.
Distribution of the Northern Pacific '
and Great Northern stocks held by
the Northern Securities Company Is j
to be made on a pro rata basis, pro-;
vldlng the stockholders by a three-j
quarters majority, approve tho de-
clslon of the directors made at a
special stockholders' meeting to be
held cn Tuesday, April 21. j
Instead of returning the exact stock
turned In, each holder of Northern '
Securities Company is to receive part
Northern Pacific and part Groat j
Northern preferred. i
In the distribution there will be re-'
turned for each share of Northern i
Securities $39.27 In the stock of the
Northern Pacific Railway Company j
and $30.17 In the stock of the Great
Northern Railway Company. As the
Northern Pacific was taken In at 115
and th9 Groat Northern at 180, the
exact value of tho former under the
proposed exchange Is $45.16, and of the
latter $54.30, making a total of $99.47, 1
or C3 cents less than the full par val-1
ue of Northern Securities stock.
No Damages for Pass Holders.
United States supreme court agam
decided that parsons traveling on rail
roads may not secure damages In case
of accident when they ride on passes,
and the decision went to the extent ot
applying tho principle to such passen
gers who are not familiar with tho
contract usually printed on tho back
cf passes. The casa decided wa3 that
of John D. Bo.Tlng and his wlfo,
Mearllng Boerlng, v. The Chesupc-uKe
Beach Railway. Mrs. Boerlng was
Injured in an accident on the road
while traveling on a pass issued to
herself and husband containing tho
usual stipulation of exemption from
damags.
NEWS NOTES.
Governor Warfleld. of Maryland,
signed the "Jim Crow" bill.
General Kouroputkin expects to have
600,000 men in tho Far East next Aug
ust. Former Mayor William R. Grace
died of pneumonia at bis residence In
New York. He was In bis 72d year.
He had been noted for his philan
thropies. Gov. Warfleld, of Maryland, signed
the bill passed by the legislature ap
propriating $250,000 for tho relief of
destitution In Baltimore, though $40,
000 of this amount will be used in
paying the militiamen for their ser
vices while they were policing the
Paul Kruger, formerly President of
the Transvaal, has Inherited a
small fortune from Charles Cbabos
aean, a school teacher of Ste. Bazellle,
who was an ardent admirer of Uio
Boers.
There Is a rumor that a quantity ot
ammunition at Vladivostok has been
found unusable, as it docs not At the
guns.
Through equity proceedings brought
in the United States Circuit court the
ABtoiia Steel company, a corporation
owning a $500,000 plant at Astoria, L.
I., has gono into the banc, of a re
ceiver. George Carnegie, proprietor of Dun
geness, once the home of General Na
thaniel Greene, and l Jephow of An
drew CarnegU, lias announced his
cadldacy tor the Georgia Senate cn the
Democratic ticket.
Japs Again Inflict Damage in the
Harbor at Port Arthur.
FOUGHT FURIOUS ENGAGEMENT.
Russians Massing .Troops In Two
Lines Chinese Coolies Throwing
Up Earthworks at Dalney.
A special dispatch from Yokohama
repeats the report sent from Tokio
that the Japanese made an attack on
Port Arthur March 18 and sank a Rus
sian battleship.
A special dispatch from Mojl, oppo
site Shimonosek'l, Japan, says the
Japanese fleet made another attack
on Port Arthur March 18, bombarded
the city and its defenses and fought a
furious engagement with the Russian
fleet outside the harbor, destroying
one Russian battleship.
Seven Japanese casualltles are re
ported. There Is no Information con
cerning the Japanese fleet's conmitou.
The Navy Department has not been
advised of this engagement, but evi
dently expects news.
This is the first announcement of
an engagement off Port Arthur on
March 13. Special dispatches to Lon
don this afternoon gave the same
details of an engagement, but give the
date as March 22, which probably is
correct.
The Russians are being massed In
force along their first line from Feng-Huong-Cheng
northward for 30 mileB,
while their second line extends from
Mukden to Hal-Cheng.
All the rolling stock required for
use In the Far East has now crossed
Lake Baikal. The last locomotive was
token over yesterday.
Forty trucks of grain reach Port
Arthur dally.
According to prlvato advices from
Vladivostok the Russian squadron Is
still there.
A correspondent writes that he saw
crowds of Chinese coolies throwing up
earthworks on the trownlng Impregna
ble Dalny. This shows that tho Rus
sians are determined to resist the
Japanese attempt to land on the neck
of tho IJao-Tung peninsula.
VOTED FOR IMPEACHMENT.
Federal Judge for Florida District
Charged With Irregularities,
The House Committee on Judiciary
voted to Impeach Jud.ve Charles
Swayne, Foderal Judge of the District
of Florida.
The charges on which tho testimony
was taken Include those of being ab
sent lrom his circuit; being a non-resident
of his district; Imprisoning a
lawyer In a contempt proceedings;
imprisoning the son of a litigant, also
for contempt of court, and refusing to
hear a witness, alleging that he would
not believe the witness under oath.
The last Impeachment proceedings
were those of Andrew Johnson. Only
three Federal Judges have been Im
peached. The proceedings against Judge
Swayne, if carried to the Senate, un
doubtedly will delay for several weeks
the adjournment of the present ses
sion of Congrefs. If the Senate de
cides against Judge Swayne the pen
alty Is the loss of his Judgeship.
CAPITAL NOTES.
Before the House Committee on In
terstate and Foreign Commerce Sec
retary Talt urged the passage of tho
Loverlng bill for the government ot
tho Panama canal zone.
Representative Hearts offered a
resolution to appoint a House commit
tee to investigate the subject ot
trusts.
The House Judiciary Committee au
thorized a favorable report on the
Jenk-lns bill extending to five years
the statute ot limitations as It af
fects Government employes.
A new treaty regulating the ad
mission of Chinese Into tho United
States, Is in preparation. The exist
ing treaty, which was made by Secre
tary Gresham. and Minister Yu, in i
18S4, will expire next December, by
limitation.
Americans Kill 15 Phlllpplnos.
Captain DeWltt, with a detachment
of constabulary and Lieutenant Pit
ney, with a detachment of scouts,
have Just encountered Maearlo Sakay,
tho so-called president of the Phlllp
plno republic. Sakay, with 15 of his
followers, were killed and tho re
mainder of the band was captured.
There were no casualltles on the part
of tho Americans.
New Naval Bill.
Representative John Dalzell, of
Pittsburg, Introduced a bill amending
the navy personnel act, passed In 1899,
bo as to provide that officers of the
navy and marine corps shall receive
the same pay on shoro duty as when
they are at sea. Under the present
law Buch officers are given 15 per cent
more pay when at sea than when de
tailed for service on land.
Ameer of Afghanistan Poisoned,
A dispatch from Ashkabad (the cap
ital of the Russian trans-Caspian terri
tory), says a rumor is current there
that the Ameer of Afghanistan has
been pultcntd. Habl-bullab Khan, the
Ameer of Afghanistan, was born In
1872, and succeeded to the throne on
the death of bis father, Abdur Rahman
Khan, October 1, 1901.
Incendiary Fire.
, Fire broke out In the Miller Clark
Grain Company's four-story now brick
building at Fairmont, W. Va., and at 0
o'clock the buildings, including a $30,
COO stock of grain, etc.', were destroy
ed. The building and stock were val
ued at ISo.OiiU, insurance $30,000. The
origin of the fire is not yet known. It
is believed to be the 'work of an In
cendiary from the fact that nine Ares
have occurred within three days. Two
boys, Latham and A. Flumlng, were
arretted.
SIR EDWIN ARNOLD DEAD.
Famous English Author and Journalist
Passes Away.
Sir Edwin Arnold, tho poet anil Jour
nalist, died In London on the 24th Inst.
Although Sir Edwin suffered ot lato
years from partial paralysis he was
not taken seriously 111 until last week.
He continued his literary work until
quite recently, his last writing being
In connection with the Russo-Japanese
war. In which he was greatly interest
ed. Sir Edwin Arnold, K. C. I. E.,t.'i!ow
of Bombay university, of tho Royal
Asiatic society, officer of the Wlilto
Elephant, of 81am, also of the Crown
of Slam, rlelng sun of Japan, second
class of the Imperial MedlJIdle, third
class of Osmenlch, commander of the
lion and Sun of Persia, author rnd
Journalist, was born at Oravesend,
June 10. 1832.
He was educated at Kings hchool,
Rochester; Kings colle-u. London, nud
University college, . Oxford.' Af"r
graduation he became master of King
Edward's school at Birmingham. In
jr. -in ne went to inula ana necame
principal ot the government Deccan
college, Poona, Bombay. This posi
tion he held until 1861, when he be
gan a connection with the editorial
and literary staff of tho Dally Tele
graph, which he still continued at the
time of his death.
His publications Include "The Light
of Asia," "Light of the World," and
many other works, in verse and prose.
He was married three times. His
first wife was Katharine Elizabeth,
daughter of the Rev. Theodore Bid
dulph; his second, Miss Fannie, daugh
ter of the Rev. W. H. Channlng, of
Boston, and his present wife a Japa
nese woman, whose maiden name was
Tama Kurokawa, of Sendal, Japan.
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.
The National bank at Holdenvlllc, I.
T., has closed its doors.
Tho supreme court of the United
States adjourned for two weeks for
the usual Easter recess.
Dr. Joseph S. Duff, of Allegheny,
Pa., died from effects of a dose of
carbolic acid, swallowed by mistake.
Miss Anita Kolly was awarded $35,
000 damages against the Santa Bar
bara (Cal.) Hotel Company for the loss
of a limb in an elevator accident.
Capt. Richmond Pearson Hobson Is
making a vigorous campaign for con
gress against Representative Bank
head In the Sixth (Ala.) district.
George W. Borgman, a Detroit music
dealer, shot Constable Joseph Schmel
zer, who had served a writ of eject
ment on blm, then took his own life.
Andrew iHgr.'.gg, Arthur Everhart and
Edward Hert, young men of Jefferson
ville, Ind., were drowned In tho Ohio
river. Their boat was urset.
Senator Carmack offered a resolu
tion calling for an Investigation into
the legality ot Pension Commissioner
ii- . . i
times ruuciii uuer luuteaauig (jl-ii-
slons.
Baltimore and Ohio fast freight No.
07 ran Into a rock that fell from tho
mountain Bide CO miles west of Cum
berland, Md. Two men were killed
and one was fatally hurt.
The historic toll house along the
old national turnpike, between Boons
boro and FunkBtown, Md., was de
stroyed by Are. The building, a two
story frame structure, erected many
years ago, when tho Government con
structed the National road. '
Representative Dayton, of West
Virginia, Introduced a bill allowing
two months' extra pay to enlisted men
of tho navy who served outside the
United States during tho war with
Spain and one month extra to thoao
who served within the United States
during that time.
RUSSIANS DEMORALIZED.
Officers Commit Suicide and Soldiers ,
8hot for Desertion.
News from Port Arthur, dated ;
March 17, states that an elaborate sys
tem of barbed wire barricading has
been constructed, encircling tho land
approaches. Dynamite mines also
have been laid. Arctic weather pre
vails nt Port Arthur and the popula- j
tlon Is demoralized. S?veral officers
committed sulcido under the strain j
caused by the reverses and over 50
soldiers have been Ehot for desertion
in the lest two weeks. The total ;
casualties in Port Arthur to date are
said to bo 205. i
Star Route Cash Cut Down.
In tho House, tho appropriation for
tho reilway mall service was carefully
scrutinized, and In the case of inland
mall transportation by star routes the
appropriation was scaled down from
$8,100,0'0 to $7,850,000. No part of
the appropriation can be used for the
rental of cars In service more than
flftoen years.
Burned in Hotol Fire.
A serious explosion of natural gas
In the Sharpe hotel at Littleton, Va.,
caused the complete destruction of
that building and a restaurant adjoin
ing by fire, and the death of William
Lawson, a guest of Pittsburg. The
charred remains of the latter were
found In the ruins next morning. The
flnnucial loss was $5,000.
Wounda Wife, Kills Son and 8elf.
Christian Kirschoffler, a boarding
house keeper In Kent avenue, Brook
lyn, N. Y., shot and killed bis 4-year-old
son, dangerously wounded bis wife,
and then committed suicide by shoot
Jealousy Is the supposed cause.
Ohio Miners to Work.
The Exectitlvo Commlttuo of tho
Ohio Miners Association iuuuod a let
tor to the six eub-dlstrleta, ordering
tho men to continue work nftor April
1 unt'il tho wage sealo can be adjust
ed, and asking district organizations
to arrange for scalu meetings.
C. W. Stutz, operator of tho Baltl
moro and Ohio, at Dawson, uuai
Cumberland, Md., was assaulted at
midnight, while on duty, by an un
known man and remained uncon
scious for half an hour.
Many Sections Suffer from Ex
traordinary Storms.
GALE STRIKES EAST ST. LOUI8.
Buildings Wrecked by Tornado and
Several People Injured Chicago
Suburbs Also Suffer.
Conservative estimates of the dam
age caused by the flooded rivers and
creeks ot lower Michigan place the
property loss at more than $1.00O,0lM).
At Lansing alone the figures are
placed at $200,000. Two lives have
been lost, that of an unknown Ar
menian, standing on a bridge at Lans
ing when It was washed away, and a
boy who drowned In a flooded street at
Owosso. - ' ' ' '"
From Kalamazoo comes the report
that every bridge for 60 miles along
the Kalamazoo river has been swept
away. In Kalamazoo 3,000 people have
been thrown out of work. Houses In
that city have been swept away from
their foundations and portions of the
tracks of the Lake Shore Michigan
Traction Company and Chicago, Kala
mazoo and Saginaw road has been
washed away. At Lansing many man
ufacturing plants were compelled to
shut down. About 250 residences have
been flooded and bridges have gono
out. Four Area resulted from the flood
to-day, and it is estimated that the
total damage will aggregate $200,000.
Three buildings ol' the Pittsburg
Reduction Company on tho Southern
railroad tracks, at East St. Louis, were
wrecked by the hurricane, entailing
a loss ot $15,000 or $20,000 and injur
ing one man so badly that he may die.
Tho one-story brick acid house, in
which 25 men were working, and the
one-story workshop were destroyed.
Andrew Boeger was badly crushed and
may die.
One of tho most severe storms Chi
cago has ever known In many years
passed over Thursday night. Great
damage was done in the suburbs to
the south of tho city ami considerable
loss was sustained north cf the city
proper.
The storm In the vicinity of Indiana
Harbor was tho most severe ever
known there. The storm covered the
entire region around Hammond and
Indiana Harbor, and was cyclonic In
Its nature. In addition to tho Barker
building, six other structures aro de
molished, and at least 32 are unrooted.
POSTAL BILL PASSED.
Resolution Permitting Rural Carriers
to Handle Merchandise.
The House passed the postofflce ap
propriation bill after a prolonged do
bate on the paragraph affecting rural
letter carriers, which was inserted
under a special order of the Commit
tee on Rules. Every amendment and
substitute offered to this paragraph
was voted down.
The paragraph relating to rural let
ter carriers was Inserted through tho
pfforts of Mr. Dalzell, Republican,
Pennsylvania, by a resolution. It
provides a salary of not to exceed
$720 per annum and prohibits the bo
llcitlng of business or the reception
of orders by carriers lrom any person.
Arm or corporation, but permits tho
carriers, under certain restrictions, to
carry mcrehandlBo for hire for and up
on request of patrons residing upoa
their respective routes.
TK3EE KILLED IN RACE RIOT.
Deputies, Fired Upon From Ambush, 1
Take Quick Revenge, -Three
negroes were killed in a bat- j
tie between blacks and whites at St.
diaries, Ark. A posseo of deputy
cherlffs was engaged In a search for j
two negroes who had seriously wound
two white men in a flit fight at St.
Charles.
While passtn3 through a section of
woodland they were fired upon from a
thicket by negroes. The deputies re
turned tho' fire and Instantly killed
Garrett Flood, Will Madison and Will
Baldwin.
Sunk Ships In Harbor.
The Japaneso fleet renewed the at
tempt to block up tho entrance to
Port Arthur on the night of tho 22d
Inst. Sixteen warships escorted Beven
merchant steamers to the mouth of
the harbor. Under cover of a bom
bardment the steamers ran In and
were sunk by tholr crows In the de
sired positions. Dotails have not yot
been received. No fewer than 3,00
Jarinese officers and bluejackets vol
unteered for the duty of manning the
steamers destined to block Port Ar
thur. Three Killed by Train.
Three persons were run down and
killed at Sutcr Station, lour miles
west of West Newton, Pa., by pas
senger train No. 12, the Duquesne lim
ited, on tho Baltlmoro & Ohio railroad.
The dead are John McCormick, aged
24 years ot Braddock avenue and
Fifth street, Braddock; Miss Donahr.e,
aged 20, of Gratztown; Miss Cooper,
aged 18, of Gratztown. The three vie
tinm were walking the tracks.
Russia Buys Big Ships.
A private dispatch recoived at
Hamburg says tho Hamburg-American
Steamship Company has sold the
steamer Fucrst Ilismurck to Russia
and that the negotiations for the salo
of the stoamor Kaiser Fredorlch are
now completed.
SPY BURIED ALIVE.
Foreigners Fleeing to Escape Out
rages by "Red nearda."
Kataoka, a Japaneso merchunt and
a Russian spy, has been assabslnated
at Tientsin by being buried alive. Tho
Japanese residents show universal Joy
at tho fate of this traitor. The Japan
ese authorities disclaim all knowledge
of the authors of the crime.
British and American residents at
New Chwang are fleeing away hastily
owing to outrages by "Red Beards"
outside tha walls.
SPRINQ BUSINESS EXPANDING.
Failure to Adjust Wage Conditions Bo
tween Employers and Employes
Retards Building Operations.
R. O. Dun & Co.'s Review of Trade
says: Little change In trade condi
tions Is noted for the past week.
Storms and floods did much damago to
property and threatened agricultural
prospects at the start, but subsequent
ly the weather Improved and the out
look brightened. 8prlng trade Is ex
panding, although still backward to
some extent, and new labor con
troversies have added to the number
of unemployed, despite an amicable ar
rangement of the sheet and tin plate
scale. Building operations would be
vigorous If employers and wage earn
ers could adjust differences. Inquiries
for structural material are out of pro
portion to new permits, which Is prob
ably due to the fart that there la much
resumption of postponed work. Rail
way earnings In three weeks of March
are only 1.4 per cent amsller than a
year ago and far In excess of any pre
ceding year. Trifling advances In sev
erol departments of the iron and steel
Industry Indicate that there Is less
pressure to soil and more readiness on
the part of purchasers to place orders
that have been held back since the
opening of the year. Yet the market
Is extremely Irregular and the futuro
conte.lns many elements or uncertainty.
The soft coal situation Is no longer
disturbing, and It Is generally .believed
lower prices will be available when tho
new season opens. The structural
shapes of steel aro sought, numerous
contracts being offered, and more are
about ready to be placed, but, aside
from special orders for locomotives,
the new business is small on railway
account. Agricultural implement mak
ers are busy, merchant pipe Is in good
demand and machinery lines will be
stimulated by the beginning of work
on the Panama canal and other big
undertakings about to be started.
Bradstreet's says: The situation In
the metal markets generally Is a very
satisfactory one. Following the activ
ity In pig Iron noted last week there
has come a lull In buying demand, but
no evidences of weakness In prices.
F.nlnhed products have improved.
Sales of steel rails are rather more nu
merous and transportation companies
aro said to be better 'buyers of shop
and track materials, on order for 8,000
car3 having been placed with Chicago
manufacturers. Pittsburg re;orts the
market for steel billets and Bteel bars
very firm wth demand heavy.
Exposition Stamps to be laaued.
The postofilce department announc
ed that a special series of stamps. In
Avo denominations, to romniemmorate
the Iyouln purchase of 18'i3, and to be
known as the commemorat.ve series
of 1901, will bo issued, beginning April
21, for Balo to the pu'.iic during the
term of tho cxpo:.'.lion, from April 30
to December 1, 1904. A supply of tho
regular Issue of stamps also will bo
kept In Btock by all poa'.offlcos during
this period.
j Dowager Empress Want Peace.
I Tho Dowager Empress cf China has
I negatived the propnsal of Viceroy
j Yuan-Shl-Kal, Camnianiler-ln-CKef of
I the Chinese military forces, and Gen
j eral Ma, that China cenciudo on open
alliance with Japan, In view of Rus
sia's repeated violations of Chinese
territory west of the Llao river. Her
Majesty counsels patience and a firm
attltudo.
WRECKED BY THE STORM.
Missouri Town Suffers From Effects
cf Wind and Hail.
A Bpoclal from Higginsvi'.le, Mo
cays 50 buildings aro partly wrecked,
cue man mortally wounded and sev
eral others hurt, the town Is In dark
ness and the Btrccts strewn with de
bris as the result of a tornado and
hailstorm.
The hall on the streets wa3 a foot
deep within five minutes after the
storm began and somo cf th stones
were as largo as hen cgg3. Dozens
of trees were blown down and several
horses killed on the streets.
Wind and hall came first and was
followed with a terrific downpour of
rain which filled noa.-ly every cellar
In town. The storm kept within a nar
row path, only about two blocks of
the business quarter being damaged.
Gorder and Alma, Mo., are said to
bo considerably damaged. According
to meager reports several liou.'es In
both Gorder and Alma were wrecked.
J. W. Ensely'a grocery In Hlggins
villo was wrecked. John Holzen, a
clerk, was mortally InJurcJ.
S.0C0 MADE HOMELESS.
Provincial Town In Russia Nearly
Wiped Out by Fire.
Firo destroyed tho town of Klewan,
Volhynla, Russia. Six hundred houses,
several churches and synagogues,
schools, the town hall, the bank and
tho prison ol the town are all a heap
of wreckage. Fivo thousand people are
left homeless.
Klewan Is a small town In the In
terior of tho government ot Volhynla,
whli h is on the southwestern border
of Russia, adjoining Gullcia, in the
Auatro Hunsarlan kingdom. The gov
ernment Is one of the richest agricul
tural provinces of Russia, as well as
one of the most populous. Its princi
pal products, besides those of the farm
are bog-Iron and peat. Klewan is in
tao center ot a district which yields
much of these products. It Is a rail
road town, being on one of the trunk
liuos running through Poland.
Smoot Case Held Over.
Reed Smoot's caso with the United
States senate will not bo decided at
tho present session of congress. The
committeo cn privileges and elections,
which Is holding the preliminary trial,
will not even make a report. Instead
a eub-commlttee will be appointed and
authorized to go to Utah to Investigate
the whole Mormon question with rela
tion to Its present bearing on the po
litical, social and moral relations of
lite.
WORLD'S FAIR TOPICS.
There are 147.2r,f panes of gin,
eighteen by twr-ntr-ihree Inches, in the
Pnlnco of Agriculture at the World's
Fnlr.
Seven tliousnnd linenl feet, or nearly
a mile nnd n. hair of platforms four
feet high, nre IipIIib; built for th un
loading of exhibits nt tho World's Fafr.
Twelve thousand carload of exhlb
Its ore expected by tho director of ix
blbits of the World's Fair. At the
Columbian Exposition, at Chicago,
8000 cnrlonds were received.
Night bus been turned Into day In nit
of the Inrge exhibit n luces a t the
World's Fair. Numerous ebcirio arc
lights have been put In pine? nnd
scores of workmen nre buy night as
well as day In Installing the exhibits.
Two hundred of Undo Snm's tun'
rlnes, who have be.n on duty nt Pan
ama, nre going to tho World's Fnlr to
give exhibition drills. The popularity
of this branch of the service Is Increas
ing with young uicu wLo want to be
cosmopolitans. ' '
The Belgian Building at the World's
Fnlr. one of tho largest nnd handsom
est In the foreign section. Is remarka
ble in that the walls ore not broken by
a slng'e window. The largo structure
Is well lighted by immense skylights
levcnty-Uve feet nbovo tho floor.
A pack train of twenty-flve horses,
with all of their accoutrements, will be
one of the novelties nt tho World's
Fnlr. The unusual spectacle will bo
sent by citizens of Wyoming to mark
Wyoming Day. The horses will all be
equipped as If ready to start on the
trail.
A San Diego (Cnl.) woman will ex
hibit ot tho World's Fair butter mode
In 1858. Tho butter was placed In the
spring bouso in that yenr nnd It dis
appeared In the quicksand. It was re
cently recover and wns fou : to bo
In a rcuiurkubly good stale of preservation.
The Illusion of Being Busy.
A ridiculous notion Is common tnat
we live in a time when there are more
Important world affairs on hand than
has ever been known before; and there
are silly people, both men and women,
who expect to be admired for a useless
expenditure- of their nervous and phy
sical energies on all sorts of absolutely
foolish objects into which no particle
of intellect enters. Simply to be al
ways, busy, always occupied:, always do
ing something, passing restlessly from
one piece of work to another, to uave
their bands full, never to be idle, as
they say, seems to be their Ideal of
life. These precious muddlers, who
plume themselves on never being Idle,
pass their time doing useless things
under the pretext of being busy; and
they assume credit for a purposeless
activity. The biggest people, those
who have really thought out their plan
of life, do not make the mistake of do
ing what need not be done. They have
time for everything because they do
not imagine they are economizing time
by occupying every few spare minutes
n being unnecessarily busy. Saturday
P"vew.
A man with a genius for figures bas
counted and calculated the number of
(rains in a bushel of wheat, and makes
out the number to be 869,720. The
size of wheat grains differs, of course,
but a fair conception of what a mil
lion means can be had by thinking of
the grains in 87 quarts of wheat.
3VC JTL X. 3D TS.
PITTSBURG.
Grain, Flour and Feed.
B'hnt-Nn tnjH...-,..,- M OT
Ky--N h w
Corn No. t fellow, fir... ...... M 5j
No. ijoliow, thellKl. It I M
Mlini ear j ........ M
Oats-No, U white ., .. 18 4t
No. S white ... t 1
Flour Wlutor r'"nt............ 4 7.'i i SC
tttraltflit winter 60 4 M
liar No. I timothy I IS 7!
tiorer No. 1 IS 00 13 M
Fenl-No Jwhlt mid. ton....... ' M
Rrown mlddlluca l 81 9
Uran. hulk SI M HI 50
Ftrnw Wheat 0 00 JO
Cat... 800 IK
Dairy Products.
Cutter Eliclo creamery t M
Ohio crvaiuerj V i
tm.j ruuuirv roll M ir
CLrt fe-l.bio, uevr 21 t
New York, new U U
Poultry, Etc.
t'eun .er lb .. n l(
i hh-krue .ueawd IT In
Turkey", live 14 li
hna-ta. aud OUlo, Iresu 81 "
Fruits and Vegetables.
i'otntoee Fnni-f white per bus...... 1 10 1 U
tabuak-e ,ur bbl K HI 00
i n, ,, p l arrel .. til 7i
Applet pur barrel aoj 4 oj
BALTIMORE.
Klour Winter l'ateal t5D0 5 So
W Lout No. I led 101 lot
uru lulxed VI 51
He W DC
imiter CreaiiiUiT T
PHILADELPHIA .
Moiir-Vt loier Patent ...515 ill
Nceut No. ared ........... 1 ul 1 04
toru No. a mixed . it in
Oata No. II whlio a ft K
Hutter Creamery, extra............ M )
tsga l'euhaylvaula tlrat..... SO SI
NEW YORK.
I-lour-TaUnta. ...., 0) 5 40
Ub.nt N.i, krtU ..... 1 U7 1 ut
loru No. 2 b$ si
Kt tvo, a Uiite............ .... tA IA
lintter Creamery M W SI
Ka'a' "UMeitud i euuiTlvanla.... SO SI
LIVE 8T0CK.
Union Stock Yards, Pittsburg.
Cattle.
f ilme Uavj, Hroto lew lb.....$ 610 6 it
tfi tine, luou. Kuu iba 4 HO 5 1C
Medium, 1210 tu liU0 lbs.M. 4 70 4 SI
Kal belirra gnu 4 0
ttuk-lir, VuO lo 1000 Its S 00 4U
Inmuiou to fair auO 170
Vieu, vouiiuod to fat KOvi tod
Commou loitood lat kullaaud cow DM 9u)
Mtkb cowa, eacu Sji M0.J
Hogs,
f rime heary boga 670 in
l-tlme medium weivliti 6 70 6 7
lieat heavy yvrkera ami medium.. 6 0V 6 70
(fowl ilir aud llghtrurkera 640 6ttu
Pitta, cuuiuiuu Ibtfuod ms 61IO 6 lu
ItmlKhe 4 01 . 6&)
blase , a 7a 4 Hi
Sheep,
Cltra, medium weibera f 6 10 6 SI
Ooud ut euuiue 475 61-0
I odium itij 4j
Common to fair ) a 00
Hurlug . Lambs (to (0
Calve.
Veal.eitra tu 75
yti,uod to choice m S0 461
Veal, summon beat r , 0J iu)
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