TBI KILLED BT EXPLOSION
Towboat on tha Ohio River Was
Wrecked and Sunk.
CAPTAIN AND PILOT KILLED.
Force of E xploslen Shattered Windows
In tha City of Louisville Four
Mile Away.
The towboat Fred Wilson was torn
to fragments, li mpn were Mown to
pieces, anil It! others Injured by a tre
mendous explosion of the hoat'9 boil
era on the Ohio river. Of the Injured
one will probab'y die. The force of
the explosion was so frrcnt that It
shattered windows and awakened the
occupants of housed In I:)iilsvll!e. four
miles from the scene. The dead are:
Joseph O. Price, enpiain, P;ndd'ick,
Ta.; Albert II. .Miller, rllot, Pittsburg:
W. A. Holland, guest of Capt. Pile?.
Braddock, Pa.; William (j'linn, stew
ard, Plttsbnrse; Huich Hcskln. rook.
Pittsburg; J. C. ,J.)lms'i;i, deckhand.
Tyrone, Pa.; Patrick White, ilerklinnd,
Pittsburg; Sherman S. Shlbler, second
rnclneer, Pittsburg;- William Thorn
ton, colored, fl;cmnn, J!!Jil!epnrt. O. ;
Joseph Warren, rolored, flroiran. Mi l
dleport, O.
The Injured: Tobias !,etzlrourh,
derkhnnd, WcllFburg. W. a.; prob
ably fatal; Carl Cody, cabin boy,
Hrocktcn. O.; blown 12") feet to shore,
serious; William M. Tlmmons. Pitt"?
burft; John Milic-r, Allegheny; Wlllinm
Miller, Allegheny; Albert V.. S'ewart.
Middleport. O.; Kmma Williamson,
chambermaid, Plttsbm. Nino others
B'.ightly Injured. i
All the Injured except Iz-tzlrouch
will recover. Only thr.e bodies have
thus far been recovered. The bodies
of the other seven victims nrf though'
to be pinned under the wreckage anil
may not be recovered for several days.
The I'red Wila.m was the property
of the Moncm..ihila Kiver Consolidat
ed Coal nt.d Coke company, of Pitts
burg, and at the liir i the accident oc
curred was a . ranttlng her tow near
ltlvervlcw park, about Ot feet from
shore. No rxn'anatlon of the erius,? of
the ncrblrnt rns been off 'red. One
theory Is i hot ihere trey have b.n an
excess of mud In tii" boilers.
There v.-as not the slightest warning
preceding the tervltl'Ie ep:osion nnd
so Rient v.as the pveysnre and so large
the great boilers Hint the b'.r. steamer
was shntiere.l Into Fiv.all bits, while
th; crew was blown Into the air, fome
falling into t!',-' river, others landiu?
on the cmbar.kmri.l, while some 1-vs
fortunate were aught In the wrrrkascs
and killed instantly.
The nppcr works of the st?at)'.er
wrie torn entirely away, while the
hull was so badly shattered that It
sank to the bottom Instantly.
I
GREAT LOS3 REPORTED.
Rursiang and Japanese Meet With
Tcrrlb'e Slaughter.
The Shan Khai Kwan correspond-1
ent of the London "Dally Chronicle"
sends a report received fiom New
Chwang that on May 2t. thinking that
the Japanese had retired from Teng
Wang Cheap-, 1.",0(10 Russians from
Hal Cheng and Llao Yang marched to
ward Feng Wan:r Cheng. They were
surprised by 30,000 Javanese In tb.e
Tatung pass. The Russians casualties
were 4.O11O and over 1,000 Russians
rurrendered. The report does not
state the Japanese losses.
The Tokio coi respondent of the
"Daily E:-:press" says It is reported un
officially that the Japartoso have cap
tured Kin Choti and are now attacking
Dnlny. j
The Toklo correspondent of the
"Dally Mail," under date of May 3. j
says: "According to a reliable report !
tho .lar-ne.ie occupied Kin Chou to-1
day.
TOWN ALM03T WIPED OUT.
Two Hundred Buildings Destroyed
With Le3s of $1,CCC,C03. !
Fire destroyed every business house ;
of any importance, togothnr with a!
large number of private residences, j
tho principal hotel and tho passenger'
depot In Ybfoo City, Mls3., a town of j
6,000 people. Tho Are Mnrlod In the
morning and burned unul 5 o'clock in
tho alteinoon, destroying a total of I
200 houses. Tho burned district la 1
three blocks wide and 12 blocks long. 1
The estimates of the loxj are between
$l,C0O,i)tio and $2,fioo,ooo. in the after-1
noon tho tiro jumr.ed a bayou and I
spread to Latonia, a residence suburb,
where ll destroyed some of tho finest
homes. About B0 families there are
homeless to-night.
A man named Chamhliss was killed
by falling walls, and Mayor Holmes
was badly hurt. The residence of Con
gressman John Sharp Williams Is re
ported to have been destroyed.
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.
A snowfall of s'ix Inches Is reported
In Montana and the northwest terri
tory. Polotzk Ignintz, a well-known for
eigner, of Dunbar, Pa., was killed
twbile at work In the Mahoning mines
bf the Cambria Steel company.
While attempting to rescue Arthur
FTruby from the bottom of a well that
twas being dug on the property of
fThomas D. Mellon, contractor, of
eprlngdale, Pa. Gideon King Marsh
tall and Ferdinand Pilette lost their
lives. ,
M. E. Election.
The result of the ballot taken by
the Methodist general conference for
editor of the Epworth "Herald" shows
th election .of Dr. 8. J. -Heroin Tf an
overwhelming majority ."Ballots were
taken for publishing agents of the
.New York and Cincinnati book con-caret..-
JYt tht Nw- York agency
Home Eaton, and O. .P. Malni were
the only candidates voted tor.- H. C.
Jonnlnga. and E. B. Graham ' i
elected. ptibtUBUig. ageuu of therein
cinuatl branch.
REVOLTING CRIME.
Body of Dead Mart Hacked to Pieces
and Burned by Wife.
Ida May de Kay, the daughter of
Mrs. Kate Taylor, who Is undergoing
a second trial for the murder of her
husband, t.afe Taylor, at Montleello,
N. V., told the rtory of the killing of
her stepfather, ds witness by herself.
The girl asserted thai her uncle, Pet
er Yutklns. was at the Taylor house j
on the nigiTt of the murder, and ns-1
sl'lcl M.s. Taylor In dhtmemberlng
the body.
The girl related the details of the
disposition of the body, which were
of the most revolting character. Her1
mother, she said, cut eft Taylor's head 1
with nn ax and, put It In the stove.1
Then the older woman took a lighted
lantern and swung It around three 1
tinv-s from the doorway. This
brought Peter Yerklns to the house
the witness continued. He asked If
l.nte was dead and received an af
fltmntlve answer. Mrs. Taylor again
took the ax and trld to cut off one
of Taylor's legs, then laid the ax
down before she had succeeded. Yer
klns took the weapon and finished
cutting off the leg. Ida says she went ,
to tsed and left Yerklns and her moth
er together with the body. When she
arose the next morning Yerklns had
disappeared and her mother was still
burning the body. ,
At the previous trial It was brought
out that Mrs. Taylor hacked the trunk
of the body with the axe. The bones j
she pounded to a powder, which she ;
red to the chickens. The skull was
brought back to the house and con
cealed In the kitchen stove.
FURNACES WILL CLOSE DOWN.
Proposed Reduction of 20 Per Cent in
United States.
Within the next SO days the produc
tion of pig Iron will. It Is stated by
loading dealers In New York, be great
ly curtailed at the furnaces In all
parts of the t'nlted States. The p:o
p:;s"d reduction, which Is not by
united action, Is various estlma'ed at
SO to 4 ror cent of the present out
put. The furnaces to be most quick
ly affected are those which have been
In operation the longest, as the new
furnaces have more modern maehln-.
ery and equipment nnd can turn out
l!.;ti at a lower roMt than their older
competitors. The production of pig
l.cn during W was l!,no',imit tons.
Kxnrrts n?seit that unless there Is
great improvement in the near future
the tital for the current year will
not exceed 1 l.fnid.iioo tons.
It Is stated that the first curtail
ment will he made In about thre
ttfl-j, One company's futnaces In
the (Jhlci'.jro district, producing about
1" tons of pig Iron a day, will then
be closed down nnd others nie ex
pected to follow rapidly unless the
demand becomes much heavier than
at present.
TWENTY HURT IN WRECK.
Pjjsenjer Train Crashes Into Freight
Cars at East Liverpool.
Westbound passenger trains 303 on
the Cleveland ami Pittsburg railroad
In rounding a curve above the railroad
siatlon In this city this afternoon ran
Into a number of empty freight cars
which a shifting crew had loft stand
ing on the mnln track. Twenty per
Eons weio injured, some of them quite
seriously. Those worst hurt are:
Engineer Harrison Headley, East Liv
erpool, badly bruised nnd shoulder
hurt; Fireman A. J. Williams, Clove
land, c:ushed ami bruised In Jumping
from cab; Conductor H. MoKee, Del
lalre. bruised; Express Messenger
Joh.rson, Cleveland, bruised, sole over
turning cn him; Mrs. J. A. Cotton, col
ored leather. North Carolina, head and
shdtildcrs brulHcd; James Costello,
Cleveland, severe cut over eye; Miss
Minnie Wilght. teacher, Harrlsburg,
Pa., teeth knocked out; Mrs. "Dan"
Dutaeh and child, Pittsburg, severely
bruised; Mrs. Isabella Townsend,
Tarentum, Pa., head badly cut, teeth
knocked out nnd hand crushed; John
Newman, head cut; Frank Miller,
Pittsburg, neck sprained and facq
rut; V. W. llarker, pottery manufac
turer, East Liverpool, bruised.
COLOMBIANS INDIGNANT.
Will Not Receive Diplomatic Repre
osntatlve From This Country.
The Colombian government has not
yet gotten over Its Indignation bo-
cause of the secession of Pnnnmn.
nor Its nni;cr agnlnst tho UnlteJ
Biaies ior paving so promptly recog
nized tho new republic.
Just before Congress adjourned the
President nominated W. W. Russell,
secretary of tho legation nt Panama,
to bo mlnlHter of tho United States
at l.ogota, to succeed Minister lieau
pre, who left there because of the
failure of the canal treaty negotia
tions with Colombia. The Colombian
government, has, however, notified
tho United States through A. G. Sny
der, United States chnrgo d'affaires
at Bogota, that It will not receive Mr.
Russell nor any other diplomatic rep
resentative from this country. Mr.
Russell was about ready to start for
his new post of duty, but, because
of this complication, has been direct
ed to remain in Panama for tho pres
ent. 280 8eimen Lost.
Of the complement of the protected
cruiser Yoshlno, sunk recently In col
lision with the cruiser Kasuga, 60 non
commissioned officers and 220 blue
jackets were drowned, and 48 com
missioned officers and men were res
cued. Boston Wool Market.
The demand for old wools In the
market has been unusually quiet the
past week. From the manufacturers'
standpoint the situation Is no more
favorable than at any time during the
spring. Some current quotations fol
low: Oblo and Pennsylvania, XX and
above, 8233c; X, 2a30o; No. 1, 81
(3 32c; No. 2. 3132c; fine, unwashed,
220230; H and H-blood. unwash
ed,, 242ac: fine washed delaine,
83 34c; Michigan, X and above, 25
28cj No. 1, JDOSOeflo.. J 2829e;
ed, 24tt25c; ' '
JAPD-RUSSIAN in MS
Report of Terrible Slaughter In
In Attack on Port Arthur.
JAP CRUISERS REPORTED TAKEN.
Russian War3hlpt of Vladlwistsk Fleet
Blown Up After Running on
the Rocks.
It Is reported that Foreign Minister
Lamadurff has received a message
from the Russian consul at Chefoo,
saying that the Japanese have made a
land attack on Port Arthur, and that
In doing so they lost 15,000 men killed
or wounded. The Russian loss Is
placed at 3,000. The ultlmnte outcome
of the fighting Is not stated.
The St. Petersburg correspondent
of the Paris Matin says; "It Is per
sistently rumored that the Vladivostok
squadron has captured three cruisers
bought by Japan from Chile."
The report that Rear Admiral Jes-
sen, finding it Imposslblo to save the)
protected cruiser Hogatyr, which went j
ashore recently in a fog on the rocks
off Vladivostok, caused her to be j
blown np. Is confirmed. The guns of !
the Hogatyr were removed before she'
was destroyed. No loss of life attend
ed her destruction.
An Investigation made by the au
thorities Into the recent attempts to
destroy some of tire vessels of the Bal
tic fleet at Cronstadt has resulted In
the arrest of four Japanese spies, who
seem to have escaped detection by
wearing the uniform of naval cadets,
thus obtaining admission to the navy
yard and across to the ships without
difficulty. It Is believed that they are,
also responsible for the fire started
some time back near the naval maga
zine, anil for the opening of the sea
valves of the Orel. The authorities
here fhlnk the Japanese have been
harbored by anarchists.
The St. Petersburg correspondent of
tb.e London "Central News" says that
there was an explosion on board the
battleship Orel, at Cronstadt, and that
1" stokers were killed. The vessel,
the correspondent fays, wns damaged
and It wlil take weeks to effect re
pairs. Tb.e explosion, according to the
d'ispntcn, was the result of an accu
mulation of gas in the bonkers.
SOLD BOGUS STOCKS.
New Jerecy Youth Admits Using
Mails to Defraud.
Charles L. Murphy, a country youth
wns committed to jail at Newark. N.
J., In demult of ft, em) ball on a charge
of swindling. When analgned before
I'nlted States Commissioner White
head. Murphy admitted that he had
purchased a mall order list Iro'.n a
firm that furnishes addresses of per
sons living In rural districts and that
he had written to many of these per
sons asking If they did not wish to
purchase stork that would yield Al
profit In Interest of no per cent." He,
remembered selling P. J. P.obb, of j
Salem, O , the complainant against I
him, $73 worth of "Lunar Oil stock."
This Btock, he admitted, existed only.
In his Imagination. Ho also sold West
ern Union Telegraph stock and
"Marconi Wireless" stock, his part of
the transaction ending on the receipt
of the money. j
When asked to-day where he got tho
idea of selling bogus stock. Murphy
said: "I have read considerable and
I learned about such operations that
way. Put I did not expect so many
answots."
RUSSIANS HANG 600 PERSONS.
Hangings In Cronstadt, Moscow and
Other Cities.
The London "Standard" publishes a,
dtapatcu from n Russian correspond
ent containing most sensational state
ments regarding the alarming condl-,
lion of Husla as a result of the wnr.
Tho correspondent asserts that dis
turbances in vnilous cities have been
followed by wholesale executions with-,
out any civil trial.
It Is siated that CeO persons have
been hanged In Wursnw alone and
that many others have been banned
In Cronstadt and Moscow. At tho lat
ter place the troops burled 80 cofllns
containing tho bodies of those .who
had been hanged. The bodies were'
hurled secretly, In the dead of nlsht, 1
presumably In the woods. ,
ABANDONS PORTAGE LINE.
Pennsylvania Does It Under Necessity
of Reducing Its Expenses.
Shortage of traflic and consequent
necesslfiy for reducing expenses on tho
Pennsylvania railroad aro tne reasons
given for the closing to through traffic
of the New Portage branch, built with
in two years at a cost of $3,000,0110.
This latest retrenchment, order takes
effect at once. No date is fixed for re
opening the lino.
The New Portage line was built to
supplement the main line and to give
an alaernate route between tho summit
of the Allegheny mountains at the east
end of the Gallltzln tunnels and Pitts
burgh. It was conceived and built
to relieve the main line through Al
toona In the movement of coul and
other heavy traffic.
The factory of the Hartford City
(Ind.) Flint Glass company was total
ly destroyed by fire. The loss is given
at $20,000. The plant was owned by
R. K. Wlllman and I. L. Gadbury.
ARMY OFFICER8 SENTENCED.
Lieutenants Harris and Fisher Dis
missed From Service.
The war department has received
from the division of the Philippines
two cases of courtmartlal, In which
the officers tried are sentenced to be
dismissed from the service. First
Lieut. H. L. Harris, Jr., Twenty
second Infantry, was tried for drunk
enness and disorderly conduct while
on duty. He was appointed a cadet to
the military academy from New Jersey
in 1894.
NATIVES SLAUGHTERED.
Datto All Surprises Philippine Vlllagi
and Slays Resident.
A report from Camp Overton, Min
danao, dated May 15, states that o
massacre had taken place May 12 near
Mnlnbang, on the southern const of
Mindanao. Fifty-three Phlllpplno men,
women and children, the families of
employes of the United Stntes mllltnry
government nt Mnlnbang, were sur
prised at midnight while asleep by the
Datto All and a band of Moros from
the Kin Urande valley and slaughtered.
The chief and his followers escaped.
Governor Wright hns cabled the
Secretary of War as follows from a
dlspntch sent by General Wood: "No
disturbance In Cottobato valley. Af
fair was a fight with a band of outlaws
under All, who is as much nn enemy
of peaceful Moros as of ours. All
Moros In valley are at work and
friendly, and for first time In the his
tory are taking out cedillas. Have
taken out 2.CO0 In last rlx weeks. Not
the slightest cause for anxiety."
FIREWORKS EXPLODE.
Three Killed, Two Fatally Injured In
New Jersey Factory.
Three persons were killed and 10
others Injured, two of them probably
fatally, by an explosion In the factory
of the Independent Fireworks Com
pany at Camden, N. J.
The dead are: Simon Tlervlncoizl,
18 years; Joseph Logoea, 10 years, and
an unidentified man. Fatally Injured
are: Michael Scnlona, 52 years, and
Leonardo Pinto, 45 years.
Robert T. Weser, of Philadelphia,
president of the company, and Joseph
Sealolia, vice president, were arrested
and held In $1,500 ball to await the ac
tion of the Coroner. Warrants have
been issued for other officers of the
concern. Scalotia's father was fatally
Injured.
The fant consisted of a two-story
brick storehouse and four frame sheds,
all of which were wrecked. The ex
plosion occurred In the mixing depart
ment, but its cause has yet to be de
termined. WRECKAGE FOUND.
Vessel With 89 Pecple on Board Prob
ably Lost.
Wtpchnge of the steamer Corwln,
which sailed from Seattle for Nome
with 89 passengers has been found on
the west const of Vancouver Island.
She was scheduled to snll a week
earlier but some of the persons booked
for passage had complained to United
Stutes Inspectors of the way the
steamer was overloaded nnd the In
spectors ordered all freight stored In
the holds.
Tacomn shipping men who saw the
steamer before she sailed express the
fear that she Is lost. The Corwln hnd
quite a list and seemed to be heavy
and unseawortliy.
Turkey Consents?
It Is reported thnt Russia hns ob
tained consent from Turkey to tho
passage through the Dardanelles of
the Ulack Son squadron, now mobiliz
ing. CAPITAL NOTES.
Secretary Hay has decided that,
notwithstanding Belgian capitalists'
Interests In It, the United Stntes will
protect the Canton-llnnkow railway,
In China, as an American enterprise.
Agrlffultural Department figures
give $4,'iOO,0O0,0O0 as a conservative
estimate of the value of United States
farm products exclusive of those fed
to live stock In 1903.
The Republic of Panama will try to
Invest $i;,nno,ooo of tho $lo,i'oo,0i)0 re
ceived from tho United Stntes in
mortgages on New York property.
Commander Penry expects to take
with him to Greenland In July a
pnrty of consumptives, who, It is
thought, will profit by tho Arctic air
treatment.
The Flist National Bank of Cape
May was closed by order, of the con
troller of tho currency, The bank
was recently reorganized and the
present ofllcers of the Institution, af
ter a consultation with Ilnnk Examin
er Buck, decided to suspend business.
It Is said that tho depositors will bo
paid in full. Financial difficulties of
the former president, It Is stated,
caused tho present tumble.
CURRENT EVENTS.
Torpedo tests will be begun by the
nnvy next month nt Newport nnd Sng
Harbor.
Tho strike of plumbers nnd steam
fitters In Detroit wns settled and 400
111011 resumed work.
At Poono, la., Curtis GnlrJn wns fa
tally wounded by nn unknown nssus
sin who lay in wait in Gulpln'B bam.
Two additional deaths have occur
red as a result of tho explosion In the
Independent Fireworks Company at
Camden, N. J., which killed three.
Fred A. Bench, of Chicago, who
confessed having embezzled $10,000,
was sentenced to the penitentiary
Beach also admitted to having a wife
and three children in Chicago and a
wife in Dallas.
According to the latest reports the
Japanese camps are 'Infected with
cholera and there Is an average of 100
deaths dally. .
The Ulster county (N. Y.) pool
house, three miles from New Paltx was
totally destroyed by Are. Three in
mates who are missing are supposed
to have been burned. The loss Is
placed at $50,000.
The strike at the Standard Steel Car
works at Butler, Pa., bas been settled,
and the plant will be run full turn
again.
Rear Admiral Cooper, commander
In-chief of the Asiatic squadron, ba
requested that be be relieved of that
command and placed on the retired
Hut in the early fall.
Harry D. Babcock, Jr., a member of
the freshman class of Yale, and a
player on the Yale polo team, died
from the effects of an accidental blow
on tbe bead from a polo mallet In the
bands of a fellow player, W. C. Dever
eatu
TEN MINERS MEET DEATH
Fumes from Engine Overcome
Them While in Car.
FOREMAN IS AMONG THE DEAD,
Accident Flret of Its Kind In tbe An
thracite Region and Is Unex
plained. Ten miners were suffocated by n"i
and sulphur fumes fiom a small lo
comotive In the workings of the Sum-'
nilt' Branch Coal Company nt Wll-
llnmstown, near Harrlsburg, Pa.
The dead are W. M. Golden, nsslst
ant superintendent; George Ttnldle,
mnster mechanic: John Kurnev.
seph Punch, Enoch Morgan, Albert
Natl, Fred James, Adam Scoppenhelm-
er, John Fredench, Samuel Fredench.
Thn accident wn nnp nr tho nmsf
peculiar that ever happened in the to railway companies and State hlgh
anthraclte mines, and so far It is tin-' wa? bureaus.
explainable, according to mine ex-1 TnB Keologlo mapping of surface
ports. 1 lormatlons has been extended over
The tunnel In which the disaster
occurred la one mile In length, and
Is used by the coal company to con-
vey the conl mined In the workings In
Ihe Bear valley to tbe breaker In
the Williams valley. Tho men em-
ployed In tbe mines In the Bear vol-
ley, who reside In Willlamstown, Imve
mnde a practice for years to ride to
and from their work on the trips of
cars thnt are hauled between the two " "f "e bio a renders in ue
rallevs by small locomotives. , veloplng the mineral resources and In
Admit 4 o'clock in tdn nftnmonn forwarding Important engineering pro-
General Inside Foreman Golden nnd
about. 30 miners hoarded a loaded trip
whlch was about to be hauled from
Hear valley to Willlamstown.
Everything went nil right until
about half tho Journey wns made.
when some or the men attracted the
sttentl.m of the enir'nenr. wdn nt
jnce stopped, and It was found that
nearly every man In tho party on the
n:s had been overcome by tbe gas
nnd Bulpliur which emnnnted from the
stack of the locomotive and floated
bnek over them.
lite engineer crowned on nil steam
imcsiii." nnd ine iiucciriscious men
were hurried to the Willlamstown end
of the tunnel with nil the speed pos
sible.
Here help wns summoned and the
men were taken to tile surface, where
enrps of physicians made every ef
fort to resus cltnto them. Aid came
too late for Foreman Golden and the
)ther victims.
The tunnel hns been In constant op-
Pintlon for more thin 41 years, and
Ibis Is the first accident of any kind
thnt has happened In It. It Is per
fectly free from mine g.lses nnd the
ventilation is so perfect and tbe nlr
current so strong nnd steady that be
sides being used for hauling cars tne
tunnel hns formed one of the Intakes
Ihnt lurnish nlr to the mines. No trou
ble hns ever been experienced before
rom gas fiom tbe smnll mine loco
motives nnd the officials are entirely
nt sea at to the cause of the tragedy
this evening.
Tblity-flve cf the remaining men In
the car were also unconscious, but the
physicians managed to revive them
and they are now considered out of
danger.
OHIO DEMOCRATS.
State Ticket Nominated Delegates to
National Convention Unln-
structed. j
The Democrats, nt their Stale con
vention In Columbus, nominnted the
following ticket; j
Secretary of Stnte A. P. Sandles, !
Ottnwa.
Judge of Supreme Con; t Philip J
flenner. Cincinnati.
Clerk of Supreme Court-Perry M.
Mehaffy, Cambridge.
Dairy anil Food Commissioner
Quentln M. Grnvatt. Wooster.
Member of Board of Public Works
Wlllinm H. Ferguson, Springfield.
Uloetors-nt-Lnrge John A. McDow
ell, Millers loirg, and A. J. Pearson.
Wondsfkld.
The following are the National dele-gntoR-at-largo:
Wlllinm S, Thomas, Springfield.
John A. McMahon, Dayton.
Charles P. Salen, Cleveland.
Kdwnrd H. Monro, Youngstown.
Tbe nltcrnntes at-lnrge are:
Wllilam II. Decker, Paulding.
John Shecnnn, Cincinnati.
Joseph A. Phclnn, Columbus.
. David L. Rockwell, Ravenna.
The National delegates were ,mn.
structed and aro buund by the nn.t
r.ile.
M. P. General Conference.
With enthusiastic appMval the
Methodist Protestant conference re-
jolvod the proposition for church
jnlon, embracing their denomination,
the Congregationallsts and the United
Brethren, a committee of So was ap
pointed to take the matter under
Immediate consldotatlon that decisive
action may be had before tho end of
:he conference. The conference unan
imously Indorsed the Inter-church
movement for uniform laws on mar
riage and divorce, and authorized a
committee of three to represent the
denomination In this regard. Rev.
Dr. M. T. Jennings, of Pittsburg, was
re-elected editor of the "Methodist
Recorder." and Rov. Dr. C. E. Wilbur,
of Pittsburg, was re-elected editor of
the Sunday school publications of tho
denomination.
Anju Destroyed.
The Russians on Mav 16 made a
sudden attack upon the town of Anju,
Korea, from tbe village of Haltchien,
and captured tbe town, destroying It.
The Japanese garrison set fire to tbe
bouses and retited in perfect order.
After Russian Raiders.
A Japanese force la marching In tbe
direction of Gensan to deal with the
Russian raiders in Northern Korea. A
company ot Japanese from Fusan yes
terday routed a company of Cossacks
at Sementsu.
SURVEYS IN 29 YEARS.
What the United 8tates Geological Bu
reau Has Done.
Tho United Sfal.rs Geological Survey
has Just passd Its quarter-century
mark, nnd In rclebratlon r.f the event
bna tirpnnrod n motioRrntih of tho
achievements ly It during that period
which monograph Is to be distributed
In connection with the Government
exhibit at the St. Louis Exposition.
flu? tile establishment of the sur
vey a complete topographic mnp has
1'ci n made of P2'J,S.'i0 square miles of
the area of the United States. In
other words, the survey has finished
the mapping of 20 per cent, of the
area of the country, Including Alas
ka, or 31 per cent, excluding Alaska.
This great map, of which nearly one
third has been completed, has neces
sarily been published In the form of an
atlas. The completed pntt consists of
Jo-'L3" atlas sheets, pi Inted In three
colors from color-plate engravings.
T!ib tnnnirrniihlc nines of tile survpv
have greaily expedited Investigations
made by cities of their water supply
and have been of tho highest value
a"ui in, suuanj nines, aim mo
'geologic loiios have been published.
wn"e nearly nn equal numoer are in
various stngos of preparation. Each
of these folios present a practically
complete history of the topography,
B?"lKy ami mineral resources of the
arpa described n them,
Perhaps the Immediate value of the
'"rvey's work to tho people is best
Jp''"- Tlle Investigation of the mining
neology of Leadvllle. Col., has, for In-
stance, guioeii exploration ami secured
economical mining in n district that
" i''iiccu uieen -'m,wvto ami
-0,' m metals. it has also
taught the mining eng!ner and tho
nilner the piactlcnl importance of geo-
'"Sic study In their work,
vi.wwrrn.cna ne-cutvicv.
amalgamated vonvention Adjourned
After Three Weeks' Session.
After hnvlnv hern In s.,ssln
for
nearly three weeks in Cleveland, the
thirty-ninth nnnunl convention of the
Amalgamated Association of Iron
Steel un I Tin Workers adjourned, af-
ter re-electing Theodore J. Shaffer as
president nnd choosing Detroit as the
next convention city.
The other officers were re-elected n
follows: Secretary-treasurer, John
Williams, Pittsburg: assistant Ferre
tary, M. F. Tlglie Pittsburg; editor
anil manager Amalgamated Associa
tion Journal. Ben I. Davis, Pittsburg;
Kllas Jenkins, Voiingstown ; John J.
Ilagen, Plqua, O.; deleiate to tho con
vention of Ihe American Federation of
Labor, Daniel B. Su '.liven, Oakland,'
Cal.
ACTION ON DIVORCE.
Presbytorlan Church Takes Action on
Remarriage of the Divorced.
By a vote of 2U2 to 241 the general
! assembly of the Presbyterian church
of the United States wiped out that
part of the report of the special com
mittee on marriage nnd divorce, which
advised Presbyterian ministers to re
fuse to marry ony person whose mar
riage Is forbidden by the church of
which the person Is a member. The
committee had formulated this provi
sion to help promote the work of the
Inter-church conference on marriage
nnd divorce, which takes In 13 denom
inations. The remnlnder of the report was
adopted. It enjoins all ministers un
der the assembly's authority to refuse
to mnrry divorced persons save those
w10 ,iavp 1)Ppn (Vorced on grounds
recognized as Scriptural.
M. E. General Conference.
.1. It. Day, Chancellor of the Syra
cuse University was the eighth of the
new bishops elected by tho M. E.
General Conference, but ho declined
ihe olllrc. The ballot taken for mis
sionary bishops resulted In the elec
tion of Dr. I. It. Scott, of Louls'iapa
(colored) as missionary bishop to
Africa, nnd Dr. W. F. Oldham nnd
Dr. K. V.. lloblnsou as additional mis
sionary bishops In Southern Asia. The
conference finally disposed of the
ciuestioti ns to whether the Methodist
church would return to the rule of
I limiting the tenure of pastorship, by
1 Jidoptlng resolutions that no change
'"" """ H, "- ' !""' "'f '-
, ago, wiucn pruvmcs ior uu iiii.iiuuuii
: t.nure'.
Banker Plant a Suicide.
Robert II. Plant, president of the
First National bank, of Macon, Ga.,
nnd owner of the I. C. Plant's Sons
bank, both recently placed In the
hnnija of a receiver, committed suicide.
Ho had been ill for two months, and
tho collapse of the two financial In
stitutions occurred last week. The
Plant banking Institutions are the old
est In the city. Tho receiver of the
private bank has reported a deficit of
more than $844,000. Mr. Plant, In ad
dition to being identified with various
manufacturing and commercial enter
prises, was well known throughout the
trotting world and his horses for
years have raced in the Grand circuit.
Mr. Plant had life Insurance of more
that 1,000,000, of which about $800,000
was for the benefit of his creditors.
Claims Against Mexico for $7,500,000.
Attorneys representing the Bonzack
Company ot Virginia, have appealed to
the State department to prefer a claim
against the Mexican government for
$7,500,000 and the case Is under con
sideration, with the prospects that it
will be referred to the ambassador for
preliminary report. The company's
claim is based upon the use by Mexi
can companies of its patent for manu
facturing cigarettes, and It is alleged
that tbe supreme court of Mexico bas
denied justice in this matter.
TlIK NATIONAL GAMR
Boh F.msHe" Is In bis fifteenth yeaf
ts umpire.
Jack Crnnln Is pitching great ball
for Brooklyn.
This Is Tcnney's tenth year with tbe
Boston Nntlonnls.
Oeler Is doing splendid work for tbe
Boston Nationals.
Charley Zlinmer snys he likes nm
plrlng even better thnn ball playing.
ntcber .Tack Pflester. late of Pitts
burg, has signed villi the Omaha
Club.
Inflelder 'Gen Pemnntrevrtle, In t
of Ihe St. Louis team, has signed with
Atlanta.
I.njole has the poorest flelfllnf aver
age of any of the second basemen.
I'errls lends.
There nre nn exlbltlon games at.
lowed nmong the minor league clubs
Ibis season.
Frnnk Selee says 1hi cltth thnt bests
out the New York tJInnls this season
will win the pennant.
Cromley, the Georgetown pitcher,
who shut out Princeton, Ysle nnd Har
vard, hns Joined Indianapolis.
Pitcher mil Kennedy, of last sen
son's Pittsburg team, hns signed with
the Independent Plifun (Ohio) team.
Rube Wnddell Is the winning pitcher
of the American League this season,
ind "Iron Man" McGluulty leads the
Nationals.
Pevlin, the New York Katinnnl, f
wielding the slick with telling effect,
ind young McCormlck Is not far be
hind In this respect.
The new rule allowing two conches
fm the lines has been tried for some
lime, ami from all accounts has been
well received by plnyers and patrons.
Michael I.ynch. the Brown Unlver
lry pitcher who has been sought
ifter by nearly all the clubs In the
Katlonnl nnd Amerlcnn Leagues, b.t
signed with Pittsburg.
Korean Navy One Boat.
A Phlladelphlan recently on a tour
nt the world passed nearly a month
In Korea, and gives this summaty of
the military and naval resources of
"the land of the morning calm." "I
was amused," he said, "by the seri
ous way In which tho Korean officials
spoke of their navy. At Chemulpo 1
saw the navy pass. It consisted of a
single steamer, which hnd formerly
been a collier, and It wasiormed with
two old-fashioned mule-loadin,?
(una. There Is a regiment of Koreans
In Seoul who are being drilled by
Japanese offices, but beyond hat the
"army" consists of a rabble mVtle up
anywhere between ro and l'.)0,0iib men,
armed with a .collection cf wpons
which bpgln with bows and arrows,
spears, spikes something like the hal
berd, arquebuses and old muzzie-load-Ing
rifles. There are a faw Mausers,
and I saw one detachment that hiid
every variety of hunting gun yotj
could name. Thn ofriclnls are gorgev
oits in their uniforms, but the file
a kalledoscoplc mob so far as appear)
ance was concerned. The pay of ths
Korean soldier Is eight cents a day.
The Seoul regiment la the emperor's
rcyal guard, and is the enly orsanl
ration In the nrmy that shows any
thing like discipline. P.ut tho navyl
Fhat would make you laugh." Phila
delphia Telegraph.
A woman 5 feet 6 inches high sljould
weigh 14ii pounds.
PITTSBURG.
Grain, Flour and Feed.
fFhMt Ko. i red VI W
H--No. e . si m
Corn No. yellow. or el l
No. 2yillow, ahelli-d M M
Mlxsil enr Ml 67
Oat-No. white... 47 8
Un. 8 white ., V 47
Floor Winter tent Sl 5
Htrnlithl wintur 4 .) 4 ftS
1!T-.No. Mlmothr 17 00 17 Si)
t'lcrer No. I 11 25 11 7S
Feed-No 1 white mid. Ion VI 5) MOO
Brown mldillluM UO WW
llren. hulk SI 00
Ptrw Wheat -11 &u
O.l 10W UN
Dairy Products.
Butt-r-Elgin winner 4 "M S
Ohio i-rrnuiorr 19 to
Fuller country roll M 14
Cheeee Ohio, new 4
New York, nuw B 9
Poultry, Etc,
Bens pry lb ( 11 1
I hl. krhh (irj-nfed ... , 17 I
Turkey, live 14 17
IC.-SH mid Ohio, freuli IS '
Fruits and Vegetables.
Potatoes Fancy white per bin 1 SCI 1 3d
C ublmire per hlil l!i 1 00
in, Inn .i.r larn-l 3 8 !0
Apiilee i,ei bunul 3UJ i il
BALTIMORE.
Flour W'lntor I'ateut S3 00 S 40
Wlit-at .No. II red 1 04 1 ea
t'oru mixed iT tH
KBun 17 Id
butler Creamery ... J HI
PHILADELPHIA .
Flour-Winter 1'atent ..'ilS SM
Wkeal So. Ilred . .. 1 l 1 oil
i-'oru No, itmlxod M 5i) 'A
Oaie No. i while 4 411
Hutier-Crenmory, extra S: UH
fciig rennejlvauU lireU..........MMa 17 IS
NEW YORK.
Flour-ratant ,....SM 8 40
Wheat Nm 2rca............-.. 1 04 1 04
Corn No. 2 . 07 Jut
Outs No. i Wlltt. ...... 44 46
butler Creamery fe SI
kK BUleaud I'euuiThaula..... SO SI
LIVE STOCK.
Union Stock Yards, Pittsburg.
Cattle.
Pilme teavy, 14M to 1(M lb....ft S9 6 40
Prime, Uuo to Huo lue ... SIS fa
Medium, lax) to UOU ll.. 4 OA S 11
k'aitaallen SuU 4i
Butcher, W)0 to 1000 lbs SdO 4 40
Common to lair S 70
t)ieu, common to (al S00 4 00
Common togood (at bulls end cowe SU I Ml
iliku cow , each JJ M 00
Hoga,
Prime heary hogs 1 1 15 S SO
Crime medium weigbta 6 00 am
Bl heavy yorkert and medium 11 6 0
lieod olgaand llflityorkera 40 4 00
riga, eommoa to good 4 70 4 73
hough 4 00 4 40
tiiaga S00
Sheep.
(Jtra, medium wetnors I l M
Uood to cuolue 4 00 S 10
Medium 41 47
Common to (air
Suing Lambs 0u IN
" Calvea.
yaadjastra... ; ;. 4U IW
Veal, good u enotoa lad. 4 a
Veai, swwihob hear I OS