MUST TAKE POUT ARTHUR
Japanese Army Ordered to Re
new Attack on Fortress.
BESIEGERS ARE GAINING.
Stronghold Must Fall So That Oyama
Can Be Reinforced Available
Men All In Field.
The supreme effort of Japan to win
the war with Rumlu la to be put forth
Immediately. The Emperor has or
dered General NokI's army, besieging
Tort Arthur, to ossniilt the fortress,
and continue the assault until the
fortress falls, no matter how great the
loss of life.
Thin Information comes to Washing
ton from a source no near the tmperlnl
household that there Is not the slight
est reason to doubt Its authenticity.
Diplomatic reasons alone constrain
the suppression of the name of the In
formant. This government knows the
information Is nulhentle.
General Kouropntltln's successful
stand ngninst the armies Japan has
1 sent against him Is the immediate
causi? of what is regarded as almost a
panic order to General NokI at Port
Arthur. High officers of the nrmy In
telligence oftlce aro of the opinion
that Japan cannot send n larger force
sxalnst Kouropatkln without making
sacrifices that would appeal even to
the patriotic people of that country.
The army besieging Port Arthur Is
needed to reinforce the troops in front
of Kouropat kin's army south of Muk
den. Without it. apparently, Field
Marshal Oyimin ennnot make further
progress. Another fact Is that the be
siegers of Port Arthur are not pre
pared to camp there during the long
and severe winter.
So far as navy ofllcers can learn the
snlling of the Baltic fleet has had very
little, if any, effect upon Japanese cal
culations. It cannot arrive until so
late In the winter that even if It
should disable the Japanese fleet it
Is likely to be too late to help Stoes
scl. It Is Oynmn's need of men that
causes this nppalllnit order, which will
cost thousands of Japanese soldiers'
lives, ,
1,010 SLAUGHTERED.
Followers of False Prophet Shot Down
by Peasant.
An uprising is reported from the
province of Altai, Siberia. As a re
sult some 1,000 Kalmack tribesmen
have been slaughtered. The Kal
macks, who are exceedingly blood
thirsty, have been stirred to a frenzy
by a high priest, Airod by name, who
has claimed to be endowed with proph
etic powers, and whose stories of com
ing greatness for the tribe were ac
cepted as gospel by his deluded fol
lowers. Fearing trouble, the government
some time ago armed the peasants
with modern rifles, and It being re
ported that an uprising was imminent,
let them loose against the Kalmncks.
A fearful slaughter followed, the clubs
of the tribesmen being of no use
against the bullets of their opponents,
and after the tight was over more than
1,000 tribesmen were found dead,
while many others were badly
wounded.
The prophet, Airod. was captured
unharmed und laden with chains.
HUNGER FELT IN IRELAND.
Great Suffering Owing to Failure of
Potato Crop.
The failure of the potato crop Is
causing great distress and suffeiinr;
among the peasantry of Connemarn.
The Galway county council adopted
resolutions urging the government, In
view of the pressing need, to nfford
assistance by providing relief works,
especially In the congested districts,
and by supplying cheap potatoes for
the coming season. The' council sug
gested, umong other things, the devel
opment of mineral resources.
Reports from various districts of
Ireland state that the pinch of hun
ger is alreads severely felt, especially
on tho Mayo seaboard.
THE WISCONSIN VOTE.
Roosevelt Receives 279,053, Against
125,803 for Parker.
The official returns from the recent
election in Wisconsin, as compiled by
a Milwaukee newspaper from figures
sent by correspondents at. the various
county seats, show the vote to have
been bb follows for President: Par
ker, 125,803; Roosevelt, 279,058; Dens,
27.170: Swallow, 7,81)6: Populists, 79;
Social Labor, 57. Plurality for Roose
velt, 153,255. The Legislature, with
one seot to be contested, will stand,
Republ.cans, 111; Democrats, 1G; So
cial Democrats, 5.
Survivors in Distress. .
A story of sickness, hunger and'
starvation has come to the state de
partment from Mr. Norton, the Ameri
can consul at Harput Id a report upon
the condition of the Sassun popula
tion In the Mush district. The con
sul says of the 10,000 survivors of the
recent massacre, few have saved any
thing but their lives. Nearly every
house In the region was ransacked and
burned.
The cruiser Pennsylvania has gone
to Boston to make preparations for
her speed trial.
8AVINGS BANK WRECKED.
Robbers Use Nitroglycerin In Reach
ing the Strong Box.
At La Plata, Charles county, Md.,
robbers blew up and practically de
stroyed 'the building of the Southern
Marylund Savings Bank. They se
cured tli.OOO in cash. Nitroglycerin
la supposed to have been the explo
sive used. The robbers, after secur
ing the money, made their escape, but
cut the tuiegrapn sua teiepnone wires
before leaving the vicinity.
TWO MEN KILLED.
Engines Caught Shifting Crew While
on Siding.
While an engine was shifting a car
at McGarveys, on tho Pennsylvania
rnllrond. Ave miles west of Altoonn.
two light engines used to insist
freight trains up the mountain, came
down and struck them. Two nien
were killed and two Injured.
Tho dead: Klremnn George Chase,
of Henrietta; Clerk William t oxey,
of Altoona. The injured: Kngineer
John Clark, of Derry; head and body
lacerated. Caller George Clapper, of
Altoona; left foot ground off, sprains
and fractured skull.
The freight car was part of a west
bound train of empties that had been
cut out to be sent to the Altoona
shops for repairs.
After being shifted on a siding En
gineer Clark was returning to his
train when the snnppers ran him
down, Chase, Coxey and Clapper were
all riding on Clark's engine. The In
jured men were brought to (ho Al
toona hospital.
STOLE LAND BY WHOLESALE.
United States District Attorney Mak
ing Big Headway In Fraud Cases.
Link by link the government Is
forging the chain of evidence by
which it is hoped to prove the evi
dence of n conspiracy to defraud the
I'nited Slates of thousands of acres
of public lands.
I'nited States District Attorney
Hall and Assistant 1'nlted States At
torney General Heney bent their en
ergies to convince the Jury at Port
land, Ore., by the testimony of A. W."
Barber, a clerk in the general land
office, that the claims In the now no
torious "11 7" district, for which
homestead patents were Issued, were
never improved or resided on by nny
of the clalmnnts to whom they were
awarded, and that the issuance of
patents was upon testimony false
from beginning to end. The country
is mountainous. There were no roads,
no houses, no fences, no fields, no
barns, nor any of the other homestead
appurtenances of which testimony is
made in tho proofs.
NAVAL TRAINING SITE.
Board Selected Lake Bluff, Near Chi
cago, for the Station.
Lake Bluff. 111., 30 miles north of
Chicago, will be the site of a new
nnval training station for which Con
gress has appropriated 1250,000. A
board consisting of Cnpt. W. H.
Reeder, William M. Bradley and H.
M. Waite, after having toured tho
Great Lakes h"arlng the claims as to
the qualifications of a dozen cities
and towns, decided that from the
standpoint of accessibility, healthful
ness nnd topography. Lake Bluff Is
the most desirable location. They so
reported to President Roosevelt. He
apnroved the report.
Nothing now rtmains except for the
citizens of Chicago to carry out their
Intention to transfer free the neces
sary ground, valued at $175,000, to the
navy department, which will proceed
to dredge the harbor and erect the
buildings necessary for the housing
and training of from 2,000 to 3,000
naval recruits.
New Hampshire's Vote.
The vote of the State in the recent
election shows that President Roose
velt received a plurality of 20.184. Tho
ofllcial vote Is as follows: Roosevelt,
54.179; Parker. :!:t.9(K: Swallow, 719;
Debs, 1,090; Watson, 83.
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.
The Missouri slato hulldlnt; at thi
world's fair was destroyed by Are, re
sulting from the explosion of a hot
water heater In tho basement.
John Higitlns of Yonngstown, , O.,
nn employe of the Republic Iron anil
Steel company, had his right foot,
caught in u gear nnd cut off.
The six-yrar-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Grief, of Ditnlo,-Pa.,
was accidentally shot in the head by
her 12-year-old brother. Tho wound
is serious. , . .
Burglars entered tho meat market
of Hitchcock Bros., at New Castle,
Pa and stole a large quantity of
meats, provisions und turkeys pre
pared for Thanksgiving.
Penrl, daughter of Oscar Jones, of
Huntington, W. Va., took carbolic
acid and died ufter telling her fathr
that the suicide of Mrs. Fennessy, of
Cincinnati, was a heroic, way to end
one's life.
Fire at Minneapolis, Minn., de
stroyed the Hill building, the prop
erty of James J. Hill, tho railroad
magnate, causing a loss of $90,000.
The dead body of Jacob Dryhaug,
postmaster at Shot ley, Minn., has been
found, and it is thought that he met
with foul play. -
The animals presented to President
Roosevelt by King Menellk, arrived,
and were housed ut the National Zoo
logical park. '.
Floyd Grundy, night operator for
the Grand Trunk railway at Swaru
Creek, Mich., was bound by robbers,
who rifled the safe, but secured little
booty.
Mrs. George Gay, wife of a farmer
near St. Joe, Mo., was found dead in
her home, with her throat cut and her
hands and feet pluloued. No motive
for the crime is lenown.
O. T. Voorhoes, a Philadelphia re
frigerator engineer, has sued the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Com
pany for $45,000 damages alleged to
have been sustained by the with
drawal of a contract for refrigerators.
Lowered the Flag.
Displeased by some action of the
nuttves, Mr. Ross Davis, the American
consul at Alexandretta, Is reported to
have lowered the American flag from
the consulate dining u recent cele
bration in honor of the accession of
the Sultan. It Is said the officials and
people of Alexandretta regurd the ac
tion of the consul us an insult', and it
Is ex pec tod at the state department
that a compluint on the subject will
reach here soon from Constantinople.
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VICTIMS Or AN OLD FEUD
One Killed and Three Wounded
In Kentucky.
TWO HUNDRED SHOTS FIRED.
Crowd of Citizens Arrived In Time to
Disperse the Mob Reward
Offered.
The attempted murder of a 10-year-old
boy with an ax and the flight of
a wounded woman a mile to safety
were the features of a fetid fight near
Yorkvllle, Ky., In which over 200
shots were fired. Tho arrival of a
posse of neighbors drove off the op
posing faction, leaving one dead and
two wounded on the ground.
Yorkvllle Is on the Big Sandy river.
The Wnllnre and Curry factions, sur
vivors of many battles, were the prin
cipals. Thomas Curry Is dend nnd
John Anderson, Henry Monroe and
.Mrs. John Wallace aro seriously In
jured, whllo Claude Marcum, the JO-year-old
brother of Mrs. Wallace, Is
not expected to live from rough treat
ment at tho hands of tho Curry fac
tion. The old embers of hatred between
the Curryltes and Wallaces have
burned many years, due to the refusul
of John Wallace to keep his cross
roads saloon open later thnn 12
o'clock. The attacking party was
headed by John Curry, a veteran of
the feud days of the seventies, and
his son, Thomas Curry, tinder Indict
ment for the cold-blooded murder of
J. Wllbert York, a cousin of John Wal
lace. After the Curry crowd had started
away from the Wallace saloon they
decided to return for more whisky.
They knocked at tho door of Wal
lace's house, and Mrs. Wallace re
fused them entrance, saying that her
husbnnd had not returned. Then they
burst In the door and dragging the
woman and her little brother into the
yard, hound the lud hand nnd foot and
placed his head across a lox.
Thomas Curry was In tho net of
raising an ax to decapitate the boy
when a bullet from a rifle In the
hands of Wallace, in n second story
window, killed him Instantly. The
crowd Hum opened fire on Mrs. Wal
lace, who ran for assistance. She
was shot In the hip und shoulder,
dragging Jierself a half mile to a place
of safety. She rode to Louise, Ky.,
summoning the Sheriff and his depu
ties to the scene.
In the meantime a battle was going
on at the Wallace residence, which
ended in tho Curry party killing all
the live stock In the barn. The
home of the Wallaces was reduc
ed almost to kindling wood. The list
of casualties is low on account of
the fact that Walluce saved his am
munition ttll the last, while the crowd
emptied their guns in nn endeavor to
reach him through the walls. The at
tacking party did not desist until arm
ed neighbors arrived from tho. sur
rounding farms. The Sheriff has
offered a reward of $1,000 for the ap
prehension of any member of the
mob.
Japs Lost 600 Men.
The Japanese lost 500 men In the
attacks of November 17 and Novem
ber 18, nnd were evidently disheart
ened. When they renewed tho at
tack November 19 the Japanese sent
out several battalions from Double
Humped hill, but their movements
lacked decision. The Russians open
ed fire from Poutlloff (Ione TYee)
hill, and u neighboring eminence.
Several shells burst in the midst of
tho advancing Japanese columns nnd
quickly checked them. Tho Japan
ese also tried a turning operation at
Chnnltndza, but there also they were
dispersed.
German Treaty Signed.
The American-Gorman arbitration
treaty was signed at the State De
partment by Secretary Hay and Bar
on von Sternburg, tho German Am
bassador. It is Identical with the
American-French treaty.
A CRAZY MANS ACT.
Stripped His Children and Set Fire
to Clothing.
Ten dnys ago the wife of Alem Sa
lem, miner at Robertsdale, Hunting
don county. Pa., suddenly became
mentally deranged . from worrying
over sickness in the family and her
husband remained at home to care for
her and their six children. His ill
luck and his wife's condition, so prey
ed upon his mind that he, too, became
mentally unbalanced and in a frenzy
decided to burn his house and cremate
the family.
Ivocking the doors he stripped the
children naked. He then Ignited their
clothing at the kitchen range and
forcing them into one room waited for
the flumes to accomplish his pur
pose. Neighbors saw the blaze and
called the firemen, who quickly re
moved the children and extinguished
the fire.
Salem, eluding 'the firemen, fled
from the house armed with two butch
er knives and sought refuge in a
neighboring woods, terrorizing the
people lie encountered. Before he
could do any harm, however, he was
overpowered by other miners and will
be taken to an asylum.
Lost Bank's Money.
Arnold Beuthlen, until two months
ago cashier and one of the largest
stockholders In savings bauks at New
Liberty and Dixon, la., was arrested
In Chicago, charged with the embes
clement of $G0)00 of the bunk's funds.
Beuthlen Is said to have Invested
heavily In a Chicago amusement com
pany and other ventures. His Invest
ments proved unprofitable, and his
own money and the money of the
banks wus lost. When arrested
Beuthlen bad but $1.05 In his possession.
NEW ANTHRACITE ROAD.
Shortens Distance Between Boston
and Pittsburg.
A contract has been awarded to a
New York Company for the construc
tion of the New York, Pennsylvania
and Southwestern railroad, a line of
railroad between Blnghnmton, N. Y.,
and Wllllnmsport, Pa., lit) miles In
length. Tho New York, Pennsylvania
nnd Southwestern railroad will con
nect with the Delnware and Hudson,
Kile, Delnware, Lackawanna and
Western, Reading, Lehigh and Penn
sylvania railroads. It opens up a new
anthracite coal territory, and, It is
said, shortens the distance between
Boston and New ICngland points and
Pittsburg nnd tho West by I'M) miles
or more. Tho cost of the rond ami
equipment Is $4,500,000.
CREW LANDS HALF NAKED.
Steamer Burns on Lske Erie and
Those Aboard Escape in Boat.
The coal steamer Philip Mlnch, on
Its way from Fnirport to Bandusky,
O., was burned to tho wnter's edge
about eight miles east of Marblehead.
Tho crew of 17 men was forced to
abandon the burning boat, whllo sev
eral miles out In the lake, nnd reach
ed Sandusky In nn exhnnsted condi
tion, many of them half naked because
of having been aroused from sleep.
The fire started In the stern of the
boat from a cnuse not. determined.
Cspt. B. A. Benson, ordered the men
off in a yawl Jioat at 2 o'clock Sunday
morning.
30,000 PERSONS DESTITUTE.
Talautse Islands Visited by Disas
trous Hurricane.
Tho Talautse islands, northeast of
Celebes, Malay archipelago, have been
visited by a disastrous hurricane,
causing the sea to rise to such nn ex
tent that It flooded the islands nnd
left 30,000 persons destitute, their
homes, boats und plantations being
destroyed.
Blew Up a House and 25 Japs.
Gen. Kuropatkln reports that four
volunteers of a Russian patrol while
reconnoiterlng November 16 discover
ed a Chinese building occupied by 25
Japanese. Four riflemen armed with
grenades loaded with pyroxylin suc
ceeded In evadlnaj the sentries and
placed the grenades, which a few
minutes later exploded, completely
wrecking the building, killing or
wounding all the occupants.
8wlss Treaty Signed.
Secretary Hay and Mr. -Probst, the
Swiss charge d'affaires, signed an ar
bitration treaty on behalf of the Unit
ed States and Switzerland at the
State Department. It follows the
lines of the American and French ar
bitration treaty.
Blockade Runner Captured.
The Japanese navy department re
ports the capture of the German
steamer Batelan while attempting to
run tho Port Arthur blockade. On
board of the vessel was found a great
quantity of winter clothing, blankets,
medicine and corned meats.
TERSE TELEGRAMS.
At tho age of 107 years Mrs. Julia
Zounskl, probably the oldest white
person on the Pacific coast, Is dead.
Roy Scott, a college student whoss
mania Is to kill women, was arrested
at Salt Lake City when about to at
tnek Miss Elsie Gallncher with a
knife.
Schuyler Bnlrd, under arrest nt
Louisville, Ky. , hns confessed to
breaking open the trunk of D. S. H.
Holley nnd taking diamonds worth
$20,000.
Secretary Taft and party has sail
ed for Pensacola, whero thf Secre
tary will board tho cruiser Columbia.
Both versels will then snil for Puna
mn. Gcorgo Rosenberg, cashier of th
Pneillc Const Steamship Company's
ofllco at Skngway, was recently sand
bagged nnd robbed of $l,6uO whon
alone in the ofllco.
As tho guest of tho Exposition
management and the J.ip'tnesa
World's Fulr Commission Prince
Fushlmi, cousin of the Emperor of
Japan, was feted at the World's fair
with great pomp and ceremony.
Thomas W. McGregor, clerk In the
rural freo delivery division of tho
Postofflco Department at Baltimore,
who, with C. Ellsworth Upton, was
convicted of conspiracy to defraud
the Government on a pouch contract
last year, went to tho penitentiary
to begin his term of two years.
Teamsters of Chicago whoso striko
against the Furniture Manufacturers'
Association was the cause for rioting
last week, have returned to work.
The employers signed an agreement
with the drivers promising that there
should be no discrimination against
union members, and also agreeing to
increase wages.
Detectives left Bluefleld, V. Va..
for New York, having In charge Pro
fessor Popp, who will be turned over
to the Austrian Consul, charged with
complicity in the robbery of the post
office at Budapest.
A man, a laborer In appearance, who
had been removed from a squalid
lodging houso, died at the Boston
City Hospital, having in his possession
deeds to property in Chicago to the
value of $50,000, as welt as a large
amount of cash. ' The deeds are In
the name of Marian Fourgere. The
man registered as F. Navin of Bos
ton. Vote In West Virginia.
Official returns from the last of the
55 counties of the State, Raleigh, havo
been secured by the Associated Press
correspondent, thus making possible
for the first time publication of the
complete vote of West Virginia at
the lute general election. Roosevelt's
plurality in the State Is 32.002. The
Congressional pluralities are as fol
lows: First, Dovener, R., 0,754; Sec
ond, Dayton, R., 2,353; Third, Gaines,
R.; 4,013; Fourth, Woodyard, R., 3,
981; Fifth, Hughes, R., 0,067.
Citizens Demand a Part In the
Making of Laws.
GENERAL AMNESTY ASKED FOR.
Memorial Embodying These Wishes
to be Presented to the Minister
of the Interior.
"In order to secure the proper de
velopment of tho life of the Stute and
the people. It. Is Imperatively necess
ary that there be regular participa
tion of national representatives, sit
ting as an especially elected body, to
make laws, regulate the revenue and
expenditure nnd control the legality
of tho actions of tho administration."
That is the final form of the declar
ation of tho xemstvo representatives
of Russia in favor of the election of a
body, not merely to participate In
legislation, but to be entrusted with
the framing of the laws of the em
pire. The meeting nlso ndonted a dec
laration in favor of granting general
amnest'y to political offenders Im
prisoned or exiled by administrative
order.
This completed programme, declar
ing the necessity of the participation
by tho people in the Government, was
signed by 102 zemstvo Presidents, In
cluding 30 Presidents of provincial
xemstvo committees out of 32 who at
tended the meeting. The two who did
not sign the memorial were not pres
ent when signatures were called for.
They represent the provinces of St.
Petersburg and Kherson.
This document, setting forth the ne
cessity of reform, Is all the more strik
ing because tho semstvo Presidents
who signed It, while elected by zem
stvo organizations, are confirmed by
the Government. The signatories al
so Included five marshals of the no
bility, the elections to which offices
also are confirmed by the Government.
The memorial will be presented to the
Minister of the Interior, Prince Svln-topolk-Mirsky.
OFFICIAL RETURNS.
Missouri, Nebraska and Kansas
8end Complete Figures.
Official returns of the recent elec
tion In Missouri give Joseph W. Folk,
D., for governor, a plurality of 30,000.
The total vote was: Folk, 320.C52;
Walbrldge, R., 296,552. The vote for
the other gubernatorial candidates
follows: Hill, P., 6,691; Behrens, 8.,
11,031; Aldrldge. P. P., 2,801; White,
S. L., 1,442; Folk's majority, 9.235.
The count of votes for governor of
Nebraska was officially completed
Governor Mickey, hns a plurality of
9.153 over G. W. Berge, fusion candi
date, nnd a majority over all candl
dates of 1,211. The official count for
President is not completed. With two
counties missing Roosevelt s plurality
is 84.653.
Official figures on the result of the
election in Kunsns were given out to
night. Roosevelt receives a plurality
of 124,582. Hoeh. R., Is elected gov.
ernor over Dale, D., by a plurality of
08,815.
DRIVING RUSSIANS IN.
Weather Extremely Cold with Winds
and Clouds of Dust.
The Russian detachments occupying
Da Pass havo retired before the
Japaneso column l.ooo strong. Tho
same tactics have been followed ini'
mediately preceding previous battles
The Japanese aro reported to bn
advancing toward Slnlsintln, 30
mlli s east of Mukden.
it appears that the affair of Nov
ember 18 nt Lone Tree Hill was a
recontiolssaneo in force and that, had
It been successful, it was to be fol
lowed by n general attack. The Jap
anese got within 30 paces of tho Rus
sian outer positions beforo being driv
en back. They left over u hundred
dend on the field.
Tho weather continues extremely
cold, the thermometer recording 35 de
grees of frost. The frost la accom
panied by high winds, which carry
clouds of dust.
REOPENING 8MOOT CASE.
R. W. Tayler Asks Senator Burrows
to Summon Witnesses.
Senator Burrows, chairman of the
senate committee on privileges and
elections, has received a letter from
R. W. Tayler of Youngstown, O., the
attorney who Is conducting the case
agninst Senator Smoot of Utah, in
closing a list of witnesses whom he
wishes summoned when the rehearing
begins next month.
There are about 40 names and It
is expected that at least 25 witnesses
will be examined. It Is possible that
a sub-committee may go to Utah about
the first of Junuary to take testimony.
Senator Burrows says he Intends to
have a report made to the senate In
time for action beforo the adjourn
ment of congress.
To Promote "Fighting Bob."
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, now
president of the Lighthouse board,
will be appointed to the supreme com
mand of the North Atlantic fleet,
when Rear Admiral Barker retires
next March. Rear Admiral Davis will
be second In command.
Boston Wool Market.
The wool market hus been quiet the
past week, but It has lost none of its
strength. Territory wools continue
active. Pulled wools are firmer. For
eign grades are' quiet. Leading quo
tations follow: Ohio nnd Pennsyl
vania, XX and above, 35(5 aCc; X
3031c; No. 1, 3536c; No. 2, 35
3(ic; fine unwashed,. 2425c; U-Mood,
unwashed, 31 (5 32c; -blood, 3132c;
, -blood, 29g'30c; unwashed delulne,
2727Vsc; unmerchantable, 29 30c;
fine washed delaine, 8CV437c.
IMPROVEMENT CONTINUES.
Confidence Strengthened by Receipt of
Large Orders for Manufactured
Goods.
R. O. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of
trade says:
Retail and Jobbing trade was retard
ed by unseasonably mild weather and
tho Interruption of another holiday,
but manufacturers extend operations
as confidence Is strengthened by the
receipt of larger contracts for future
delivery, and many Inquiries that
promise to mature In something more
tangible. Postponed orders of alt
kinds are being placed on reports from
every prominent Industry, Indicating
that Idle mills ore reopening and the
number of operatives gradually In
creasing. Cotton spinning makes tho
slowest progress, but the statistical
position steadily Improves as stocks
of goods diminish and the raw mate
rial declines nearer the point at which
the mills can operate profitably. Other
textile lines, footwear, and practically
all branches of the Iron and steel In
dustry, are gaining steadily. Some
delay Is noted In tho movement of
freight, while rnliwny returns for No
vember thus fnr show a gain of 6 per
cent, over Inst year's gross earnings.
Improvement In the Iron and steel
Industry continues, orders coming for
ward with Increasing freedom, despite
the upward trend of prices. Practical
ly all lines of standard shapes nre on
a higher level, except steel rails, nnd
there is less agitation for n reduction
from the list prlco of $28 for these.
Each week brings out more business
from the railways, several orders of
large tonnage having appeared In all
lending divisions. The return of
freight blockades hns materialized
mnny deferred orders for cars, and lo
comotive shops nre all busy once
more. Steel mills are resuming at a
rate that promises full operation In a
few months.
Wire and kindred products are In
brisk demand, and even structural ma
terial Is awakening from a protracted
period of lethargy caused by labor in
terruptions In the building trades and
economical operntlon of railways In
respect to new bridges, track eleva
tion, etc. Blnst furnaces are produc
ing larger quantities of pig Iron, al
though the movement of fuel Is not as
prompt as desired because of water
supply and transportation shortages.
Prices of wool nre fnlly maintained
at recent advances, the eastern mar
kets ruling quiet because of limited
offerings rather thnn any slackening
of demand. Woolen mills are actively
engaged, the only cause for complaint
being the price of raw material.
Failures this week numbered 205 In
the United States, against 258 last
year, and In Canada 39, compared with
14 a year ago.
FOUR MEN DROWNED.
Back Swell Capsizes Ferryman's Row
boat at 8arnia.
The rowboat of William Btiggs, the
night ferryman between Port Huron,
Mich., and Sarnia, Ont., was upset
near the Snrnla dock and four men
from St. Thomas, Ont., who were pas
sengers, were drowned.
The drowned are: Alfred Green,
engineer, St. Thomas, Ont.; John S.
Chreenan, fireman, St. Thomas; John
Hack, brakeman, St. Thomas; Jumes
Connell, barkeeper, Sarnia, Ont.
Ferryman Brlggs left the Port Hu
ron dock with six passengers In his
boat. A heavy sea was running on
the St. Clair river, kicked up by the
strong north wind thnt was blowing.
Tho boat pitched and tossed on the
waves but made tho passage safely
until within about 100 yards of the
Sarnia dock. Then a heavy back
swell from the shore suddenly caught
tho craft and cnpslzed her. Brlggs,
John Dobson, an engineer, of St.
Thomas, and Daniel Fisher, n conduc
tor, of Rldgetown, Ont., saved them
selves by hanging to the overturned
boat, but the other four passengers
were drowned. The three railroad
mm who were drowned were Pere
Mnrquette railway employes.
Mutiny In Black Sea Fleet.
According to a private telegram
from Sebnstopol, n portion of the
crews of tho Black Sea fleet mutinied
November 22, under the influence of
the revolutionary propaganda. Tho
mutiny. It Is added, was quelled by
force of nrms and several of the muti
neers were wounded. No confirma
tion of the report is obtainable at the
admiralty.
SCOUTS SLAY 200 CHINAMEN.
Victims Were Commanded by Japan
ese Officers.
A band of 1,500 Chinese bandits,
with six guns, under Japanese ofllcers,
coming from the direction of the Lino
river, was In conflict with three sot
nins of border scouts near the station
of Kajuan early on the morning of
November 23. The scouts charged
without giving the bandits' battery
time to come into action. The ban
dits made feeble resistance nnd fled
In all directions, leaving 200 of their
number dead. The Russian loss was
trifling,
A Japanese column of two compa
nies attempted to penetrate the Rus
sian eastern flunk November 23, but
was met by two squadrons of Russian
cavalry and driven oft with severe
loss.
Peru and Brazil Sign Treaty.
News has reached Washington of
the signing of a trenty between Peru
and Brazil, looking to the peaceful set
tlement of the boundary disputes be
tween the two nations and the ad
justment of claims arising out of the
boundary line disputes.
Another Bank Closes Its Doors.
The Big Bend National Bank, of Da
venport, Wash., has been closed by
direction of the Comptroller of the
Currency because of Insolvency, and
National Bank Examiner Eugene' T.
Wilson has been appointed receiver.
The failure of this bank, according to
tf statement Issued by the comptroller,
Is due to losses sustained upon excess
ive loans, principally to mining Inter
ests with which the ofllcers of the I
bank are Identified. ,
MAIHtETS.
PITTSBURG.
Grain, Flour and Feed.
Vbeat-Ko. t n&....,. OS 1 61
Rr--Nn, t DO ut
Corn-No. StMIow. ear (U ttt
No. t follow, enet led art 0
Mixed eer ;, M 60
OMs-No. twhlte HI S5
do. 8 White 11 43
Floor Winter relent . S 80
Htmlirlit winter 6 70 5 83
Iter So. ) tlmothr t jo is on
Hover No. I WW 1 80
Feed-No 1 white mid. ton W nil 9IM
(trown middlings 19 50 to M
Bran, bulk IS 00 IS 11
Straw VVbrsi ?oo IH
i 0J 1M
Dairy Products.
Butler Elfrin creamery 6 II
Ohio creamer is U
Fam r roontrr roll ., 1 14
Cheese OMo, new it 1
hew York, new II ' U
Poultry, tto.
Bene erlb it tl
t'hliikena rireseed I It
Turkere, lire 18 ID
Kggs Pa. and Ohio, freeb X5 ST
Fruits and Vegetables.
Potatoes New tier' bu 51 M
t'a hhage per bbl TS 1 l
Ontonn per barrol 17 19)
Applea ier barrel IS) t tj
BALTIMORE.
Flour-Winter Patent $5 M t 80
Wheat No. t red Ill I 11
Corn mixed 08
Km" 21 m
butter L'reamerr 3 tt
PHILADELPHIA .
Flour-Winter Patont ...IS IV 6 n
W L eatNo. 8 red .. 1 10 1 II
Corn No. imlxed 61 SH
OnteNml while .... .' 7
Hutter-L'reatnerr, extra S3 ss
fcn PenuajrltanU Urate 4 S3
NEW YORK.
Flonr-Patente .... W I 8
Wheat No. i rtd ..,. I H 1 IS
Corn-No. t t SO
nan-No. II White ..... St) 87
Butter Creamerr .... t 8
Kits- 4 S3
LIVE STOCK.
Union 8tock Yards, Pittsburg.
Cattle.
Prime hrarj, HtOto ICO) lbs.... -.13 25
Piluie, HOO to 1400 lbs . S03
Medium, 12O0 to MOO lbi.... 4 lo
tbelleni. , 140
utrht-r, tan) to 1000 lbs too
Common to fair 800
Oxen, com limn to (at KO)
Common toKood fal bulla and cowa vno
11 1Kb cow , each 16 J)
Hogs.
Frlmebearr bote in
Frtme medium welslita 4 00
beet heavy yorkers and medium 4 60
Uood l ife and llsbtrorkera 4 35
f !((, common to good m 41
tonghe S 70
fetaga S tt
Sheep,
xtra,me'ltum wetberi 4 80
Good tn choice.. 4 (M
Woilltll 8 40
Common In fair 8 0)
spring Lambs 4 00
Calves.
Veal.extra 00
Yea., food to cbotoe. M 83(1
veal, common beavr 80i
8 60
a 15
4 00
4 00
8
a
8 00
8 30
50 DO
4M
4 HI
4 J.I
4 43
41,
45
8 5j
4 53
H3
M)
6 00
750
40)
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The Diamonds of 8L Petersburg.
St. Petersburg society is brilliant,
not only by reason of the diamonds
and beauty of Its women, but also ow
ing to the splendid uniforms and bias
ing decorations of its men. The ladles
wore such diamonds as are only seen
at exhibitions or In the windows of a
fashionable jeweller. The diamonds
of St. Petersburg are famous, for not
only do they frequently measure hall
an Inch across, but their diameter Is
as frequently the same. Your repre
sentative was dazzled by a succession
of solid stones whose weight could
only be reckoned In avoirdupois.
The Jewels one sees at Covent Oar
den are slim and puny baubles by com
parison. St. Petersburg seems to buy
Us diamonds by the pound, and the
wealth "of Ormux and of Ind" scintil
lates In the ears and round tho slender
throats of its fair women. London
Mall.
M. MeDO.NALa.
ATTORNKTATLAW.
Notary Pnhllo, real estate a feet, Psteerts
secured, eoilectlnnn niade promptly. OSaeS
In Sn lloate building, Kernolderllle, Pa.
JJR. B. K. nooVEK,
RETNOLDSVILLB, PA.
ReelAent denllet. In the BooTer kslldlss
4aln treat, tlentleneea In operating.
J)H. L. L. MEANS,
DE2TTIST.
Office on seoond floor of First Na
tional bank building-, Main fctreet.
J)R. It. DEVItE KINO,
DENTIST. i
Office on second floof HeynoldsTflle
Heal Estato liuilcJing, Main street.
RnynoltUvlile, p.
Jt NEFF,
JUSTICE OPTHE PEACE
Ad Real Estate Agent
ReynoItlsviJle, Pa.
gMITH M. McCREIGHT,
ATTORN IY-1T-LAW,
tfotary Publlo and Reel Betate Agents. Cel.
lections will reoelire prompt attention. Offloe
ti the HejrooldaTllle Uanrwure Co. Bunding,
aln street, iteyaoldevllle, Pe.
YOUNG'S
PLANING
MILL
Yon will find Sash, Doors.
Frames and Finish' of all
kinds, Rough and Dressed
Lumber, High Grade Var
nishes, Lead and Oil Colors
in all shades. And also an
overstock of Nails wh:jh
I will sell cheap. , "
r. J. T. TOUNO, Prop.'
t