T
Bloody Encounters in Streets in
Machine Guns Are Used.
REGULAR WARFARE WAGED
Insurgents Capture a Baronial Strong
hold After Most of Its Defend
ers Are Killed. .
It seems to be beyond question
that bloody collisions have occurred
between troops und the united
peasantry and workmen In the streets
of Riga, during which machine guns
were used.
The situation ts most serious In the
country, which ts practically aband
oned to the revolutionary bands owing
to the concentration of the troops In
the cities and towns. Against some
of the estates where the landlords,
aided by a few faithful adherents,
are attempting to piotect their prop
erty, the revolutionists are conduct
ing regular military operations. They
reduced the garrison of the estnte
of Baron von l.oewls to submission
after most of tho defenders had been
killed, and plundered and burned the
buildings and carried oft the baron.
The survivors were made prosoners.
The outbreak of the mutinous spir
it In the Mnnchurian army Is partly
attributable to the failure to puy and
properly feed the troops. The latter
problem Is especially dlfiVult owing
to the impossibility of forwarding
adequate provisions from Russia on
account, of the practical paralysis of
the railroad to Siberia.
Reports from the provinces Indi
cate that the country generally re
mains close to the boiling point. The
situation In the Caucasus Is again
serious. The Tartars and Armenians
nre niurderini? each other as of yore.
At Kllznbethpol especially there has
been a savage exhibition of race
hatred.
HAZING MUST STOP !
Secretary Bonaparte Will Stamp Out
Practice at Annapolis.
Hazing of every kind will be stamp
ed out of the naval academy, at An
napolis, regardless of the number of
dismissals from the brigade of mid
shipmen, necessary to bring about this
result. Two midshipmen, Conin and
Van Derveer, will be dismissed from
thfc academy by the secretary ot the
navy, one for hazing and the other
for countenancing, it by failure while
on duty to report Its occurfenco.
Other dismissals will follow as often
as midshipmen are found guilty of
hazing or countenancing it.
Aroused by the condition of affairs,
which reports show to exist at the
academy so far as the treatment of
fourth class men are concerned, Soc
retf.ry Bonaparte telephoned to Rear
Admiral James E. Sands, superln--tendent
of the academy, a request to
come to Washington as soon as pos
sible for a conference.
It will be tho initial step in a new
nnd vigorous campaign to be waged at
Annapolis against hazing. Admiral
Sands will have the unqualified sup
port of the navy department In his ef
forts to abolish the evil, and Secre
tary Bonaparte announced that the
admiral possessed the full confidence
of tho officials at Washington, In his
ability to handle the situation to the
entire satisfaction of the department.
Congressional investigation of the
conditions at the academy has already
been proposed, In a resolution Intro
duced In the House by Representative
l.oud, of Michigan.
FACTORY IS DYNAMITED
Friends of Dark Tobacco Growers Are
Suspected.
The tobacco factory at Elkton, Ky.,
owned by Mrs. M. . B. Penyck and
operated by the American Snuff Com
pany was blown 1 up by dynamite.
This Is supposed to' be a move in the
fight against the tobacco combine.
The deed is thought, to have been
committed by parties friendly, to the
Dark Tobacco Growers' association,
but the latter has condemned the act.
The conductor of a passenger train
on the Elkton & Guthrie railroad
that lale at night his train was flag
ged at Bradshaw's and 150 men, all
heavily masked, boarded the train.
The leader of the gang told the pass
engers they were only looking for to
bacco buyers.
CAPITAL BRIEFS.
Tho President baa nominated
Charles D. Elliott to be- Marshal of
the Northern district of West Vir
ginia. The Senate ha3 confirmed the nomi
nation of David H. Moore to be Col
lector of Internal Revenue for the
Eleventh Ohio district; William E.
Olasscock. Collector for the West
Virginia district.
Chairman Payne of the Ways and
Means Committee presented In the
House a joint resolution providing for
the holiday recess. It proposes ad
journment of both Houses from De
cember 21 to January 4.
Georgs W. Perkins resigned from
the New York Life Insurance Com
pany "and Claries A. Peabody was
elected president of the Mutual Life;
Insurance Company.
Republicans for Two States.
Tho Republican members of tho
House In caucus unanimously declar
ed in favor of admitting Oklahoma and
Indira Territory as one State and by
a oto of 110 lo 05 declared In favor
of admitting Arizona and New Mexico
as one State. Th3 only opposition to
the progi-im was directed against
joining Arizona and New Mexico. The
Hamilton b!'I. already Introduced, will
bs the measure reported by the emn-mliUo.
MISS ROOSEVELT TO WED
Formal Announcement of Engage
ment to Congressman Longiworth.
Formal announcement was made by
the President and Mrs. Roosevelt of
the engagement of their daughter,
Miss Alice Leo Roosevelt, to Nicho
las Longworth, representative In con
gress from Cincinnati. Coupled with
the announcement of the engagement
Is the additional nnmiitacement that
the wedding wil take place about the
middle of next February.
While arrangements for the wed
ding have not been made. It is ex
pected that It will take place at the
White House.
SUCCESSOR TO MITCHELL
Gov. Chamberlain Names John M.
Gearin, a Portland Democrat.
Gov. George E. Chamberlain an
nounced the appointment of John M.
Geurln, of Portland, to succeed the
late John H. Mitchell as I'nlted
States Senator from Oregon. Mr.
Genrln is a Democrat, but had the
Indorsement of not only the Demo
cratic party in this State, but nlso
that of some of the staunchest He
publicans. The appointee will sit In
Congress until March 4, 1 !()", unless
his tenure shall be sooner ended by
the Legislature, which will meet In
regular session in January, Mil".
$5,000,000 for Improvements.
The board of directors of tho Penn
sylvania Railroad Company author
ized improvements estimated to cost
liilO.llOd. These Improvements In
clude the completion of a double track
a short distance west of Ilarrisburg
between Hyde and Mount I'lilon,
changes of grade along the middle
division and four-tracking the Pitts
burg division between Holivor Junc
tion iiiii! Sang Hollow, 15 miles. The
directors passed a resolution endors
ing President C'assatt's action with
reference to free transportation.
The Foreign Mission Work.
A summary of the work of Proles
taut foreign missions, made public by
Rev. Dr. E. E. Strong, secretary of
the American hoard, shows that there
are (i,00;' male, 5,154 female mission
aries, tMli native laborers and '2.
:S2o,N2ii communicants at the 20.C.II
stations and out stations. This Is an
Increase during the past year of 1u,
UV. communicants. The total Income
of all societies In the United Slates,
Canada, Great Brit inn and continen
tal Europe Is $15, 151, "(IS. Of those In
the United States alone, $",I!I0.7)H.
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEF3
Forty-two deaths from starvation
have been reported by London cor
oners during the year.
Four school children were drowned
while skating on Kclhm's pond, at
Amsterdam, N. Y.
New York court of appeals decided
against W. R. Ilenrst on quest ion of
reopening ballot boxes.
Mrs. Grace Taggart has disappeared
from Wooster, O., taking her two
children.
Thi President nominated Samuel
J. M. MeCarroll as I'niied States at
torney for the Middle district of
Pennsylvania.
Beginning January I. P.O.OWI opera
tives employed by the American Wool
en Company of New York will have
their wages advanced In per rent.
With a detachment of 2nd marines
on board to relieve a like number
now on duty in Panama the cruiser
Columbia sailed from League Island
Navy Yard for Colon.
Practically all the railroad lines cast
of the Mississippi have, through their
trallie nun, expressed a willingness
to enter into an agreement to abolish
free transportation.
A!on?.o J. Whlteman, convicted of
defrauding the Fidelity Trust Com
pany of Buffalo, N. Y., by means of
forged and raised paper, has been
taken lo Auburn State prison.
Preliminary legal steps lo open 111
more ballot boxes were taken by
counsel for W. It. Hearst, who Is con
testing the mayorailly election in
New York City.
The Southern California railway
has been bought by the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fc railway Company.
The tinckane covers 47S.O" miles. The
price Is ?17..St2.Ktn.
First Lieutenant Sydney S. Burbank
and First Lieutenant David A. Sny
der, both of the Sixth infantry, have
been placed In jail in the Phlllipplues
for "conduct unbecoming officers of
the I'niied States army."
In the first election of the new pro
vince of Saskatchewan one of the sur
prises was the return of Dr. Schadd
In Kinlstlno. Dr. Shadd Is a negro
the first of his race to obtain a seat
in a Canadian legislature. i
Miss Nellie Ainsworth of Madison,
Wis., and her cousin, Bert Stewart, n
young farmer were drowned while
skating on Bishops lake near Brigh
ton, Mich. .
Will Advance Wages.
' Independent woolen manufacturers
in Massachusetts. Rhode Island and
Connecticut, employing about 5,000
operatives, announce that they will
follow ihe action of the American
Woolen company, which recently de
cided to advance the wages of tho ;!0,
Ol'O employes 10 per cent, on January
1. It is expected that other nianufnc
t ners.. which usually follow the wage
schedule of tho combine,, will adopt
the new scale on New Year's day.
Maniac Shoots Relatives.
William Guy, Just discharged from
S'ewbnrg lr.su le asylum at. Cleveland,
s:ot aiul fjllied his brotber-ln-law,
Harry Flint, aged 15, and an 1S-month-old
child at 2S0 Brownell
street. Guy then went to No. IU4
Central' avenue and shot Mrs. Eliza
beth Dennett, He was later arrested.
He is a v.ire-d rawer and 2!) years of
jr;?. He had been in thei insane
asylum three years und upon his re
turn home declared that he found that
his wif" had been unfaithful. ,
COLLISION KILLED THREE
Frightful Accident Caused by a
Runaway Street Car.
SOME JUMPED FOR SAFETY
Force of the Coliision Carried Both
Cars a Distance of alf a Square.
Running at a gate faster thna a
mile a minute, one of the heavy cars
of the Meadvllle-Cambridge Springs
line dashed down the entire length of
College hill at Meadvllle, Pa., nnd
meeting a car bound for Cambridge
at the foot of the hill, blazed from
there to Randolph street a path of
death and destruction.
The dead. Mrs. Robert P. Breed,
wife of Prof. Robert P. Breed of
Allegheny college; John Heck man of
North East; Dwight Blrchard, Cam
bridge Springs. .
The Injured: Samuel Grey, Cam
bridge Springs, In the hospital; bad
ly cut and bruised ;condlllon ser
ious; Mrs. Pitman Davis of Saegers
town. cut nnd bruised about the head
and arms; Mrs. Mary Hlckernall of
Siiegerstownr painfully cut about, the
I bead, face nnd shoulders; Miss Ethel
Case, aged 17, daughter of Andrew
Case of Saegerslown. suffering from
bruise In side; Mrs. Moyer of Wood
cock, hel' sister and little girl: all
cut and bruised; Dr. M. B. Roudo
bnsh of Snegerstown : bruised about
the head, tight aim and hips.
The crash was terlllo Two of the
heavy Cambridge line passenger
coaches had started up the hill, the
rear one being trailed by means of
a chain. The cars had reached a point
about In front of the Odd Fellows'
home on the steep Incline when the
cluiiir snnpped. The rear car started
dashing down (lie steep Incline. John
Van Horn, an employe of the road,
applied 'lie brake, hut the car had
gained such momentum that he could
not retard Its speed.
When the car reached the steep
part of the hill In front of the Alle
gheny College gymnasium It was go
ing at ID miles an hour, and from this
point It gained speed at every foot.
The loaded Cambridge Springs car
had turned up North Main slrenL The
motorimin shunted a warning to his
passengers. He either had to make
the Baldwin street switch or be
crushed by the wildcat car. The
men on the runaway car saw a col
lision was Inevlltable and started
lumping on all sides. Passengers on
the upcoming car followed suit but
the cars wore so crowded that all
could not escape.
The Iwo CHrs crashed together and
the momentum of the runaway car
tied both cars below Randolph street,
a distance of about 15D feet. It is
said Unit Mrs Breed was walking In
the street and was crushed by the
wrecked tars. The body of Mr.
Befkman was. Imlly mangled, a large
piece of .timber going through his
body.
TO STOP REBATES
Attorney General Directs District At
torneys to Enforce Law.
Attorney General Moody sent a
circular letter to all the United States
district attorneys, 85 In number, di
recting them vigilantly to enforce
the provisions of the Elklns act
against rebates nnd discriminations of
all kinds by carriers. The method of
proceedings suggested is by way of
Indictment.
It Is the expectation that this let
Id1 will result In the prompt tnvestl
cnlmn of all complaints made of dis
criminations by carriers,- followed by
the indictments where the evidence
win ranis.
Nominations Confirmed.
The Senate confirmed these nomi
nations: Thomas B. Vanllorn, Ohio,
i to be consul lit Rosnrlo, Argentine
j Republic: Joseph A. Howells, Ohio,
! consul at Turks Island, West Indies;
Alexander llelngartner, Canton, O.,
r consul al Guclph, Ont.; Elliott North-
coit, to tie I nnea states attorney ror
the Southern district of West Vir
ginia: John L. Lott, Ohio, commis
sioner to revise the laws of the
United States.
CAPITOL NOTES.
The President sent the following
nominations to the Senate: To be
Treasurer of tho Island of Puerto
Rico, William F. Willoughby of tho
District of Columbia: Collector of
Custom.".. Frederick W. Collins of
Mississippi, district of Pearl river,
Mississippi: Attorney, Erastus J, Par
sons of Alabama, Middle District of
Alabamu.
The Senate In executive .session
confirmed -the following nominations:
Charles A. Stilllngs, Massachusetts,
to be public printer; Henry W. Furn
Iss, Indiana, Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary to
Haiti: William C. Dearlng, Surveyor
of Customs, port of Louisville, Ky.
Postmasters: Ohio Grant Coats,
Rorkford; Fred D. Pierce, Wakeman;
John Finsterwald, Athens. ,
Woman Chloroformed to Death.
Physicians found that chloroform
was used to kill Mrs. Morris Naftal,
the aged woman who was murdered
and robbed in her apartments at As
bury Park. N. J.. He husband an
nounced that $1,000 cash was secured
from Mrs. Naftal.
The Sultan Yields.
Tho correspondent pf the Daily
News at Constantinople says: "The
Sultan has yielded. He has accepted
the scheme for the financial control of
Macedonia, as embolded In the last
collective note of the Powers."
Ex-Assemblyman Joseph J. Cahlll of
Brooklyn, who was convicted of per
jury in connection with violation of
the election laws at the Mayorality
election, has been sentenced to two
years In Sing Sing prison. The case
will be appealed.
WILL GET THEIR MONEY
Bondholders Notified to Appear In
Court for Settlement.
Bond holders of the East Liverpool
and Chester Bridge company have
been summoned to appear In the
United States court a I. Parhershurg,
W. Va., and receive all moneys due
them. The bridge was recently pur
chased by the East Liverpool Traction
and Light Company for about $l;i5,
1)1)0. The bridge has been In Ihe hands of
a receiver since ISDN, when the Guar
antee Trust company, of Parkersburg
was put In charge by United States
Judge Jackson. The late W. C. Jutte
of Pittsburg, was one of the largest
stockholders.
Among the Individuals and others
holding mortgages and bonds who
have been cited to appear before the
Parkersburg .courts nre the Union
Trust and Deposit company, Third
National bank. Guarantee Title and
Trust company, all of Pittsburg, and
the Monongahela National bank, of
Hrownsvllle, Pa.
UNIFORM INSURANCE LAW
President Commends Convention to
Urge Action by States.
Insiui'nie Commissioner Thomas
E. Drake of the District of Columbia,
B. F. Carroll of Iowa and Thomas D.
O'Brien of Minnesota discussed with
President Roosevelt, a uniform In
surance law for the Slates. Com
missioners of insurance of many
States have decided to make an ef
fort to secure the enactment by the
various Slaie Legislatures of a uniform
Insurance law.
The CommlssloneiB informed the
President that Mr. Drake had boon
authorized by Ihe convention to call a
meeting of the Governors, Attorney
General and Insurance Commissioners
of the Slates and Territories February
I In Chicago, where it Is proposed to
induce concerted action in favor of
such legislation. The President ex
pressed Ills nearly sympathy with the
movement. .'
HOW HARBIN WAS SACKED
Horrible Tale Told by Refugees from
Russian City.
The London "Dally Telegraph"
prints the concluding part of the dis
patch f i diii Moji, Japan, giving de
tailed accounts by refugees of the al
leged sacking and burning of Harbin,
.Manchuria, by mutinous Russians.
It says the mutineers set lire to and
pillaged houses in every direction and
seized all the weapons and ammuni
tion they were able to lay their hands
on. When dawn came, according to
these accounts, all the mutineers
crept Into bidding places.
Daylight revealed the . Chinese
quart or In ruins and 400 Russian citi
zens lying dead or wounded In the
streets of Harbin. The authorities,
the accounts say, really assisted the
mutineers In sacking the remnants
of the city, while pretending that
they were making efforts lo suppress
tho mutiny.
CZAR CHANGES HIS MIND
Project to Grant Universal Suffrage
May be Abandoned.
It Is learned on high authority thai
the government has finally decided
against universal suffrage and prac
tically In favor of the old project of
21 workmen representatives and the
extension of the ballot lo the small
rent payers, merchants and the edu
cated classes. However, tho law must
stil pass the council of the empire
and receive Imperial approval. If the
decision i'l upheld It Is apt to end
all question of the support of the
zemstvolsls. '
The situation is exceedingly omnl
ous. Public opinion is practically
unanimous that the government has
entered upon the fatal path of reac
tion, and that Wllte's ministry must
Tali.
M. L. Letts, former station agent
for tho Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
railway at Princeton, Kan., who Is
charged with stealing $70,000 worth
of railroad tickets in mo:i and then
binning the depot, to hide the theft,
has been arrested at Panama, where
he was working under an assumed
name as a clerk for the Canal Com
mission. TEN MILLION DOLLAR DEAL
Andrews-Vanderbilt Interests Buy
Rochester Electric and Gas, Plant.
The Andrew8-Vanderbllt traction
syndicate has purchased the entire
property of the Rochester Railway &
Light Company at Rochester, N.'Y.
The transaction amounts to about
$10,000,000, and puts this traction syn
dicate in possession of all the trac
tion lines, gas works, and electric
lighting plants of Rochester. It adds
another link to the traction interests
the syndicate is acquiring In its de
velopment of a trans-State traction
line from Buffalo to New York City.
Swift i. Co., Reaching Out.
Swift & Co., according to reports
In La Salle street, Chicago, have
nearly completed negotiations to ac
quire the properties of the Schwars
chlld & Sulzberger Company and the
National Packing Company and to ab
sorb absolutely the John P. Squires
Company of Boston and the Swift
Transportation Company. This, it is
asserted. Is the pnrpoce for which
the Increase of $25,000,000 In capital
stock Is asked.
Pope Counsels Polish Catholics.
Pope Plus has Issued a strong en
cyclical advising the Catholics of Po
land lo moderate action, and com
mending the czar for his ukase
granting religious freedom. He
especially denounces the killing or
ill treatment of the Jews.
Rev. Frank Okuzaki, pastor of the
Japanese Baptist mission at Seattle,
Wash., supported by leading Christian
Japanese residents. Is planning a
colony for Immigrants from his coun
try. .
SIX PERISH IN APARTMENT
Mother and Five Children Die
In New York Fire.
TRIED TO SAVE HER CHILDREN
Escape Cut Off by Latch of Door
Leading to Hall Being Caught.
A mothi-r and her live children were
burned to cleulh In a fire In a five
story apartment house nt Columbus
avenue and One Hundredth Btreet,
New York. Two others were Injured
and a score more tenants were throw
Into a panic, some of them cut off
from escape and several rescued by
police, llremen and ambulance sur
geons. The dead Include Mrs. John Thoma-
son. ihe mother, her 3-year-old twins
nnd her three other children, ranging
from 7 months. to 9 years of age.
Mrs. Thomason lost her life In an
endeavor to save her children. Her
body was found In her rooms with
her little ones, their bodies badly
burned lying about her. Mother and
children were cut off from escape by
the latch of the door leading into the
hall being caught.
FRANCE LOSING PATIENCE
Refuses to Withdraw Venezuelan
Note and Situation Grows
Worse.
France has refused to withdraw her
note lo Venezuela, protesting against
President Castro's treatment of M.
Talgny. the French diplomatic repre
sentative. Mr. Jtisaerand. the French
Ambassador, conferred with Secretary
Root regarding the situation, which
Is dally growing worse.
Although Mr. Russell, the Ameri
can Minister, Is still endeavoring to
assist In reaching a peaceful nil le
nient of affairs at Caracas, the deter
mination with which the Ambassador
spoke to the Secretary on behalf of
the Fi emit Government makes II clear
that French patience Is near Ihe
breaking point.
NEW RAILROAD IN MEXICO
Pittsburghers Form Company With
$3,000,000 Capital.
Pittsburg capitalists have financed
a company known as the Great Min
eral Rallrond Company of Mexico
with a capital of $:i,000,000 gold, which
will build a network of industrial
railroads in (iiiliualiuil, Mexico. The
Pittsburg interests are represented by
M. B. Place of thnt city, who Is at
present In Chihuahua closing the deal
to acqi.lre the Pittsburg & San Jose
railroad, which will be used as a
nucleus.
The system Is to be composed of
many narrow gauge railroads tapping
rich mining districts and connecting
with the Rio Grande, Sierra & Pacific.
Kansas City, Mexico & Orient, Peral
& Durango and other roads.
MERIWETHER'S SENTENCE
Confinement in Academy for One
Year and Reprimand.
Confinement lo the limits of the
Naval academy for the period of one
year and a public reprimand by the
secretary of the navy Is the sentence
of the court in the case of Midship
man Minor Meriwether, Jr., tried bv
court-niiiiiinl at Annapolis on charges
arising from a fist fight, hetwepn the
accused and Midshipman James A.
Branch, Jr., on November 5, last.
Two days later Midshipman Branch
died.
The accused was acquitted of the
chargn of manslaughter and found
guilty of rhnrges of conduct to the
prejudice of good order and discip
line. Powder Plant Blown Up.
The mixing house at the works of
tho Dupout Powder company, near
Boyles, Ala., was accidentally blown
up, killing five workmen instantly.
The victims were blown to atoms,
particles of their bodies being found
In tree tops a long distance from the
scene of the disaster.
REBELLION IN LIVONIA
Provisional Government Set Up by
People at Riga.
. Two messengers Vho arrived at St.
Petersburg from Rign, not only con
firm the report that a provisional gov
ernment has been set up in Livonia,
but they say that many of the soldiers
have gone over to the Insurrection
ists. Duina Fort, commanding Riga har
bor. Is In their possession, and the
Governor and other Russian officials
are prisoners.
The messengers add that the pro
visions government, exercises author
ity throughout Livonia and part of
Conrland.
The new Government has declared
the separation of the Lithuanian peo
ple from the Russian empire. They
have chosen new local officials anil
have decreed the closing of the spirit
shops and breweries and the annul
ment of contracts between the peas
ants and the landowners. There is a
general uprising of the native peas
ants, who are traveling in armed
bands attacking the estates and driv
ing off or killing their owners.
Queen Lil Wants $10,000,000.
A petition from ex-Queen Liliuoka
lanl asking for the payment of $10,
0110,000 to her was presented to the
Senate by Vice President Fairbanks.
The petition was accompanied by an
autograph letter requesting early and
favorable consideration.
George W. Lewis, a Pittsburg
contractor, has sued the Wabash
Railroad company for $25,000, allege 1
to be due for "extras" ordered In the
construction of the Taggart tunnel in
Washington county. Pa.
DUN'S WEEKLY 8UMMARY
Holiday Trade Surpassed All Record!
Many Firms Will Increase
Wages to Workmen.
Holiday trade has heroine the prin
cipal commercial feature, retail sales
surpassing all records, while It bus
been found necessary to place liber
al supplementary orders. Yet this
activity in specialties detracts little
from tho steady movement of staples,
and In Jobbing and manufacturing de
partments there Is unprecedentJd
preparation for tho spring season.
Little machinery is Idle and the
outlook for the future Is brightened
by seveial announcements of higher
wage scales to become effective Jan
uary 1. These are In every Instance
voluntary on the part of employers
and one concern will thereby distrib
ute about $1,0(10.000 more per annum.
Building activities are scarcely re
tarded by the advancing season, new
permits being constantly granted anj
dealers in some materials find their
stocks ueaiiiig exhaustion. Railway
earnings steidily show gains over
last year's figures, for December thus
far exceeding those of 11(01 by 4.4
per cent. Foreign commerce returns
for November made much belter ex
hibit as to exports than was expected
partly because of the outgo of bread
stuffs which surpimsed nil monthly
records for over two years.
Two gratifying features are noted
in reports regarding the Iron and
steel Industry. New business con
tinues lo come forward, raising the
rate of production above all previous
rocords, while conservatism prevails
as to quotations, and there Is still no
evidence of the reckless Inflation that
has brought a sudden setback In so
many previous periods of r.iniilar ac
I Ivil I in si- nindilions of the tex
tile markets are still most sound. As
to woolen goods the men's wear sea
son Is opening slowly on lines for
next fall and the only urgency comes
from certain buyers of worsteds who
fear a repetition of the past season's
unsatisfactory deliveries.
Failures this week numbered 2:i!l In
the United States against 270 last
year and 27 In Canada, compared
with 25 a year ago.
LIVES LOST ON THE LAKES
Closing Season, Most Disastrous of
All, Has Total of 215.
According to fluure-i comiilled bv
! t lit; Lake Marine News Bureau the
death list on the Great Lakes during
the season now closing has been 21 5.
Of these 114 were lost during the
threo great storms of this fall.
Lake Kile, which 1p(I the list of
dead for a number of years, this
season gave place to Lake Superior,
where sailors wore lost; as com
pared with 40 for Lake Kile, 38 for
Lake Huron. 1" for Lake Michigan, 10
for Lake Ontario, It for the Detroit
und St. Clair river passage and U for
the Soo puss:gi.
CURRENT NEWS EVENTS.
Julian ban flnaly agreed to accept
Russia's decision against raising the
missions at Tokio and St. Petersburg
to tho ra.nk of embassies at present.
Four hundred acres of prehistoric
fossil remains have been discovered
near Danger Point, 100 miles from
Cape Town.
The Bureau of Insular Affairs is
arranging to cnll for proposals for the
construction In Manila of steel
wharves at a cost of about $."O0,000.
Bids are to be opened in Manila.
At Reading, Mass., eight masked
robbers captured and locked up the
two town policemen and then blow
the safe In the Mechanics National
! hank, securing $100 in cash.
i The Suffolk county Grand Jury
; silting in Boston, failed to Indict
Thomas V. Lawson on charges of
criminal libel preferred by C. V.
i Hvrron, of Boston.
At Bedford, lnd Lemuel Lynch,
', aged 21. who came recently from
i Morgantown. N. ('., was shot, and kill
: nd by Benjamin Rhoades. Lynch had
been calling on Rhoades' neice.
Kleven Indictments were returned
' bv the Federal grand jury at Kansas
' City. Mo., against, common carriers,
railway officials, shippers and freight
' agents, charging giving of rebates
' nnd conspiracy to gain rebates.
EMPEROR STUBBORN
Korean Declares He Will Never Sign
Agreement With Japan.
Homer B. Hulbert, the special
messenger from the emperor of
Korea, is in receipt of a cablegram
from Korea In which the c-uiperor de
clares that the agreement betweea
Korea and Japan is null and void, be
cause It was obtained by force.
He also declares that he will never
sign this agreement in Its present
form, and that the disturbances which
attended the "outrage" of November
17 are likely to occur again.
Boston Wool Market.
More wool was sold during the past
week than for some time before.
Leading quotations follow: Ohio and
Penns; lvanla XX and above, 35
Hoc: X, o4:l."c: No. 1, ;!!)40c; No.
2, 4ici4!c: fine unwashed. 27(S28c;
quarter-blood, unwashed, 3 3$' 34 Vic;
three-eighths biood. 31!g35c; unwash
ed delaine, 2!)fi30c; fine washed de
laine. :!GVa4?37V&. Michigan Fine
unwashed, 2tjS 27c; quarter-blood, un
washed, 33(5340.
Boston Elects Mayor.
Tie; Democrats were victorious,
electing former Congressman John F.
Fitzgerald, mayor over three other
candidates. Fitzgerald's lead over
his nearest competitor. Louis A.
Frothlngham, Republican, speaker of
the Massachusetts House of Repre
sentatives, was 8,:;so.
Reduction of the American naval
force In Dominican waters from a
squadron of protected cruisers to a
mosquito fleet has been determined
upon by the President.
nisiMMrraxnav
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ATTORN IT-AT LAW,
Rotary Pnblts, real late a fa I, t"t
leoured, eoilectlona made promptly. iMJ
n Syndlaale building, Keyneldsrllla. fa, '
J)R. B. B. HOOVKIt,
It KTNOI.pB VILLI, FA,
Resident dentist. In th HnoTor kllMUa.
Vain etreat. 0ntlnesB In operating.
J)R. L. L. MEANS.
Offlc on leoond floor of Ftrrt Va
Uonal bank building, Main ttft,
J)R. B. SEVERE KINO,
DENTIST.
Offlca en ieoon4 floor RernoIdrrflU
Real Estate fJuildlaff, Main strati
KeynoldiTlUe, r.
JUSTICE OF THE PEA CO
And Real Estata Agent-
Kyno!diviil, IX
gMITH M. McCRKIOHT,
ATTORNBY-AT-LATf.
Rotary Piihllo and Raal Batata AfaaM. 0a
laotrom wll tewlva piompt attention. OOU
In tha JieynoIilitTllls Hardware Oo. Bulldiaa.
Main atraal, Ktjaolclarlllo, Pa.
LABOR WORLD.
Many Chinese have left home to go
lo the Transvaal as evangelists.
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Join
ers has Increased the per capita tai
sixty cent n year.
An American enterprise Is to be es
tablished at Hull, Knglaiid, connected
with Ihe light iron trade.
Preference to unionists is granted In
the last four awards given by Ihe New
Zealand Arbitration Court.
The number of members of labor
unions In Spain has been multiplied
by four In the last live years.
The great anthracite coal mining
corporations are piling up conl, and
the anthracite miners are recruiting
their unions.
The management of the Chicngo.
Burlington & Ojiincy Railroad, after
twenty years ot opposition, recog
nized the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers.
Among the celebrations connected
Willi the '-11111110 day" of Francis Jo- ,
seph, of Austria, is the giving of
money t servants long in the tiervire
of one family. .
Chicago employing printers have
initiated the light against the Inter
national Typographical Union lo de
feat Ihe hitter's attempt lo secure the
ciglil-hour day.
An organization of nil land and
water freight handlers i';,fo one bis
iiilernatioiial union Is being looked for
ward to by ollicers of the Longshore
men's Association.
The Perth (West Australia) Build
ing Trades Vigilance Committee has
succeeded in organizing the local
electrical engineers, fitters ami wire
men into a good union.
A single case has been found where
a union has attempted to restrict the
output of an industry, hut this is done
under an agreement with the employ,
ers in the ce of the window-slas
industry.
PITTSBURG.
Grain, Flour and Feed.
Wbfiat Nn. 1 red f 73 77
Ryo-No.2 tl 71
Corn .No. 2 yellow, ear St M
No. i yellow, (ballad 64 at
Ml led ear 44 4t
Oata No. wblte ta M
No. white t
Flour Winter patent 4 5 4 74
Fancy straight winters 4 oo 4 id
Har No. 1 Tlmotby 18 00 18 M
t'loTer No. 1 10 01) 10 M
Feed No. 1 wblte mid. ton 19 50 SOOl
Brown middlings 16 IM) 17 HI
Bran, bulk 15 M 1 M
iraw Wheat 7 00 7 VI
Oat 7 09 T M
Dairy Producti.
Butter Elgin creamery $ 2tt I
Ohlovreamery 22 ii
Fancy country roll IS H
Cheese Ohio, new 11 i
New York, new. 11 U
Poultry, Elc.
Hens per lb $ 14 in
Chickens dreeeed 18 M
Kgga Fa. and Ohio, tresb 28 W
Fruits and Vegetable.
Ipplaa bbl ,5, , M
potatoes Fancy white per bu.... a)
Cabbage per ton 1300 ism
Onions per barrel 00 fa
BALTIMORE.
Flour Winter Patent I ik
Wheat-No. red S4
Corn Mixed g
Kggs u Hi
Butter Ohio creamery M
PHILADELPHIA.
Flour Winter Patent $ 5 06 i
Wbeat No. 8 red H4 iff
Corn No. 2 mixed (q ji
Oata No. 8 white ji ti
Butter Creamery 94 i
cca Pennsylranl Arete 2
NEW YCML
Flour Patents I S 88 6 11
Wheat No. 8 red t
Corn No. 8 68 80
Oata No. 8 waits 81
Butter -Creamery 84 t
Hggs State and Peunsylranla.... M 2
LIVE STOCK.
Union Stock Yards, Pittsburg.
Cattle.
Eitra, 1,450 to 1,000 Ibe I 5 30
Prime. l,:m to l.iOO lbs, 5 r
(iood, 1,-JUOt.o 1,:J! Ibe 4
TMy, l.lliO to l.l.iO lbe 4 Hrf
Fulr, DUO lo 1.1UU lbe a 40
Common, 7IW to ion lbs a in
Common to jrood fat oxn a 00
Common lo good tut bulle it no
Common to go,l fat cowe I rl
llHifnr.i. 7n0 Ml.lUOlhn 3 7,i
J
i ai
5 l
4 -0
4 111
i 4-1
4 Hi)
8 f.0
8 I)
4 0O
90 00
r resn cows ana springers IB lu
Hogs.
crime heavy hog 8 5 10
I 3 I
S 10
4 1
4 7)
4 60
3 ;s
rune memiim weights ., fi
Pern neary I rrker. .., 5
t.ood lli.-ht Yorkers 4 1
riK-, is 10 quaiuy 4;
Common to good roughs 4 .
oiags .8 ;
Sheep.
Prime wethers $ 5 ,
8 40
S US
4 7
4 mi
7 75
Wood mlirtil M a
l air mued ewes and wethers.,.. 4 '
I'liinanu common . 2 .
una to caolce lambs 5 1