I Aif OF CANNIBALS. Missionarie3 Say They Destroy the Conga Viilngos. NATIVES ARE KILLED AND EATEN Whole Sections Depopulated Dy Leo pold'i Army Hands Cut Off Na t vet as Soldiers' Souvenirs. Dr. W. M. Morrison, a Ro'itliern lrs:.vtrliin mtsslo'.'.nr) to the Congo l'Vpn R;nt I;t spe.tkln;! In II"1 1r livleilm Mtnl-di'i.i' A:m i 'lat Inn nt IoiiIhvII1p rave nil Imtnvtslvi' recital i of the alleged barbarities prnctteotl upon the natives of the Conito I'mc Hlnte liy those hnldlim tin' power, nn I ! f the obstacles thrown In the way f tlnlr collection by tin' luitnoiltles. i "I lived with t'n- p.Mil. r r seven yen a. I know what I n:n talklnn nhout." calil I r. Mm i Unit. "Leopold 1 has thpti' n native c.miilhnl army of; 2O.H0O nun. nfllcere.l liy white H;dnlniis nnil annul with rep 'atlug iltlcs. ; These lin n, represent Inn the wor.-t i and most nnva.ne type of the ti-itlvos. ' were first cuiivht tin1 ii ran IimI far away from their homes mi l forced In- ' to this military strvleo. Then. In turn, tills rtinnilial soldiery Ih ih. i1 In compel tho unlives to In-lnt In enor mous trloutp nf Ivory and l:utla rub ber. It Im worth noti'it; mat the K.nn of Ki'IkIiiiii I.h today rrpnti'il to ln tin' largest dealer In Iv.vy an. I iThher In Iho world. "As n remit of tills fered l.ilmr nnd mllltaiy service (..real nml unspeakable cruel! lea nr' 1'iaelle. I o:i the unlive people. 1 have ncn n nuni'ici i I' tlnie nt livft ri't.iMiii fleeing Into Hie forests to escape from tin- cannibal n dd'ers of Kim; Leopold; I hav.' hc.mi tlie-o sol diers scouring tlirnnult tin1 I iiit nnil a ft it citchlnn n niinilipr of nun whom Hip (l.ivernmr-it wanted n.i laborers, rolnn nwr.y wil'i t!ip cap tives tli-il toiodlicr ly lop-i .around their npeks. K ilds cp'ii vil limes are helm: fondant ly ti:nl . Some of tin' people' arc killed aiul calcn, others are candid away Into ranlivlly mil wild, others iivp foi'i'cil Into inllliary service, I ran liny all t!n t'.lavct yon want ut Lii"l.o at $H nnil aplee". "Wlir'i t!l-'p illds arc mode th.' most nvi'nl crnelii.-t ere p: art I.tiI. Iiiincent women mi l oliiblien nn kill ed or captured, lends are nil nlT, to lip tal;pn liai k to tli" v.liitp lli'lla;.i olll-o?-rii to s'low tliat tl'p woik litn I;pp;i vl (limp, nn 1 Knal r.ri'llonn lire l.r lni? (lepoinlnlPil. t'ne of lln;-;i' ralils wns nriile near nnp of rr.r r.iK-slon stations. One of car miinionnrlei went to Cip i'"'imip iiTvl count, il M linnii.i cut off nn.l iliyhic over n flrp, la be taken 1-nck lo the H.'.i-lari of liner. Korty-llvp dead li,.ili's vero runntpil lylni? near liy. "The ll"lninm (lovcrnnicnt ninp. the usual hIpito! pnl ileninl i f t'.ipse chnrsPi. I have hppii iieisnn.illv the Oovcrnoi' of the Coiiko Suite, lie will ( not do nnyihliiR. I have been l:i tlie palace of the Klnn of Ilelr.liini nml ' liave seen the mint pioiulnent ( f flelalg or the Con;o (iiivminipnt. They will not do nnythlns. 1 lip Knglish (lovcinment Is KieaMy Inter psted In thp Rllnatlon. Al the reqni'sn of Ijord Kansdowne I prefi rreil a statement of such ontraccs ns hail conifi under my own observation. "CoiiHtil Horit Casement, aa KnKllah and acting American reprpsentative in Ihn Coiiko State, has Just made a tour of InvestlRatlon, and his report, in the hands of our Oovernment at Wash ington, presented a most dpplorable. situation of affairs. As a Government we do owe something to the 2i.0i)i 000 of hlnok people in the Conso Rtate. What are wo going to do?" BANK OFFICIALS SUED. Stockholders Claim Negligence in Handling Funds. Suit to recover flOG.OPO was filed In' Steuhenv'ille, O., by the stockholders of the defunct First National Rank ! of Alt. Pleasant ngainet the officers ! nnd directors individually. It Is al- leirnrl thn officers nnrl itirnnlni-a vnm grossly negligent In tho conduct of the business, allowing tho cashier, Isaac K. Raicliffe, to make loans unrestrict ed, and that they fraudulently dlssi ffated a part of tho funds of the hank. Tho bank has a capital of $175,0(1(1. The last statement, Issued November 80, 1902, showed a surplus of $33,000 and undivided profits of $5,000. At tho expiration of the charter, February 24, 1903, It was found that $S7,500 of tho capital and tne $40,000 surplus and un divided profits had disappeared. This was a shrinkage of $127,000, but the $106,000 for which a Judgmont Is ask ( ed represents the amount which could be definitely located on the books. Patcliffe, the cashier, resigned three months before tje bank went into liquidation, disposed of all his proper ty, and moved to Chicago. Mine Office Is Dynamited. The scales and office of the Frost burg Mining Company, at Morrison, near Westernport, Md., were dynamit ed by an unknown person. The mo tive for the work cannot be conjec tured by the officials. The affair created great excitement about the place and the damage will amount to over $l,0u0. A strike of over 4,000 coal miners at work In Kentucky, was averted when, after three disagreements, the waso committee agreed to submit their dif ferences to arbitration and abide by the result. Thirty Lives Lost. Twenty hatches marked "L, M nnmber of light Bpars, much chaff, such v , . , ' ' AB peels uu K'tttu tu uuuiuui, wiiu wa ter, two life buoys marked La Morna, Greenock, ond a lot of narrowing deck planking and 'ships housework have 'been'found within the past few days tn Barclay sound, Indicating that the Scotch ship LaMorna, of Greenock, grain laden, from Puget aound to Queonatown, has foundered with hir hip's company of 30 souls. x ANGLO-FRENCH TREATY SIGNED. Include! Egypt, Morocco, Newfound land, West Africa, Slam and Madagascar, Thn Annln French oolonlel tron'y mis rlisnoil In the forclun office. In Lon don. Tho first Instriiiiirnt deals with Kgypt, and Morocco, the foroinl with Newloiiiulland and Wet Africa, and the third with Klnm, Ihn New llo bililcs and Miidiinscr. l!y the terms of Ihn trenty I ho iv.-esent. political sit unt Ion In Morocco and In Huypt re innlns unchanged and it full nitnienient. Is renched reganMnii Kgyptlm II liancc. (ircnl llrllitln recognizes l!io liHht of I''rnncn In gnnrd tin' Irnn ipt'llty of Morocco, while Kmnce will nut Imni'di' the action of llriait H;l- lain In 1'nvpt, and tlrent llrllitln ml- litres to iht convention of ISSH for the Irnntpil'.lly of Ihn Sui'i! cnntl. It Is Burred Hint public works nnil iintlerlukliiKs In Mi;.vpt and Morocco slinll remain In the hands of thn rt. SM'i'tlvn sliiles, The freedom of trade In Kitynt and Morocco is K'uirnnlei'd for 3d ycais, nml If Ihn convention chilli not be tli'iioiinci'd before Ihn ex plrm.mi of Hint pei.'od It lo remain in fiircp tor four yenrs more. Krance oMalns three coiicpssIoiis re gnnliiiK territory In Vi"t Afrlcn. I'mler Ihn terms ol the Hint I here Is to he n territorial readjustment on the Znnihcul glvltm l-'rani'i' access to the I'lirtlon of the river nitvlKnhln to oei an nclng ships; under the second Krnnee Hecnres r l.ns Islands, nml mult r the third there Is I bn a read justment of tho frontier linn between the live:' Niger mid like Tchad, glv lug I'rnnce n mule ll'.rniir.h a fertile couul ry. PHILIPPINES) SHIPPING EILL. Lewis and Clark Centennial Appro priation Goes Through. The house nil Friday pii-.ied a large number of bills, inelinlii'; the Philip pine ilt!p).lntr bill and t!n bill nppio prlating ? !7.1,t!cii In nld of Hit' I.ev. U and ( lark centennial exposition lo be held In I'mlland. Ore., In I'.mri. The only iini'-ndincnl made to the I'lillip-j pine kIi! plug bill was one extending! until July 1, r.inii, the time when tlmj law shall become operative. j The '.111 provide Hint no ni'vchnn-, tils-p or i.-i.-iy.ongtTs except supplies for, Hie army or navy shall be transput-led i l.y eea. under penalty of forfeiture, be-1 tween ports of the I'niled States nnil j the Philippine archipelago, directly or I via a foreign port, or for any part of the vo.va;e, In nr.y except vends of: tin' rnlle.l .Slates. It ilo.'R not p'ohlb-i It, however, Hie Hailing of any foreign! vessel belwecti the fulled Slates nnd! the rii.lll, lilnes, nor between port.? or places in the Philippines. The ton-, liage (axes now In lorce nn lorelgn vessels coming Inl the United Slates nre levied on such ve sola etmilniT tri ni Hie Philippines. KILL A HUNDRED HERRER03. Clcody Fifjht at Relief of Omaruru, West Africa. The St.uthwoMt African rorre?pond r lit of the Cologne (lunette lias sent n telegraphic description of the relief of Omaruru. February 4. Poth sides fought with desperate coura;e. f pun heaiing the firing of artillery or the lellef co ps the beleiiKured force made n sortie against the enemy, who held a natural lortlllcntlon. The llerreros were nttarl.ed In front and rear, hut held their ground with mnrveloini tenacity. When the Cer mans rushed many of Hie llerreros crept Into crevices, where they were bayoneted. Tho llerreros lost 10D killed or wounded of their find men. Tho (lor man loss wr.s eight men killed and ten wounded. ANOTHER WAR RUMOR. Report That the Russians Were De feated cn Yalu. A Iindnn news agency dlrnteh says It Is rumored that there bus been another cn?agement on the Yalu and that tho Uusf.'ans were defeated with i heavy loss. There Is no r anllrmatlim ! of tho r(o: y. The Toklo correspondent of tho ! London Chronicle transmit a rumor ! that a battle has occurred nt Klullt n j cheng, but no details are given. Bev ! oral correspondents at Toklo and i Seoul concur in saying that there has been no engagement. The Husslnns have withdrawn across the Tumen riv er as well as across the Yalu, not op . pcf-Ing the Japanese advance. POPULATION ESTIMATES. Some Figures Showing Increase Sinco Last Centus Reports. The crnsus bureau lias Issued a bul letin which gives tho estimated popu lation of the fnlted States for 19n3. exclusive of Alaska and the Insular possessions of the United States, nt 79.900,389. This Is an increase of 3, 905,811 since the census of 1900. Tho population Is estimated for 43S cities having 10,000 or more Inhabitants, in 1900. According to these estimates New York Is now a city of 3,178,139 Inhabi tants; Chicago la rapidly approach ing the 2,000,000 mark, having 1,873, 8so inhabitants; Philadelphia has 1.307,71(1; St. Louis has Just passed and lloBton has almost reached the GOO.000 mark; Baltimore has 631,313; Cleve land U now a considerable distance ahead of Cincinnati, which cities have 414.950 and 332,934 respectively. Buffalo also has considerably Increas ed In population being credited with 381,430 Inhabitants. San Franclacj and nttsbtirg are close competitors, the former having 255,919 and the lat ter 845.043. Detroit, Milwaukee and I M V" , . , , Ptti,3,VT'uulJ and Washington la close to that figure, New Orleans havo Just passed 300,000 W, T. Jones was decapitated by a Baltimore and Ohio railroad train at New Philadelphia, O. George Madwlck, 21 years old, was run over by a car and Instantly killed at the Keystone Coal company's No. i mlnoB, near Greoasburg. Pa. FIVE PERSONS DROWNED Met With Rough Water and Boat Was Overturned. TWO REACHED THE BEACH ALIVE Victims Were All Members of the Faculty of the Florida Method ist College, Mvn persons, members of the facul ty of tho Florida Methodist college at Hut norland, were drowned near An cloln lighthouse, Fla. The dead are Mrs. Walker, wife of the president of the college; Miss O'l'oiiner, of At lanta; Miss Slaughter, f Sutherland; Miss M'Crny, of Sutherland; Mr. Hon Intnl. of Sutherland. I'l't'Klilent Walker nnil Miss Newton renched the beach alive. The hnilles of Mrs. Walker nml Miss O'Connor have not yet been recovered. Thn hollies nt the other three who lost their lives were wnshetl ashore and re covered. 1'renlilt'iil Walker bad talcn the party out for a crulso to Ihn light house, bill met with rough water and tli.t boat was overturned In Ihn gnlf. Thn Florida Methodist college Is lo cated ut Sutherland, on the west const of the gulf, ahoiil lid miles from Taut pi. THE VIRGINIA LAUNCHED. Latest Addition to U. 8. Navy the Most Modern Battleship. j In tho presence of tile governor of Vl' g'lnla and his ntaff, Assistant See-' rtiaiy of the Navy Darling ami many i Hit r illMtiiigiilshed guests, thn mag nificent new battleship Virginia wns launched nl Newport News, the Utile daughter id' the governor, Miss Matil da tiny Montague, christening her and lne.ikliig a bottle of Fpiirkllug win", ov t l,cr prow as Hie l.lg vessel slai'iej down the vas. The Virginia Is thn most modern mid highest class battle-, slili) ever constructed at the yards of Hie Newport News Shl building and I M y Duel; Co.. I She belongs lo n class of five mam moth clilp'i milhoil7.ed by congress In' the two years Immediately following' the Spanisli-Ainci Iciiii war. She Is of lri.Htu ions displacement ; length on; had v.nttr line, 4:i."i feet; breadth, ex-! (renin nt load water line, 75 feet !I',-i j Inches; ilrrught with lull load, about -C, feel. The Virginia v.-Ill have n; itpcetl of 1!) knots, which Is regarded! as remarknble conriiderlng her im mensn size, mid will be propelled ut. this lil;;h speetl by twin screws, driven: by two four-cylinder, triple expansion digit:: a of about 1 D.dmo liorse-pow it. Shi: will carry four 12 inch guns, mount ed In pairs In bnlanced turrets, one lorward and one aft. Thn remainder of the .miiln haltery will consl.-t of eight X-lnch guns, four of which will be mounted upon the 12-inch turrets and tour -In two broadside turrets, lo cated forward of amidships. The Vir ginia will also have n broadside bat-t-ry consisting on the gun deck of 12 (i lnch rapid lire guns, mounted six on each side. The secondary battery will consist of twelve 3-Inch rapld tlre guns; twelve 3-pound semi-automatic guns; eight 1 pound heavy automatic; two 3t calibre machine guns and six 80-call-ber Colt autonintip guns, nil of which lire to be mounted In commanding po sitions with tho greatest possible ares of fire, The ship Is also to lie sup plied vlth submerged torpedo tubes, such as did such terrible work at tho first JapanoFo attack upon tho Hus- f.lan fleet In Port Arthur harbor. JAPS POSSESS WIJU. RuSGlan Forces Had Left and Retreat ed Beyond the Yalu. Tho Russians have been driven out of Korea by tho Japanese' ami 50 Jap anese scouts entered Wiju at 11 o'clock on tho 4th Inst. The Russian forces have retreated beyond the Yalu nnd havo abandoned popltlons that might easily iavo been mado defensl- I, In l.m. n rv.rtl .i.-n , .O , a.lrtn.tatn f.ivni 'The Japanese government already has in motion over 275,000 troops, and G'l.OtiO muro aro under arms In Japan 111 garrison and at depots ready to n-.r.rch at a moment's notice. Theso figures do not Include tho Third re serves, numbering 120,000, who are ctlll nu-fllllnv n .nil tn tl,a "..Lira The news of the Russian abandon - nii.nt rf tim fort i dent'on. ,n ihn Vniii seems to show that the Japanese havo been carrying out their Intention of landing troops west of tho Yalu as outlined In a letter Just received hero from Kobe, Japan. i Smoot, Witnesses Wanted. Tho fullowlng witnesses liave been summoned to appear before the com mittee on privileges and elections In , the Smoot case April 2o; Angus Me- I Cannon, Salt LtiKe; George Heads dale, Nephl; John W, Taylor, John ' Henry Smith, J. M. Tanner, Salt Lake; 1 L. E. Alcott, Farmington; D. II. Rob erts, Salt Lake; Moses Thatcher, Lo- : gan; Heber J. Grant, Mathlas F. Cou ley, Lillian Hamlin Cannon, Salt Lake. The New York Legislature passed a bill authorizing the payment by the State of New York of a pension of $72 per month to Hiram Cronk, the last American survivor of the War of 1812. Hands Clasped In Death, The three children of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Holmes, Laura, aged 13; Hazel, aged 11, and Wended, aged 9 years, re siding three miles Bouthwest of Tustln, Mich,, were drowned in a large pond tack of their home. Tho pond wos covered with a thin coat of ice, on which the children ventured. The Ice was not -strong enough to support them and they sank together in 13 feet of water. When the bodies were re covered two hours later the children's bands were still tightly clasped. LANDED A PESTHOU8E. Boat Pulled Ashore and Goods Re moved Before Discovery. Tho engineer's omen at government dam No. fl, nt Merrill, two miles below lleavrr, la., Is quarantined and sever al men working on the dam have been laid off 10 days on account, of their pulling nshorn a smallpox i.esthoiise, which had bem set mil li t In thn Ohio river at Hochester. Thn liniise hud been used as a guard house and thn recent flood washed It down on the fiver hank. Home Irre sponsible person Is thought In have set It ndrllt, ns the health ntttlumltlot disclaim nil responsibility. Samuel WIIIMs, a foreman, ami WHIJnm Stone, nn nsslHtnnt, with (leorgn Workman, who lives nearby, rowed out and enp nurd It. In II they found blankets and furni ture, which liny removed. Home of the chairs limy sold In Italian work men, who nre now much excited. Workman's brother Is a iiiemher of Ito chnsler council and as soon as lie had learned Hint thn house uid been set aiirll't ho rent woul to his brother to beware of It. Tim mi'tsage arrived af ter I he house was picked up. POTTERY PLANT BURNED. Cast Liverpool Concern Suffers a Lois of About 1120,000. Tho plant of Ihn (leorgo C. Murjhy Pottery company at Kasl. Liverpool, (J., was totally destroyed by flro. The losa. Including buildings ami machine ry mid $:Iii,iHhi worth of llnlt-heil stock, will exceed $ 1 20, mm. There was about $ ln.eon Insurance on Hie building. Hiring thn Urn William Allen, a volun leer llremmi, was severely hurt under il falling smokestack. The llreinen were delayed for sev eral in In nt i h In getting to work on ac count of a freight train, and when they finally got the hose to work Ihn kiln Klieila, where ihn lire started, and a great portion or the main building were a mass or Haines. The lire at Iracteil gr'iil crowds mid there were luai.y narrow escapes from falling walls, (lenrge C. Murphy, John llor well and Ambrose Mus-oy compose Ihn company. The plant is not likely to he rebuilt, ns the lYnnsylvmiln rail road company lias long wanted Ihn sit l for yard Improvement. MRS. OWENS CONVICTED. Woman Charoed .With Killing Hor Husband. At Slenhenvlllo (he Jury In Ihn case if Mrs. Jennie Owens, charged with the killing of her husband, brought In a venllcl of murder in Hie llrst degree nnil leciiiniu'entleil nieicy. The verdict carries with II. a penally of Imprison ment In the peiiltenllary lor life, without hope of pardon iiiiIchs Ihn ac cused should lie Hiiliseiiiently proven Innocent beyond a reasonable doubt. The court room was packed when the verdict wns received. Mrs. Owen was present, aecoinpanled by her daughter Lucille. The licensed woman was perceptibly nervous, hut mado no denionsliatloii. IPt daughter, how ever, was much affected and controlled herself with dllllculty. Mrs. Owen's lawyers have served police of a Notion for a new- trial. They will carry the ease In the Cir cuit court anil hope In have It ready to present ut thn May term of court, HAZING KILLS A LAO. His Mother Dying as Result of Affair at High School. Fred Fllock, aged 10, was hazed at the Hawson Heboid, Find lay, ()., ami died from his -Injuries. Ho wns trying to get away from thn older boys, who "';'. ,''"? V " " thrown heavily to thn ground, tho back of his head striking a protruding ptako. As he fell another Ind fell upon him, pinning him to the ground. In this rosltlon et ill another piled on1 and when finally (ho two boys on top . pot off, Fred was unconscious. Sev-; oral ribs wero broken and he suffered concussion of tho brain. Ills lungs wero also Injured. Ills mother is dy-l lug of nervous prostration Incident to tho boy's dentil. Must Show Books. The enso of tho Interstate cnnimerco commission vs. Halrd, commonly known us tho ntithrnclliH coal case, was do- rl11 'y tl.' ,a""rt'm.e ,pourt ' ,Tn't; ed States In favor of tlio contentions, of the commission, the decision ot the fnlted States circuit court for tho Southern district of N'ow York being reversed. This Is the case Instituted before the commission l.y W. R. Hearst of New York, who alleged dU 1 crimination by tho railroad companies which reach the anthracite coal mines In Pennsylvania.. Robber's Cave Found. Several caverns 50 feet under ground and tn tho heart of Indianapolis, which were usvd by a gang of robbers for years, were discovered by the po lice a short time ago, and thousands of dollars' worth of booty was recover ed. The robbers were under tlve lead ership of lxin Hoyt, a notorious crim inal, and for years the band committed obberles with Impunity. Tho gang was broken up In 1902. Two Insurance companies who had ! paid policies on the lite of Max Jo- j sephs, a New York lawyer, who three ! years ago disappeared, were gratified when his supposed widow Informed them that her husband was alive In i Australia, from which country he had 1 written her a letter, and that she : would return the money they had paid to her. Salmon for Japan. The Seattle Trade Reglator to-mor-ow says that orders have been placed with local dealers In the last few days for 225,000 cases of Alaska pink sal mon for shipment to Japan for use by the army. The Immense purchase will go forward by the Sliawmiit, sailing to-morrow, while each following ship will take some. The Trade Register also says that 75,000 cases have been purchased by Japan In San Francisco, and tbat large purchases have also been made In Vancouver, B, C. EIGHT MEETDEflTH IN FIRES Overcome by Smoke Trying to Eacape from Building. SEVERAL OTHERS WERE HURT. Flremens' Lives Crushed Out by Fall ing Walls Large Carriage Plant Destroyed. Klvn persons are deal nnd another Is dying ns tho result of tC tiro ..ml oeciirii'tl loilny In the Columbia Hall building, a metal sheathed throe-story sti'iictnro In Wilson place, Ml. Vernon, N. Y. The dead nrn; Nat hail Fmy, f,0 years obi; Islilnr Fmy, 12 years; Helen Fmy, U yenrs; Henry Fmy, 3 years, and , tise.lt' iiohrln, lo years, a cousin of Mis. Heheccn Frey. 1 he first Hour of Hie building was occupied by Hie Columbia Piano Com puny; oil the ground Hour were apart ments occupied by Hie Frey, Harry ami Lnvlgne families. 1 he flames spread throughout Hi top floors with great rapidity. Tho liitmucs wero aroused by thn smoke and heat nnd all en dcavnretl tn iiiakn their escapn, but. the members of thn Ftey family were ovnrcome before any of them could even ro ach a window. Mr. innl Mrs. Harry nnd .Mr. nnd Mrs. Lnvlgne miuingcd In esciipn by windows on the third lloor nnd wero brought down ladders by the firemen. Mrs. Hurry Is suffering fiom Injuries 10 head nml face, hut she Is mil dan gerously lnyt. Mrs, Lnvlgne was al lium) overcome by smoke, but with the help of her IiiihIuiiiiI fdie got In a window innl revived. 1 1 1 -r condition Is not dangerous. All Ihn dead were morn or less bullied, loll their deaths prubiibly re united directly fiom suffocation. Tlie property Ions l estimated lit about flu, Al York, Pa., three members of Vol unteer Fire company No. 1 lost their lives in lighting a fire of unknown origin, which destroyed Ihn plant of Ihn York Carrlagn company, entailing 11 loss of nliiail $21111,111111, lartlally cov ered by Insurance. The dead nrn: Maicellus Hliiiiblng"r, Horace Ktrlne nnd Harry Halzglver. The limn were burled b"tn'titi fall ing wulln. Two of 111'' bodies have been recovered. A number of others were more or lens lnjur"d. . Ail.l i'lilng properties were damaged, as follows: I' Iward S. Ilronks, build ing occupied !:y Finn! Hupp, agri cultural Impli'iiieul dealers, $ii.(i'i; Variety Iron works, $l.ii'ii; dwellings ol John Mlnskcr, H. M. King, P. T. Cox, II. II. Kte-ley, John Hcnall and Hill's barbi r shop; loss iiticstlmntcd. JOHN P. ELKIN NOMINATED. Pennsylvania Republicans Choice for 8upreme Bench. In the chilliest convention In Ih" IiIm i lory of the Itepiililli nn parly In Peiin ; c.ylvniila, John P. Flkln was nominated j for JiiHtlce of the supremo couit. Just ! 70 minutes were consumed ill placing I him on Hie ticket with the 31 eaiitli (lalea for providential electors. Alter tho reading of the platform Senator Penrose was re-elected chair man of the Stale committee by accla mation, on motion of (ieorge T. Oliv er, of Pittsburg, John P. Flkln was nominated by acclamation for Judge of the Supreme Court. The following tlelegntes-nt-lai go to the 11 u 1 1 1 111 11 1 convention were Ihen elect ed; inventor Samuel W. penny packer, Francis L. Hobblns, of Pitts burg, James Klverson, of Phlladell Ilia, I nnd O. I. Weukloy. t,f Venango Thn allernnte ilelegales-nt-large are: O. S. Ileishmmi, of Pittsburg; I). II. Thom as, Lehigh; Jesse llartinan, lllalr, nml S, 11. Dick, Crawford. The electors nt largo are Hoboit Pltenlrii, Pittsburg, nml Levi MeCauley, of Chester. The convention then adjourned, hav ing been In session a llttlo moro than nn hour. DUEL CAUSES TWO DEATHS Cecjan Firing at Each Other Over Political Disputes. At tho door of tho hall In which 1 tho Republican clelegnlo convention i for the North Folk (W. Va.) district I wns being held a bloody street duel no : curred between J. A. Hallnrd, a ! wealthy merchant, nnd John Mac Far land, chief of pollco of Nortn Fork. This tragedy, which rcnultnd In tho death of two prominent nien In South ' ern West Virginia lind Its origin in the bitter fight which lias been going 1 on between the rival ndlieienls of Secretary of Stute W. M. O. Dawson f antl Col. Charles, P. Tcter, aspirants I lor tho Republican Gubernatorial nom I (nation. Hallard was tho leader of the ! Teter men In that section, while Mac ! Fnrland was at the head of tho Daw son forces. nallard came from North Carolina, 18 years ago nnd during his resilience In the coal fields amassed n fortune, j Chief MacFarland was one of tho most i popular young men Jn the county ' nnd bore the reputation of being one , of tho bravest officials In the State. Ho was an active Republican leader. A man giving both the names, E. C, Ilooth and William Edwards, of Pitts burg, was found dead In the Parkers burg (W. Va.) police station. Al coholism was the cause of death. Tho body of Miss Viola King, who was drowned In the Neshannock river at New Castle, Pa., has been recover ed in the Iloaver river about two miles below New Castle Junction. Must Eat Canned Dog Meat or None. After holding a meeting to discuss the expressed intention of those having In charge the Igorrotes from the Philip-; pine Islands to furnish the savages with dogs for food duilng the World's .gpet.tor Philip and others on a Shar lair, the Humane society, of St. Louis, 1 on street car. formally gave notice that prosecution would follow every attempt to fur nish dogs as food. The society said -If the Igorrotes must have dog meat. It must be Imported in cans from their native country. IRON MARKET IS ACTIVE. New Business Constantly Coming For ward and Many Idle Plants Art In Operation. It. (I. Dun ft Co.'s "Weekly Review of Trade" says: Commercial condi tion!! hnvo Improved somewhat during Ihn fast week, nllhomih there Is still much In Im desired, Dispatches Iroin tho South arn Hot cncuiiinglng. At I ho Fast moro seasonable weather pre vailed, yet spring Irndo Is Hill helow liiirmul. The best news of (tin week wns th sett lemon! (,f many labor con troversies, or at least resumption of work pending nrbltrnlloii. Manufac turing returns are still confusing, notable Improvement m the Hon nnd steel Industry being offset by less fa vorable reports regarding textile mid fool wear riictorb's. Agricultural work progresses rapidly under hotter than average coihIIiIuiis, cotton being plant ed utiiisnnlly early. It. Is a good sign mat tho month opened with prices of commodities (ss Inflated. Tunis porting Interests are nvereonJng Imlglit. congestion, while railway earn ings in March were only 7 per cent smaller than In HUM, nml largely sur passed all preceding years, I m prove no nt In ihn Iron and steel Industry Is mi longer a matter of conjeetnie or sanguine hopes, hut a certainly. New luisiniaii Is constantly conjngi for ward ami gradually Idle plants re- stimn while recent moilerntn gains In cii'ilnttiiiM nrn readily maintained, al though 1111 further ndviinen occurred during Ihn past week. In many rn specls Ihn past week has been event fill. Former prlci s of billets mid bnis were realllrmiMl by Ihn aS.-iiclnllon; the first, liberal order for slrtictuinl maierliil was placed; Implement mnk ers all wanted mn'or.'alM at tho same lime, having fimilly decided tn ceaso procrastinating; several 'Independent concerns that we,,, wiling at entices sinus restored full list prices, nml a most encouraging statement was Is sued by the leading producer. ROCKEFELLER GIVES $5o:,003. Contributes to Income of Johns Hop' king Hospital. John D. oel:ere!!er has given In tho Johns Hopkins liiu:;lta! thn sum of $."(10,(11111, nnd Urn nuuiiint has been no et'p'cd by thn hoard of trustees of I hat Institution. The 'iicomo of tho lu.HpHnl wn 4 at rloti' ly affected 'iy thn ile.itrin tli:n of in my houn"a belonging to K In (lie recent lire, upon which there was !iadeitiatn Insuiancn. Thn enpiesscl purposn of Mr, Kockefel It'i'ii gill Is lo restore tliat Income to Its original ptop ,r.,oiis. wl.lcli will enable Hie b is lal to keep up tho great volume of eliarllnbln treatment whh'h It has maintained in ihn past. Agree to Amalgamate. The c onaolldallon of the Amalga mated Society of llnirliiocra, Machinist-, Hlael-smlthii nnd Pattern Makers, an P.ngllHh 01 gat '.at ion with about 2.ion members in Hm frilled H'atos, with the Intel national Association of Machinists Iiiih been agreed on. Bull J"ct tn the approval of the superior ollleers or the former orgnnifcn'lun. The tentative ii-'reeiiient whs reached at n meeting of the general executive board of thn International Association or Machinists. CURRENT EVENTS. P.rakrmnn Harry Ritchey, 30 yenrs old, was killed by a Pennsylvania rail road engine near Lilly, Pa. Frank Gibson fitfully l:ot Ms wife nt North Toliuwandu, N. Y., then mude' an al tempt on h.!s own life. Admiral Skrydloff will supersede Ad miral Mukaroff when ho arrives at tho I fur east with Hie llaltlc licet. ! Thn House Committee on Rivers : nnd Harbors lias completed Its draft of i an appropriation bill carrying approxl mutely $;l.00U,ni'0 to continue existing cot'tractH for river and harbor work. I.lzz-le Hattshelni, aged Ifi. died at Applcton, Wis., alter a fast of 40 days, undertaken, It Is Haiti, for the purpose ol ending her fife, made miserable by ! continued sickness. j Jamer. and Walter Herlng, brothers, were shut to death nt Athens, Texas, 1 In a fight v.Hh officers who were at' I tempting to arret! thorn. In a ratio of 5 to 1 citizens of Chi j cagn declare themselves in favor of 1 municipal ownership of their street rail way j. j Grover Cleveland comes out with an 1 unqualified Indorsement of Judge Al ton II. Parker as tho logical Democrat ic candidate for the Presidency. A desperate attempt to escape from the Missouri penitentiary was made by four convicts heavily armdd and carry lug sticks of dynamite. Tho steamer Grand Lake arrived at St. Johns from tho Ice fields with 30,000 seals. The captain reports that at least 300,000 seals will havo been captured before the end of the present month by the fleet now in the Arctic waters. Tho Russian police have apologized and have reho'lsted fhe fnlted States flag over the correspondents' mess at Newchwang. New York will nave an nuxllliary fjstem nf salt-water mains and pump ing slntlons at the river tronta to per feet Its fire facilities. Earl R. Marvin, Pittsburg, has been appointed aide-de-camp on the staff of Drlg. Gen. John A. Wiley, commander of the Second brigade, N, G. P. Bandits hem up trie mail stage run ning between Holt and Hig Fork, Mont., and took the mail and other valuables. James Ryan. William Stoughton and John Roe were arrested nt Youngs- town O . rhnr?pil with tinlitlncr nn In. Rev. M. C. Poffenberger, rector of St. Thomas's Protestant Episcopal church, was killed Instantly by a train near Door Park, Md. He was 35 yea;a old and leaves a wife and three children. MANY CENTENARIANS. Marked Increase In their Numbers In Recent Years. England has had ten celebrated cen tenarians whoso Joint ages reached thn total (if 1301 years, wrltos The King. ATranged In order of seniority their names arn as follows: Henry Jenkins. Kill; Catherine Countess of Desmond, 102; Thomas Parr, 182; Peter Harden, 131; Jans Hcrlmshaw, I2fl; John Philips, 117; Isabnl Walker. 112; Thomas Laugher, 111; Patrick OlbHon, 111, and John Tnlt, 110. Frugality of diet, placidity of temper. freedom from menial worry and x cltniiient nnd thn constant practice of all sorts or outdoor exercises aro pre scribed with one accord by thn morn recent longevity specialist 11 as condi tions precedent to the attalnmint of long lire. Yet no more marked In- cmaso in animals of longevity has ever linen noted than that which marks the decado between ISM and 1903, al though it forms part of an era of telegraphs, telephones, motor cars anil lire under high pressure geneially, while many of thn most remarknliln cases of prolonged existence occur In crowded cities ami where one woultt lcst expect them. The records for 1IKI3 were remarkable, but thn month, of January, 1904, Is exceptionally Im portant both n regards the number of patriarchs who Iiiivp died since the year began nnd the frequent mention of still living centenarians. Pens and 8 wo r as. Nations founded by Hi,, sword, sus tained by thn swor.l, pass and Rie for I'tttpn. Hut tlio written wi rdi, tho Minis of "ni"n cnllmly (mat," outlast the Very civilisation amid which thpy were pe.in"d. Who can leave out of ccount, even l.j-ilry. thn wo'.'!' of Homer, Virgil. Panto, Rhakpspnam, Mollere, Cervantis, Ooetke? Kvt-.n to lay every thinking man mint n-rknow-'pilgn their sway. must. Ilv-i In thn king Joins of thought the?n men hnvo founded. Let us Hun put among tint miles of the rrrnt Ihn, t of their rovernmctit mid bt us hold p-pe:)u tlio pens nnd Inks' md 1'iat hove out lasted and ovc: 10:1m tlm re.vordi of concjuerors, the s.-pplrra of tlio kings. St, Nicholas. In the llrst Japanesn newsppor with some nevs translated fron tlie Dutch, was publlshr d. Now Japan lias 1,500 dull newspapers nnd perlo'UVilJ. Toklo has 20. hut there nrn no eveirlJig ntiwspnpers ninoai: them. One of fmo Toklo pnpeis. the J $ ,an Times, printeu in i;m:ii.-i;i, i,ut U produce by Japanese excln.ilvi ly Tlie Rwpdish Mission Hoclctv of America Is trying to neciirn a share In thn $1,300,000 of profits that have m- sulteil from n gold initio dl:covpre:l In Alaska by P. If. Amlson. n mission ary sent there l.y Hie socl'dy. Thn point Is whether a nibsion board I en titled to protlu v.hl h Its tulM'nn- e-'les rnakn outside of their cillni"- A Kentucky Judun dil lpil that men who transact l i t'iestt en Sunday can not B'icurn d,i':iai't'4 against tele graph company If I'm latter falls to deliver correctly a telegram on that date. MAIlZItl TO. PITTSBURG. Grain, FIcur and Feed, Wbnt-Sn J r.l H)f--Nn Cure- Ne. V vllnu . n Nn. 2 yt-llew, mIj,J MlXftl ar Oat-.No, itrlilt, No, wlilti, Flour Wlijtor fnteiil. Htritiiftit woii.-i . Hey- No. I tlinoMif .. ciortir No. 1 , ,. Ford No I whin. i 1,1. l!ion ni'.l.lliiiLH .. limn. Iiulit Striw-Wlii-iii l-il.... f1 a Wl Hi tvt III ut 9 47 i m 4 u V Vt 1:1 iw IK fill ICI M WI VI JO V 1,0 ..... fil 4 IS el . 4 7 4 Hi ... I'' ... is o ... et at ... ai ' ....m ' . ' .... s 01 Dairy Products. Duttt-r llgln creuiuury Oiilo crt-utiitfrr fhiwy t ouiitrv roll Clirt-ttf, Olitt., now Nw York, iii-w Poultry, Etc. llcnsper Ih 1 lil.Kriiit mesuil ... , r -A l ;i u m 17 14 n u it 14 lurkt yi, tivo tKg-l'. Mini Ohio, iibU Fruits and Vegetables, I'otntnee Fnni-jr wlille porlrnt 1 11 I so II .10 8 Ml 4 UI 1'ffcM'ltLV I'T til'l . 11 t:, 8 Hi VliJ (niton .-r l.nrifl! . Applua ptir bttrrul. BALTIMORE, Flour Whiter I'utcul . Wliot .Nn. it ieti.... ... Uorn mixuu fcgK butter Creaiuvrf ....tW .... 1 ui .... 'd 17 .... a 61 I ' bl lit 17 PHILADELPHIA , Flour Vt luii-r I'utt-ui Wtet No. a red Coru Nu. Itiulxtfil h.hw OatsNo. J wtiiie .... Buuor-ereiimory, utrit ... fcgg renuyl?aiiln limta.H.....M U' M 41 V 1 01 u 4 u NEW YORK. Flour- rUni.'...- ...... W btt N". i ru .............. Cora No. I Gi-.So, i Wliite butter C'remorr ggge-butokud l'euuTlvul.. ...5 0) 1 irt (.7 ... 44 u so S 40 I It M i ) HI LIVE STOCK. Union Stock Yards, Pittsburg Cattle, Prim fcTy, Kioto JG0O IU.... 810 frline. lMOlo Hut) lb ... 4 do Medium, UUU to UtM lli. 4 70 ialtieUt.ru SuU tuicher, WX to 1000 lbs Common to (air Siai liieu, common to fat ti Common to good (at bull and cow V W UUcucowi.eacU U uj Hogs. Frlm heavy hot I ts Pruue medium weight 8 UK Beet heavy yorkere antl medium-. 5 5tl Uood flge and llgUt yorkere 8 w Plge, cummoa to good m &4U nougbs 4ol Btaga IM Sheep. Cxtra, medium wetliere $ 8 ft Uood to choice 4 7.) Medium 41) Common to fair IW boring .Lamb 8 (JO Calves. Yal, extra IH Veal, good to eboloe m. Im Veal, oouimoa beat? IIM 8- 8 IH 4V i 41) l?J 4 uO 5 VJ tiii A bushel ot wheat by actual count, has been found to contain 869,720 grains. ' . IS l-t 17 l 870 fto 6.16 11.1 8 Ut) 4tM 890 8 til 4 7 till 11 on an 4l 4IW
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