FATAL FIRE AND MANYHUBT Fire Breaks Out in a Hotel After Midnight. MORE IN THE BURNING RUINS Many Injured In Panic Are Rescued by the Firemen and Police. Six persona are known to have lost their lives and more than 20 are in lured in a fire which partially destroy ed the nichardnon Hotel, one of the leading public houses in the city of Lowell, Mass. The Are started a tow minutes be fore 2 o'clock, A. M., and the flames rapidly communicated to various parts of the structure. A large number of guests' were in the hotel, and those who were in the upper part, of the building had little chance to escape by the stairways. The firemen, at 2:I!0 o'clock, found the dead bodies of six women in. the top Tloor of the hotel. There is some doubt, however, about the number of fatalities. It. is thoiiKht that several persons lost their lives but it has been impossible to tell the exact number as the hotel continued to burn fiercely in places. Few of the guests had time to carry away any of their clothing, and most of them left their valuables behind. In the panic many people were se verely injured and burned. The most seriously injured were removed to St. Johns Hospital. Within half an hour after the tiro broke out, more than 20 of those hurt had been removed to that institution. The Richardson Hotel Is a moder ate sized structure of brick and is four stories high, with a flat roof. DEATH OF GENERAL WHEELER Veteran of Two War Passes Away in Brooklyn, Ni Y. Gen. Joseph Wheeler, the famous confederate cavalry loader and a bri gadier general of( the United States army since the war with Spain, died at the home of his sister, Mrs. Sterl ing Smith, Brooklyn. The veteran of two wars was 09 years old, but In Bplte of his age there was hope until the day of his death of his recovery from the attack of pneumonia. General Wheeler was a native of Georgia. He graduated from West Point academy in 18."fl, being Immedi ately commissioned a lieutenant of cavalry and sent to serve ou the fron tier of New Mexico. Like many of his brother officers he resigned in 1861 and cast his fortunes with the confed eracy, receiving to begin with, a com mission as lieutenant of artillery. This was followed by successive pro motions to command of a regiment, brigade and division. ' When only 26 years old, Gen. Wheeler was assigned to the com mand of the army corps of cavalry of the western army of the confeder acy and there he achieved a reputation Of a daring, sleepless commander. At Chickamauga he harried Rosecrans' supply train, capturing and destroying millions of dollars worth of munitions. He was the untiring foe of Sherman during his march to the sea. When peace came he was the senior cavalry general of the confed erate army. The end of hostilities meant the end of the war for him. Gonerni Wheeler represented nn Alabama district in Congress from 1884 to 1898. President McKinley ap pointed him as Major General In the Spanish War, and he achieved fame in the Santiago campaign. WOULD-BE LYNCHERS FOILED While They Batter Down Jail Door ! Their Prey Is Elsewhere. i After a vain effort for several hours j of a leaderless mob, ranging at times i rrom several hundred to several thous and people, to get a negro who as saulted Miss Nevada Taylor Tuesday night In St. Elmo, a suburb of Chat tanooga, Tenn., the marauders became convinced shortly after midnight through two search committees, that the negro had been taken to Knox- ville, and dispersed. AGED WOMAN CREMATED Son Discovers the Charred Body of His Mother. Mrs. Sarah Kelly, 78 years old. was found burned to death in her home in Worth township, Butler County, Pa. Her granddaughter, Lucv Mc- Bride, who lived with Mrs. Kelly, lert j early in the morning to visit relatives In Slippery Rock, and it is supposed, Mrs. Kelly's clothing caught on fire while she was passing a grate. . Her son, '1 nomas Kelly, arrived at the house while the remnants of her clothing were still smoking. Mrs. Kelly is survived by three sons, Thomas and Luurio Kelly, of v.orth township, and William Kelly of Slip pery Rock. Troops Attack Peace Party. The troops at Riobamba of Gen. Garcia, the former president, fired on the peace commissioners sent from Guayaquil to Quito, the capital of Ecuador, killing one man and wound ing two. The commissioners proceed ed to Guayaquil and signed a capitula tion surrendering Riobamba to Gen. Alfaro. Gen. Franco's army gave up their arms at Quito. Kills Two Women and Self. The bodies of Charles Winn, a freight handler; his wifo and Mrs. Charles W. Riggs of Portland, Mo., sister of Mrs. Winn, were found in the apartments in which the Winns lived at Providence. Winn apparently shot the women and then himself. Butler Campbell, 77 years old, has disappeared from his home at Corry, Pa. French X"reek was dragged, but. no body was found. Foul play is suspected. HEAVY FUEL CONSUMPTION Iron and Steel Mills Make .Steady Progress and Mild Weather Stimulates Spring Trade. R. G. Dun & Co. 'a -Weekly Review of Trade'' says: "No change appenrs In the business situation, weather con ditions favoring outdoor work but causing accumulation of heavy wear ing apparel. Reports from the North west are favorable, but most other sections have found bargain sales necessary to reduce stocks of winter goods. Rubber mills have reduced time to five days a week and lumbering oper ations are seriously retarded by lack of snow and soft ground. Otherwise the news of the week is satisfactory, especially as regards the manufacture and distribution of spring goods. Iron and steel plants have made henvy progress and the manu facturing consumption of fuel Is heavy. Labor discussions are not all set tled, but there is little serious inter ruption on this account. Railway earnings thus far available for Janu ary show an increase of 13.0 per cent, over lust year, while foreign com merce at New York for the lust week exhibits a gain of $1,411,709 in ex ports and a loss of $2,3:19,878 in im ports as compared with the movement, in the corresponding; week of 1905. Steady Improvement is noted in the primary markets for textile fabrics, leather holds fairly steady. Failures for the week numbered 334 in the United States against 305 last year and 40 in Canada, compared with 43 a year ago." HOUSE PASSES STATEHOOD BILL Thirty-Three Republicans Vote With Democrats in Opposition. The House passed the Statehood bill, 33 Republicans voting against the measure. The bill passed by the vole of 194 to I'.o. The bill as passed provides that Oklahoma and the Indian Territory shall constitute one State under the name "Oklahoma," and that Arizona and New Mexico shall constitute one State under the name "Arizona." Should the terms of admission be rati fied by the residents of the Territories in question, their respective Stnte con stitutions must, contain clauses pro hibiting the sale of intoxicating llq ours and plural marriages. The con stitution of Arizona must, prohibit the sale of liquor to Indians forever and that of Oklahoma for 21 years. There are many other stipulations govern ing schools, courts and political sub divisions of the proposed new States. NOT GUILTY Editor Hapgood Acquitted of Charge of Criminal Libel. Norman Hapgood. editor of Collier's Weekly, was declared not guilty of criminal libel by a jury in the crimi nal branch of the Supreme Court in New York. The ense was of a sensa tional nature and had been on trial for several weeks. The verdict was rendered 10 minutes after the case had been given to the jury. The charge against Mr. Hapgood was brought by Justice Joseph M. Deuel of the Court of Special Sessions, who alleged he had been libeled in an edlltorinl criticising him for his con nection with Town Topics. Scores of persons known in the highest social and business circles were brought Into the case in an ef fort hy the defense to prove that the statements contained in the alleged libel were correct and therefore justi fied. CAUGHT FOR MILLIONS Ogden Armour Said to Be Short in Corner. The amazing fact was disclosed in i Wall street that .1. Ogden Armour, j nead of the beet trust, has been caught in the corner of Reading stock and that his losses amount perhaps, to $3,000,000. Arioiph IJtrhstein, a speculative as sociate of Armour, who helped him corner wheat last year, is also said to be caught. The short sales of Ar mour are estimated at 100,000 shares, and they are said to average around par. As the stock is selling at Itio the loss of $3,000,000 easily is ac counted for. i Another Meeting. A mutiny has again broken out at Vladivostok. The report that Gen. Silevanoff, the commander of the army corps- there, has been wounded is confirmed. The war department officials are unable to give particulars of the seriousness of the mutiny, which is due to the reserve men. Two-Cent Fare Bill Passes. The Ohio Senate passed the Rath burn bill reducing the rate of passen ger fare on steam railroads to two cents per mile. Every one of the 37 Senators present voted aye and there was not. a single word of discussion. The bill will go to the house for con sideration. Miner's Demands Refused. The demand of the United Mine Workers of America that, the opera tors and minors of the Southwestern district be admitted to the functions of the joint conference of the coal operators and miners of the Central competitive district was twice defeat ed during the first session of the joint conference of miners and mine opera tors at Indianapolis. Firth-Sterling Contract Let. Contracts have been let and ar rangements hare been made for start ing the work on the Firth-Sterling Steel company's projectile plant at GieBboro, on the Potomac river. The contract for all f.e steel buildings has been given to the William B. Scalfe and Sons Company, of Pittsburgh. The contract for furnaces has been let to, William Swindell & Sons, of the same city. This contract excludes the open-hearth furnaces. TERRIBLE OCEAN DISASTER Only Fifteen Saved Out of a Lis of One Hundred Sixty-four MANY WOMEN AND CHILDREN Two Boats Loaded With Occupants Smashed to Pieces Alongside Doomed Steamer. 4 The steamer Vnlencla, which was en route from oan Francisco with 94 passengers and a crew of 60, went ashore on the Vancouver Island coast, near Cloose, and a large number were drowned when attempting to leave the ship. Although the latest news from the wreck of the Vuleneiu is conflicting it la probable 140 lives were lost, while only 15 persona were saved. A report from the steamship Queen, that 25 passengers were clinging to the vessel's rigging with little chance of saving any of them, was followed by the story that the wreck bad gone to pieces. A correspondent on board the Cal vor has wired from Bamfleld as fol lows: "The steamer Valeria was found by the steamer Queen at 9 a. m. Jan. 24, on Point Klanaway, about five miles from Cape Beale. The tug Czar went, in to Investigate and re ported the steamer ashore, stern first, with her deck swept clear ex cept a small part of the house and her two masts stnndlng. No persons could be seen alive on board. "In the rigging of the foremast was what the Captain of the tug Czar took to be a signal, although he was unable to say, whether it was a piece of sail or a human being clinging It) the rigging. "The steamer Salvor stood in for about, two miles, but was unable to go any further, as a heavy sea and a westerly gale was blowing, making it highly dangerous, if not Impossible, to make a closer approach. The Czar was within three-quarters of a mile from the wreck, but could go no farther toward the Valen cia, and after making as complete an examination as possible she return ed to the Queen and Salvor. The latter steamer and the tug Czar then loft for Bamfield creek, the Queen standing by her companion liner. "The Queen reported having heard three gunshots shortly before the ar rival of the Salvor, but no sign of any living person was to be seen." Advices from Cape Beale say 15 men have arrived, one of whom is the boatswain, the others being sailors. They reported a passenger list fit 94 and a crew of fin and said when they left the wreck yesterday morning, there were about 100 persons on board, a large percentage of whom were women and children, who were on the quarterdeck. The boats were smashed alongside and all the oc cupants drowned. Later report says that the total number of survivors accounted for reaches 40 persons. The tug Lome, which returned from the wreck, brought John Segalos of San Fran cisco, a tlrcmau, rescued by the City of Topeka from the raft, and placed on board the Lome. Segalos says there were 84 people by actual count on the Valencia when he left Wednesday morning. The tug Pioneer, returning from the wreck, reported nothing left of the hull of the Valencia. Sixly-one persons are believed to have been aboard the Valencia when she broke up. Ten were officers and members of the crew, eight -women, three children and 40 men. CAPITAL NEWS NOTES George F. Tibbitts, secretary of the Inter-state Young Men's Chrlstinn associations, has received a letter from former Senator Henry G. Davis, of West Virginia, donating a lot val ued at $35,000 in Charleston, W. Va., as a location for a new Young Men's Christian association building. He will also give $1,000 toward the build ing. Chief Justice Fuller gave notice of a three weeks' recess of the supreme court of the United States, beginning Monday, January 29. A motion was made for the ad vancement of the hearing in Senntor Burton's case in the United States supreme court. The ''"'ted States supreme court heard argument on the petition of the Stale of Kentucky for a writ of mandamus compelling the restoration of the case of Caleb Powers, of Ken tucky, to the jurisdiction of the State courts. In the Senate Mr. Warren Intro duced, a bill giving to women the right, to vote In all the States for rep resentatives in Congress. The bill was referred to the Committee on Wo man's Suffrage. Official denial that the American members of the Philippine commis sion have been investing In real es tate which might benefit by the con struction of the proposed railway systems in the Philippines, w'as made by Secretary of War Taft In a letter to the Senate. A highwayman stopped James Hogue, a 14-year-old newsboy of Al toona. Pa., and took his money. Panhandle Earnings for Year 190S. According to the statement of Sec retary Liggett of the Pennsylvania lines - west, the Pittsburgh, Cincin nati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company had an increase of $2,639, 531 in gross earnings in 1905, over the preceding year. Ensign Charles T. Wade, charged with responsibility for the explosion on the gunboat Bennington, in San Diego harbor, Cal., some months ago, has been acquitted by vourt-martlal. M'CALL'S HOME SOLD ., Cost $600,000 and Is Disposed of for $350,000. John A. McCuli, former president of the New York Lite Insurance" com pany, parted with the summer palace he erected and furnished at Long Brunch at an expense of $600,000. The place was sold to Myron E. Oppen helm, a lawyer. The purchase was made for a client who is not now in this country. The purchase price was in the neighborhood of $350,000, little more than half the sum expend ed by Mr. McCall upon the place. Of this amount Mr. McCall receives only about $100,000, as the property is encumbered with mortgages amounting to $250,000. The principal encumbrance on the place is a mortgage for $150,000 giv en by Mr. McCall to the New York Life as security for notes to that amount which he turned over to the trustees, ou the Andrew Hamilton ac count. 1 BLACK HAND ANARCHISTS Leader of a Gang of Reds Taken Into Custody. The arrest of John Spada, the re puted chief of a society of anarctiists in the Monongnhela valley, led to the development of details connected with a treasonable organization which fur several years has existed among some local foreigners. Spuda's house was filled with socialistic literature and on the walls hung an allegorical pic ture of Hrescl, the assassin of King Humbert. In addition to this there were found n number of raffle tickets and a list of the contributors. The proceeds from the sale of these were used to further the anarchistic pro paganda, and Chief Logan declares that every name on the list is that of an anarchist, or member of the "Black Hand." Cuba to Get Isle of Pines. The treaty under which the United States relinquishes to Cuba all claim or title to the Isle of Pines was or dered reported by a majority of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.- There will be a minority re port presented hy Senator Morgan and signed by two or more members of the committee amending the treaty so as to give additional protection to the Interests of Americans who have investments on the island. As re ported by the majority the treaty is exactly ns It was reported and made public on November 24, 190!!. Philippine Tariff Bill. The House Committee 011 Ways and Means decided to make a favorable report on a bill by Representative Payne, providing for the reclassifica tion of many American products for admission to the I'muppines in Rueh n manner that the United States will enjoy more favorable tariff rates. The most important changes in clas sification relate to cotton fabrics. TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS Seven men were kiled by a snow slide at a mining camp neiir Alta, Utah. Theodore Ostroski. a Pennsylvania railroad trackwalker, was killed by a train near Franklin, Pa. He was 30 years old.' The Westmoreland Broom com pany's plant, at (ireensburg. Pa., was damaged about $10,000 by fire. The loss Is partially Insured. Freeman Kthrlde was killed hy a trolley car near Cambridge Springs, Pa. It is said he went to sleep on the tracks. The Pennsylvania railroad has au thorized the erection of three new stations, at Portage, Wilmore and Bens Creek, Pa., Work will be com menced immediately. Frederick Stuart Stedman, a son of Edmund Clarence Stedman, the New York banker and poet, and a well known Pittsburg business man and sportsman, dropped dead In Mellor's music store, 321 Fifth avenue. Anolher member of the crew of the Caesar, one of the tugs towing the drydock Dewey, has died from beri beri and another is suffering from It. The Caesar relumed not long ago from the Asiatic station. Fourteen persons' were-slightly in jured in the collision at (Hendora, Cal., between the Santa Fe limited, a westbound train, and n local train. All the Injured were passengers on the local. Joseph Patrick Nannetti, member of parliament In the Irish nationalist In terest for the college division of Dublin, and chief compositor of the "Freeman's Journal," was elected lord mayor of Dublin. Louis Ladekow.Migent for a Pitts burg firm, has been arrested in llnt ler county, Pa., on a charge of selling liquor illegally. A hill has been introduced in the New York State Senate to provide for a recount of ballots In New York City cast at the last election and empow ering the Supreme Court to open bul let boxes and make the recount. The President sent the following nominations to the Sena'e. Ambassa dors extraordinary and plenipotent iaryLuke E. Wright. Tennessee, to Japan; David E. Thompson, Nebraska-, to Mexico: Lloyd C. Griseom, Pennsylvania, to Brazil. Governor general of .the Philippine Islands Henry Clay Ide, Vermont. Vice gov ernor of the Philippine islands James F. Smith, California. Kills Brother in Bowling Accident In a bowling tournament at Ken dall, N. Y., -enry Bnehin killed his 17-ear-old brother, Otto Boehm. As the younger Boehm, who was setting pins, bent over to replace those knocked down a ball bowled by the older brother, traveling down the al ley at terrific speed, struck him full in the temple. Young Boehm fell face downwards on the alley, his skull fractured. Before medical attendance could be summoned he was dead. Over Two Hundred 1ive3 Lost Magazine Blew Up. WAS ON INSPECTION TRIP Leading Dignitaries of the- Navy Had Gathered to View Proposed Bite for an Arsenal. An explosion In the powder maga zine on board the Aqutdaban at Port Jacnrepaqua, south of Rio Janlero, at 10:45 o'clock at night, sent that fam ous Brazilian turret ship to the bot tom' of the sea. The vessel sank in three minutes. Nearly all the officers were killed or injured. The dead number 212, and I he Injured 36. The following members of the com mittee which left the arsenal on board the Aquldnban, accompanying the Minister of Marine, were drowned: Rear Admiral Rodrlgo Jose da Rocha, Rear Admiral Francisco Culhleros da Gracn, Rear Admiral Joao Candldo Brazil and Captain Alves de Lnrrigo. Two commanders, two German pho tographers and , one reporter also were drowned. Ninety-eight of those aboard were saved. The bodies will be brought to Rio Janeiro and given a national funeral. There was general mourning In Rio Janeiro, and all the theaters were closed. The cruiser Burroso arrived from Port Jacarepagua with those In jured by the explosion. The Aquidubnn had been used ' for the accommodation, of a number of supernumerary officers and men at tached to the flotilla escorting the cj'tilsor Barroso. The Burroso had on board the Minister of Marine and his staff, who were inspecting the sites proposed for a new arsenal. The Aquidaban was of 4,950 tons' displacement and 6,200 horse power. She was built in England in 1885 nt a cost of $1,725,000. The armament consisted of four 9.4-Inch guns, four 5.5-inch guns and a number of small er guns. She had five torpedo tubes. Her crew numbered 350 officers and BIG LOANS SECURED Town Topics Gets Large Sums from Financiers. The Town Topics editor. Colonel W. D. Mann, told on the witness stand in New York of his- dealings with various eminent financiers, in cluding Charles M. Schwab, J. p. Morgan, John V. Gales, W. K. Vnn- derbllt, Perry Belmont, W. C. Whit ney, George and Howard Gould. Thomas F. Ryan and others. The editor seems, according to his own story, to have borrowed money right and left among these magnates, re paying some in stock of the Town Topics Company, while others have received nothing In return. The stock was sold at $1,000 u share, al though the par value was only $10. The largest single loan was ob tained from James R. Keene, who lent the Town Topics editor $90, ihio. From K. Vanderlilll Colonol Mann obtained $'5,000: from J. P. Morgan, $2,5ihi; from W. V. Whitney, $lrt.(Miu; from Collis P. Huntington. $5,000; from John W. Gates, $20,000; from Charles M. Schwab, $tll,ni)Q; from Thomas F. Ryan, $10,000. KILLED WITH FLAT IRON Murderer Tried to Burn Body of His Victim. ' R. K'. Lewis, a wealthy farmer and banker, living near West Farmlngton, O., was killed In his home hy an un known person at nlghl. Lewis and an unknown were in con ference for nn hour that night, and at the end of that time a hired man found Lewis dead, witli his head crushed, while his hands and feet were hound. The body was covered with burning straw, which -had been saturated in sonl oil. The unknown stranger was missing. Lewis was a widower, 75 years old, and lived alone. His skull was crushed with a flat Iron, which was lying near the body, covered with blood. APPEAL TO MISS ROOSEVELT I Belgians to Make Final Effort to Save I ' Countryman's Life. A committee of prominent Belglnns appointed for the purpose of seeking the relense by the Turkish Govern ment of Edward Jorls, the Belgian condemned to death by a native court at Constantinople for nlleged partici pation in the attempt to assassinate the Sultan In July lust, decided to send n petition to Miss Alice Roose velt, asking her to Interest President Roosevelt in the hope that he might personally intervene In behalf of Joris. Pension Bill Carries $140,245,500. The Hoime Committee on Appropri ations decided to report fuvorably ou a pension bill for the fiscal year 1907 appropriating $140,245,500. Governor Hanly of Indiana has made' requisition upon Governor Pat tlson for the return of Michael Burke, alias "Fingers," under ar rest at Toledo. Burke Is' nlleged to have broken into the Rldgeville State Bank October 24 and stolen $0,002. The requisition was honored. .Foreign Crop Report. The foreign crop report of the De partment of Agriculture for Decem ber shows that over large areas of Europe the prevailing character istics were unseasonably warm weath er and excessive humidity. Crops timely sown have germinated finely and entered on the winter in strong, healthy condition. Late sowings of crops In Eutope, however, were un usually extensive and sbme anxiety Is felt concerning them. CRUI8ERS MISSING TWO MONTHS Believed to Be at Bottom of Sea Be cause of Mutiny of Crews. Three of Russia's giant armored cruisers, composing what was known as the Vladivostok sqnudron, it Is asserted, have been missing for two months, since they put to sea from Vladivostok, and It Is believed, says a New York Herald dispatch from St. Petersburg, that all three ships, with their complement of 2,115 officers and men, have gone to the bottom of the sea. The ships are the . Rossla, Gromoboi and Bogatyr. It is known that three ships left Vladivostok under sealed orders about the middle of November last and laid their course along the coast of Japan. The crews of all three war ships were In a mutinous mood, fired to rebellion by information received about the revolt of their brother sail ors on the battleship Kniaz iPotemkin, in the Black sea. A flotilla of torpedo boats was sent to escort the big cruisers and the commanders of the smaller craft had orders to fire their torpedoes nt and sink the cruisers at the first sign of insubordination. That this is what happened In the belief to-day in St. Petersburg, and it is feared that officers and men on the three ships nil perished. PLAN TO SPEND MILLIONS Steel Corporation Will Make Improve ments In Its Plants. Twenty-five million dollars is to be expended by the United States Steel Corporation in the improvements of its plants throughout the country. When the annual meeting of the Car negie Steel Company was held in Pittsburg two weeks ago, it was an nounced that the sum of $7,000,000 would be spent on improvements to local plants. Now conies this addi tional statement, Increasing the origi nal amount by $18,000,000, and em bracing important changes and new works at most of the corporations'' plants in the country. AH of this vast sum of money will be expended in Homestead, Braddock, Duquesne, Etna, Youngstown, O., Vandergrift, Pencoyd, Pa., Conneaut, Johnstown, Allentown, Cleveland, Newburg and at the plants nt Chicago and Joliet, 111. The Improvements at Homestead will cost $6,500,000 instead of $7,000, 000, as first announced the first of the foundation work for the new build ings has been started on what was for years the Steel Works baseball park, On this plot the great . new open henrth furnnce plant will be built. DAVIS MUST STAND TRIAL Indictments Against Iroquois Theater Manager to Be Sustained. Will J. Davis, manager of the Iro quois Theater nt the time of Us dead ly fire, Jlecem her 30, 1903, must stand trial for involuntary manslaughter, charged with responsibility for the negligence whih left the theater pa trons without Ihc protection demand ed for them by city laws. The penalty for involuntary man slaughter, under the statutes of Illinois, Is nn Indeterminute term in the penitentiary. Judge Marcus Cavanaugh. In whose court the second indictments ' of Davis were attacked notified the at torneys In the case that his decision will sustnin four of the six indict ments, and the thenter mnnnger will be Hied by jury. Wool Market. The wool market is in a firm posi tion with a fairly steady demand. The call for Territory wools Is better than the ability of thet dealers to supply, slocks being so greatly depleted that the selection is poor. The available stocks of three-eighth and one-half blood wools are very small. Pulled wools are In fair domand, B supers being quoted at. 52 to 54c for ordi nary and ns high as 56c for a choice white lot. Foreign wools are firm. Prices in the market rangtf as fol lows: Ohio and Pennsylvania XX and above, 34 Va to 35yjc; X, 33 to 34c; No. 1, 38 to 39c; No. 2, 38 to 10c; tine unwashed, 25 to 36c; one quarter blood, unwashed, 33 to 3314c. IRONWORKERS' LOCKOUT I All Contracts of Allied Iron Trades I Are Providing for Open Shop. I The "open shop" rule went into ef I feet January 22 on all the contracts I of the Allied Iron Trades, Iron league I and Employers' association in New York City, all of which are included in the National Association of Structural Steel and Iron Workers. ' It was said that, many of the inde j pendent contractors have joined in : the "open shop" movement. The enforcement of the "open shop' rule Is practically a lockout I against the International Association of Iron Workers, the branches of ' which are the Housesmiths and i Bridgemen's unions. Brick Companies Indicted. Indictments were returned by the grand jury at Akron, O., against the officers of four local brick compan ies for being in a combination which stifled competition and made pos sible exorbitant prices for building and paving brick. The jury found that unreasonable prices had been paid, especially by the city of Akron for paving brick. Weather Extremes. While the mercury was up in 70's in the eastern states on Sunday, thirty degrees below zero was re ported from Breckinridge, Col. Zero weather was general - In the mountains. In the valleys and on the eastern plains the thermometer hov ered around 10 nbove. Baron Rosen presented to the U. S. S. Mayflower, in behalf of Count Wltte, himself and the other delegates to the Portsmouth peace conference, a handsome punch bowr. tamnMrvaam,- M. at eDONiXS. ATTORN ST-AT-L1W, notary FnblU, ml estate eraat, fsfl stenrsd, eoileotlons made prompti? a. I to iyndtaaf building, MeynelaavlllsyFaTT HI. B. B. BOOT BR, BETNOLDSVILLB, TlL Resldsnt dentist. 1 1. the Hooves fljg Main Mreat. nTtinasa In operettas. " J)R. L. X MEANS, BEJJTI8TV Offloa on leoond floor of Ttzrt B MomaJ bank building, Min ttTMfc J)R B. IXEVEItE KUCGk, J Office em second floor BernaMtvf! lUal Bstato Building-, Hats Itrtwi WaoldtrUlo, Pa. E JUSTICE OF THH MACS Au'd Real Xatats Afeat. ReynoldmrllJa, gMITH M. McCREIGHT, ATTORN BY-AT-L AW, I Rotary Pnbllo and Real Bstate AgaaM. Ml taotfona will veoelve prompt attention. Ofilao la the Keynoldsvllla Hardware Co. BlUdlaa, lain -1 U 1 .1 1 1 1 n- Hcjuujuituig, s a. T'PJJ PITT8BURQ, -Tv Grain, Flour and Feed. " Wheat No. red $ 7.1 nj Hye No. 2 f 73 Corn No 2 yellow, ear n M No. 8 yellow, shelled B7 48 Mixed ear 411 47 Oats No. 8 white ns St No. 3 white si 85 Flour Winter patent 4 fif, 4 70 Fanoy straight wlntera 4on 4 19 Bay No. 1 Timothy 18 0U 18 25 L'lovnr No. 1 II . 5 9 7j Feed No. 1 white mid. tou 19 50 C00 Brown middlings 16 50 17 59 Bran, bulk 15 60 16 90 Straw Wheat 7 Oil 7 5 Oat 7 Oil 7 M Dairy Product!. Butter Elgin oreamory t i9 M Ohio creamery 84 Fancy country roll IK II Cheese Ohio, new 11 tt New York, new U M Poultry, Etc. Hens per lb f II 15 Chickens dressed ; !tt 1ft Eggs Pa. and Ohio, fresh :0 HI Frultt and Vegetables. Apples bbl ... 8Rl 5M fntatoes Fancy white per bu.... 0 Cabbage per ton 13 00 16 in Onions per barrel y 09 2 25 BALTIMORE. E)2urrln,2r vfient Wheat No. S red.... 34 Corn Mixed fil 54 Egg o0 21 Butter Ohio creamery PHILADELPHIA. Flour Winter Patent f 5 95 5 Wheat No. 8 red u H5 Corn No. 2 mixed .' 50 51 Oats No. 8 whlto 31 g Butter Creamery 14 an Kggs Pennsylvania firsts 20 'il NEW YORK. Flour Patents f 6 M 5 11 Wheat No. red 81 W Corn No. 5! 00 Oats No. white 81 W Butter -Creamery 2 Kggs State and Pennsylvania.... vso 21 LIVE 8TOCK. Union Stock Yards, Pittsburg. Cattle. Extra, 1,450 to 1,600 lbs $r 15 5 40 Prime, 1,800 to 1,400 lbs fl 00 5 15 (food, M00 to 1,801 lbs 4 m 5 00 Tidy. 1,050 to 1.150 lbs 4 50 4 75 Fair, BOO to 1,100 lbs 8 75 4 W Common, 700 to 900 lbs 8 85 . 8 40 Common 10 good fat oxen 8 00 4 00 Common to good fat bulla 8 00 8 60 Common to good fat cows 1 50 S 40 Belters, 700 tol.lOOIbs 7" 4 00 Fresh oows and springers 16 00 50 00 Hogs. Prime heavy hogs f 5 sT f t 90 l'rtme medium weights 6 00 Best heavy Yorkers...., 6 00 ttnod light Y orkers , 6 95 rig?, as to quality 5 711 IK Common to good roughs 4 60 4 90 Stags ... . 8 2i 8 76 Shetp. Prima wethers t 9 7,1 t an Uood mixed 6 V5 A 6a Fair mixed ewes and wethers.... 4 88 1 09 Cullsand common 2 00 4 00 Culls to choice lambs 6 00 .7 76 Calve. Veal Calves , M 00 J 25 Heavy and thin calves . 8 50 A 0 p08TLY SUIT OVER 8MALL SUM. Two Judges, a Jury and Eighty-FoW! Witnesses In the Case. Two Judges and a Jury have spent four days and a night in Talbot conn-; ty court, Easton, Md., wrestling with m contest between a white man and a negro over a strip of land wortli $2.16. Even when the case is settled' it will not determine the ownership of the strip and another suit must be filed. The suit has been twice removed from other courts, eigbty-four wit nesses have been summoned, whose; expenses will amount to $350; the at torneys' fees will not be less than $250 and court costs will amount to at least $300. The tract in dispute Is triangular, formed by the Intersection of two roads near Still Pond. Kent county. Horace Qarner, colored, has occupied the strip in question, which contains an acre and a half. William H. Row bought the adjoining farm from Dr. John Kelley, who bad previously sold the triangular strip to the negro. Garner put up a fence on what ho considered the dividing line. Bowers ripped it down and burned it. Gar ner brought' suit for malicious destruc tion of property. The case was re moved first from Cheetertown, on ac count of impartiality, to Queen Anno county court at Centervllle. Then it was transferred here. 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