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PEACE TREATY IS SIGNED
Tranquillity is Restored Between
South American Nations.
R003EVELT AND DIAZ THAfiKED
History of the Trouble That Once
Threatened to Embroil Amerl.
can Republics.
A trenty of peace between Guate
mala, San Salvador and Honduras was
signed on board the United States
cruiser Marblehead on the high seas
off the Guatemalan coast.
There was some difficulty In reach
InB mutually acceptable conditions.
The Mexican minister, Senor Gatnboa,
was active In assisting in bringing
about an agreemeut.
The peace commissioners adopted
resolutions thanking the presidents of
the United States and Mexico for their
Intervention.
The central American war which
bade fair to Involve four or more
republics In addition to the two origi
nally concerned, Salvador and Guate
mala, began In May with the depart
ure of expedition from Salvador to
assist a Guatemalan revolution under
the leadership of General Toledo.
From the moment the trouble passed
beyond the phase of an Internal dis
turbance the government at Washing
ton sot about Instituting measures for
the re-cstabllshment of peace.
The cruiser Marblahead was ordered
from Panama to La Lilbertad, with di
rections to report to Leslie Combs,
' American minister to Guatemala and
Honduras, and Mr. Combs and Will
iam L. Merry, minister to Costa Rica,
Nicaragua and Salvador, were in
i gtructed to use their best endeavors
with the belligerents to bring the war
to an end.
At the same time David E. Thomp
son, American ambassador to Mexico,
was Instructed to make such repre
sentations to the Mexican government
as might enlist its efforts for the same
ends, Mexico's desire for peace be
tween Us neighbors being well known.
Mexico entered heartily Into the
project, and its diplomatic representa
tives In Guatemala and Salvador
were Instructed to co-operate with
Ministers Merry and Combs.
Guatemala, Salvador and Honduras
agreed to an armistice beginning July
18, in order that, representatives of
those governments might meet with
the American and Mexican diplomats
on board the cruiser Marblehead to
consider terms for a treaty of pence.
HIGHER WAGE3 FOR MANY
New England Textile Mills Announce
Voluntary Advance in Opera
tives' Pay.
The mills of Manchester, N. H.,
which give employment o fully 15,000
operatives, have posted notices an
nouncing an Increase of 5 per cent.
In wages. This applies to the Amos
kcag Manufacturing Co., Including
the original plant and the Amery and
Manchester corporations and print
works, which were recently taken
over by the Amoskeag company, and
the Stark mills, which are a part of
the American Duck Co. These var
ious mills have a weekly payroll of
approximately $110,000, and the in
crease proposed will amount to more
than $250,000 In the amount paid
operatives for the ensuing year. The
Increase, which will take effect Mon
day, July 30, Is entirely voluntary.
Notices have boen posted announc
ing an advance of 5 per cent, in
wages at nearly all of the Lewiston,
Mo., cotton mills. This advance af
fects several thousand operatives. At
the Bates mill the advance will go
Into effect July SO, while at the An
droscoggin the o per cent, increase
will begin August 6.
An advance in wagtM of 5 per cent,
to take effect on July 30, has oeen
announced to the 3,000 operatives of
the PepperlU mills in Blddeford, Me.
The advance is entirely voluntary on
the part of the management, and
means a total increase in wages of
IG0.000 a year. Notices of an Increase
In wages have been posted also at
the Lockwood cotton mill at Watcr
vtlle, to take effect July 30. About
1,300 employes will be affected.
Notice of a 5 per cent, raise in
wages was posted at the Nashua, N.
H., cotton mills this morning. Three
thousand operatives are affected by
the increase.
STRANGE PLEA REFUSED
Man Appeali in Vain to Be Sent Back
to Prison.
Louis A. Gourdain, or "Convict No.
9098,'' as he prefers to call himself,
who is making extraordinary efforts
to be reincarcerated In the Jollet, 111.,
penitentiary, and who rushed from
Chicago to Washington, from Wash
ington to New York and from New
York to Narragansett Pier In order to
present to Justice White of the United
States Supreme Court his petition im
ploring the authorities to again lock
him up, failed in Lis mission. Justice
White refused to grant his request.
Gourdain was convicted of conduct
ing a lottery and sentenced to serve
four and a half years in the peniten
tiary at Joliet, III. His attorney ob
tained his release on a writ of super
sedeas. But all that was against his
w4ahes, he says, and as he had prom
ised to serve the sentence imposed he
felt In honor bound to request his re
incarceration. JAPAN UPHOLDS 8TOESSEL
Military Opinion Is That He Earned
Gratitude of His Country.
The report that General Stoessel has
been sentenced to dea'.'u by Russia,
has shocked the public sentiment of
Japan. Military opinion, from the
highest to the lowest, conscientiously
believes the verdict wrong. Facts as
certained by the besieging party at
Port Arthur would not only have ac
quitted the General, but have gained
him the gratitude of his country.
DUN'S WEEKLY SUMMARY
Report of Industry and Transporta
tion Are Alto Exceptionally Good
for Present Season.
R. G. Dun & Co. 'a weekly review of
trade says:
"Exceptionally encouraging reports
for this time of the year are received
regarding trade, industry and trans
portation, but there is no response In
the market for securities. The best
news of the past week comes from
agricultural sections, where progress
is fully maintained, harvesting of win
ter wheat promising a larger yield
than expected, and of good quality,
while corn and oats exceed anticipa
tions; cotton picking lias begun in the
early districts and hay alone of the
leading crops threatens to be Bbort.
"As results on the farms become
assured there is a growth of confi
dence that brings out large orders for
fall and winter delivery of all staples.
Saw mills at the Northwest are run
ning night crews, new coke ovens are
in course of construction and there
is a general disposition to extend fa
cilities in order to keep pace with ex
panding needs.
"More textile mills have voluntarily
advanced wages 6 per cent to take ef
fect after this month and the only Im
portant labor trouble that threatens is
a local building complication that will
be averted If conservative counsel
prevails.
"Official returns show that foreign
commerce In the fiscal year ending
June 30, 906, far eclipsed all records
both as to exports and Imports while
the new year promises still better re
sults because of the surplus on the
farms available for consumers abroad.
"For the last week at this port
alone exports were $1,352,245 larger
than In 1905, and Imports gained
$914,253. Railway earnings thus far
reported for July show an average In
crease of 7.2 per cent over last
year's.
"Restoration of foundry pig to $14
Is probably the best development of
the week In the Iron and steel In
dustry. "Improvement Is noted In the pri
mary markets for cotton goods after a
prolonged period of Indifference on
the part of buyers.
"Efforts to secure still further ad
vances In the hide market encounter
some opposition, but the general lev
el continues about the highest on
record.
"Failures for the week numbered
192 In the United States, against 193
last year, and 22 In Canada, compar
ed with 23 a year ago.
SCOTS ARE JEALOUS
Want Parliament to Deal With Local
Legislation.
Irritated by t!e lack of opportuni
ties to discuss Scottish questions In
the house of commons and jealous ct
the promises of greater control of local
affairs made to Ireland In the king's
speech at the opening of parliament,
the Scottish members have selected
Mr. Perie, Liberal member tor the
North division of Abcrnoen, to Intro
duce a bill for the establishment of a
parliament for Scotland.
This provides for the creation of a
single-chamber legislature to deal with
purely Scottish legislation. Pears will
be eligible to membership and the exe
cutive power will continue to be vest
ed In the crown. The bin also pro
vides for a revival of the old Scottish
privy council as it existed prior to
the union. It Is proposed the Scottish
parliament shall have power to Impose
taxes, except customs and excise du
ties, the king to be represented by a j
lord high commissioner and the seat of .
government to be at Edinburgh. I
Outside of the friends of Mr. Perle, j
who favors local self-government for i
all nationalities of the United King-1
dm theproject is not taken seriously. I
There is no demand among the people
of Scotland for a local parliament.
DRACOONS SLAY PEASANTS
Soldiers Charge a Peaceful Meeting
Agarian Strike Spreading.
The agrarian strike in Russia, con
tinues to spread, and It now extends
over several governments where the
harvest is threatened with destruction.
Twenty government spirit stores have
been destroyed by revolutionaries.
Dragoons attacked a peaceful meet
ing of peasants in the village of Ko
cherovka, in the province of Tamboff,
killing 80 of the participants. The
dragoons fired several volleys Into the
crowd, also charging with drawn
swords.
Sewer Pipe Combine Quits.
The' Sewer Pipe Trade association,
through its attorney. Harry Alvan
Hall, Pittsburg, promised that If a
federal grand Jury Investigation which
had been started in Jamestown, N. Y.,
would discontinue the trust would be
dissolved. This, in effect, was plead
ing guilty to the maintenance of a
secret contract to limit the territory
and control prices for sewer pipe. Dis
trict Attorney Brown accepted the
proposition and adjourned the grand
Jury until August 6.
Death of Lady Curzon.
Lady Curzon, of Kedleston, wife of
the former viceroy of India, who had
been ill for some days, died on the
18th Inst. She never quite recovered
from her serious illness at Walmer
castle, Kent, In 1904, and the recent hot
weather brought on a pronounced at
tack of general debility. Lady Cur
zon was Miss Mary Lelter, daughter
of the late Levi 55. Letter, of Chicago.
Hearst Fails to Make Case.
The attorney general of New York
has decided that there is not sufficient
ground to Institute proceedings for
the ousting of Mayor George B. Mc
Clellan, of New York city. He de
clares that William R. Hearst has not
made out a case showing his title to
the office.
Orders have been placed by the Erie
Railn 1 Company for 1,600 new
freight cars, some of which are to be
delivered In December of this year.
Revolutionists Carrying on Cam
paign of Terror Through
out Russia.
MUTINY SPREADS AMONG POLICE
Monastery at Moscow Looted and $17,
000 Taken Revolution Affects
Regiment and Cavalry.
Reports of outrages and disorders
from various parts of the Russian
empire pouring Into St. Petersburg.
The revolutionists are carrying on a
campaign of terror and the peasants
in many provinces are applying the
torch and otherwise destroying prop
erty. In St. Petersburg the spirit of
mutiny has spread to the police force,
and considerable excitement and
alarm is occasioned in consequence.
In two districts the police went on
strike. Another squad refused to
break up a meeting, threw down their
arms and went home.
This Is the list of disorders, murd
ers, etc., received In one day:
Warsaw Gendarme killed and cen
tral police office robbed.
Natskahlno, Simbirsk province
Three hundred houses, including the
town hall, set on fire and destroy
ed. Rostoff, Province of Yaroslav
Work men killed a government offi
cial; Turkish woman murdered after
being baptized In Greek Church.
Sosnlba, Province of Sosnlba Ar
menian engineer stoned and shot;
bank looted.
Lublin, Russian Poland Working-,
man suspected by revolutionists of
being a spy, killed. Two cashiers
employed by the spirit monopoly,
murdered and robbed.
Spirit shops are being looted
throughout Poland.
In Moscow the revolutionists have
looted the Monastery of the Nativity,
$17,000 In cash, jewels and sacred
nilcs of great value being carried off.
Six guard regiments, 20 lino, seven
cavalry, six artillery and five sapper
regiments are more or less affected
by the revolutionary propaganda, ac
cording to a report made by investi
gators. From Berlin comes the report of an
attempt o assassinate the Grand Duke
Vladimir. According to the story, he
had arranged to travel from Frank
fort to Piiris nt night by the express
which passes through Coblenz. and an
attempt was made to wreck the train
between Coblenz and Trier.
A watchman found heavy metal ob
structions laid acrosH the rails and
fastened to the ties ami the train was
stopped just In time. The grand
duke was not on board, having taken
another route.
An order has been Issued by the
czar declaring forfeited the colors
presented to the Seventh reserve cav
alry regiment on April 4, 1904. This
Is the regiment which mutinied In
Tamboff on July 9 last, barricaded It
self in Its barracks and defied loyal
troops sent against it. It surrender
ed orj July It and expressed contri
tion for its conduct.
The assassin of General Kozloff,
has not yet been captured. Neither
has his Identity been established. Ho
Is said to be a Hebrew.
The bill of the lower house-of par
liament, which was adopted by the
upper house, appropriating $7,500,000
for famine relief, has been approved
by the czar.
Partial or total failure of the grain
crop is reported from many pro
vinces. In some provinces peasants
have driven nobles from their estates,
saying they would harvest the crop
themselves.
Chief of Police Martinoff. while
driving In the street of Tlflls, was
mortally wounded by a bomb. His
leg and arm were blown off. The
bomb was thrown from the Georgian
Nobles school. M. Martinoff was
much hated on account of the sever
ity of the measures he adopted in
putting down meetngs and for the
maltreatment of natives.
EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS
Disturbances Causes Alarm in Parts
rf Mexico and Texas.
Considerable property damage was
done at Soccorro, San Macial and
nearby settlements -In New Mexico,
by an earthquake shock, which was
the most severe of the 200 that have
occurred In that part of New Mexi
co during the past two years.
The shocks are local and are caus
ed by earth slides in the Magdalena
mountains.
A distant earthquake shock was felt
at El Paso, Tex. Buildings rocked
and swayed and many persons fled
to the street. No damage was done.
Siam Will Abolish Gambling.
Under the leadership of Its general
counselor. Professor E. H. Strobcl,
formerly of the Harvard law school,
the government of Slum has begun a
systematic crusade against gambling,
which has long notoriously flourished
In the kingdom. It proposes to abol
ish on April 1 next all gambling
places in Bangkok, if the Christian
nations assent to a readjustment of
Slam's tariff for revenue.
Will Survey New Route.
Plans are to be taken up by the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company for a
new route for the proposed cut-off
from the Cleveland & Pittsburg di
vision at Smith's Ferry, Pa., across
Columbiana county, O., to Alliance,
connecting with the Ft. Wayne rail
road just east of that city.
Armistice between Guatemala and
Salvador was arranged and peace
commissioners will negotiate on the
cruiser Marblehead.
CLEANLINESS PROVES FATAL
Negroea Escape Fever but Die from
Pneumonia.
Perfect sanitation and cleanliness
are proving fatal to the West Indian
negroes employed on the Panama
canal. Although Colonel Gorgas and
his assistants have banished yellow
fever and other tropical fevers which
made the chnnal zone a burying
ground for the French canal builders,
they have found that sanitary pre
cautious taken in the quarters occu
pied by workmen make tha Jamnlcau
negroes especially susceptible to
pneumonia and othar throat and lung
troubles.
West Indians are not accustomed to
an abundance of fresh air and well
ventilated, cleanly quarters. Living
for generation In small huts where
large families crowd Into rooms tight
ly closed against the night air, the
negroes from Jamaica and other trop
ical islands have developed lungs with
cramped capacity and especially sus
ceptible to changes of temperature.
The officers in charge have found
that the West Indian laborers cannot
be Induced to eat sufficient wholesome
food to keep them In good health,
even when supplies are furnished to
them at cost prices and meals are
made attractive.
CASES GO TO CHICAGO
Federal Grand Jury at Cleveland Has
No Jurisdiction to Indict.
The Federal grand Jury, which has
been Investigating alleged violations
of the Interstate commerce laws and
antl-rallroad rebate laws, at Cleveland
adjourned without bringing any In
dictments. The Investigation whs di
rected particularly against the Stand
ard Oil Company and the Lake Shore
railroad.
The failure to return Indictments, It
is officially stated, was due to the
fact that the court was without juris
diction of the alleged offenses. All
of the evidence secured Is to be trans
ferred to the Federal officials at Chi
cago, where the cases are to be prose
cuted. JURY FREES JUDGE HARGI8
End of Stubbornly Contested Case In
Kentucky.
At Bealtyville, Ky., the jury in the
Hargis-Callahan trial returned a ver
dict of not guilty after being out 22
minutes. The case was one of the most
stubbornly contested a Kentucky court
has had for years. The men were
charged with the murder of J. B.
Marcum.
In May 1903, Marcum was shot In
the back and killed in the Jackson
courthouse. Curtis Jett and 'Tom"
While wore convicted and given life
terms for the murder. Jett, alter his
conviction confessed Jliat he shot
Marcum and that his act was Inspired
by Callahan and Hargls. On the wit
ness stand, however, he repudiated
the confession and said be alone was
responsible. The acquittal followed
largely on this repudiation.
BRAZIL WELCOMES ROOT
Secretary of State Reaches Para and
Receives Message of Welcome.
The nuvy department has received a
cablegram from Para. Brazil, an
nouncing the safe arrival of Secretary
Root and his party at that city on the
United States cruiser Charleston.
Upon his arrival at Para, Mr. Root
received the following dispatch from
Baron Klo Branco, the Brazilian min
ister of foreign affairs.
"At the moment of your first land
ing on Brazilian shore, I have great
pleasure to send your excellency the
cordial greeting of the Brazilian
government and lo express my (deep
conviction that your voyage around
South America will be of great bene
fit to the Interests of our continent."
i WRECK DUE TO HIGH SPEED
I Coroner's Jury Fixes Blame for
I Salisbury Disaster.
The coroner's inquest Into the
cause of the wreck of the Plymouth
steamer express at Salisbury, Eng
land, on July 1, whereby 27 lives were
lost, resulted in a verdict that the
derailment of the train was due to the
high speed a which It was running,
and which was contrary to the com
pany's orders.
The Jury declined to allow the ver
dict to be recorded as one of ac
cidental death, saying that they con
sidered that a certain amount of
blame is attached to the company as
well as to the engine driver.
SMALL DIVIDEND
Creditors of Defunct Bank Will Not
' Get Much.
According to reports received at
the office of the comptroller of the
currency from Bank Examiner Rin
aker, in charge of affairs of the En
terprise National bank, of Allegheny,
Pa., the creditors of the failed Insti
tution will receive a dividend of from
18 to 25 per cent.
Recnt developments seem to Indi
cate that the creditors will receive
a larger dividend than was expected a
month ago. Another dividend will, in
all probability, be declared, but the
comptroller at his time is unable to
estimate the amount.
News of Fortune Kills.
While reading a letter from his
sister, Mrs. W. J. Hammer, of
Greensburg, ,Pa., saying that he had
fallen heir to $20,000, W. R. Johnson,
a switchman of Kansas City, died. A
rupture of an artery near the heart
was responsible.
Lee Llndel and Henry Wilkes, ne
gro toys, were arrested charged with
robbing the Columbia, Tenn., post
office recently of several thousand dol
lars. Wilkes confessed.
PEOPLE ARE DRIVEN OUT
Repeated Earthquake Shocks in
New Mexico Town.
HOT 8PRINGS BECOME HOTTER
Columns of Smoke From the Lava
Fields and Other Volcanic Mani
festations Are Reported.
Earthquake shocks numbering be
tween 50 and (ill have practically
mado ruin of the town of Socorro, 100
miles north of El Paso, Tex. No loss
of life Is reported.
E. M. Fink, a cattle buyer, who
came in from Socorro, declares he
was sitting at dinner at the Wlnckler
hotel on Monday when the entire side
wall of the dining room fell in and
guests and waiters scattered In every
direction. The people are in a pan
ic, and all who can do so are leaving
the town.
There is a crater of what Is thought
to be an extinct volcano not more
than eight miles from Socorro and the
Inhabitants think that perhaps the
volcano has something to do with the
remarkable series of shocks.
Water In the hot springs ut Socorro
has Increased over 10 degrees in tem
perature and It is thought that this
furnishes a new evidence of Internal
upheaval which Is of a local nature
and that the earth Is disturbed at
great depth In the Immediate vicinity
of the town.
The National railroad sent box cars
Into the town to take the people
away. Many are going to Santa Fe
and Albuquerque.
Observers reported thin spirals- of
smoke In the lava fields in the direc
tion of Alamo Gordo, probably from
hot Hprngs or other volcanic mani
festation. A drenching rain passed
over the valley adding to the discom
fort of campers.
IRON AND STEEL MARKET
Continuous Stream of Structural Con
tracts Coming In.
The "Iron Age" says: "Consumers
of iron and steel who have been hold
ing alo;f from the market a
few weeks ago waiting for
light on the crop outlook
seem to have put aside their doubts.
The uncertainties about the removal
of mid-year contracts that were a
matter of comment in a few finished
lines have been settled and the ton
nage Is now on the manufacturers'
books. The bar situation In particu
lar has greatly strengthened and some
buyers of structural steel who hesi
tated are now committed.
"Reports from buyers are of one
tenor that consumption of months Is
not yet In sight. The railroads, what
ever the Immediate state of the bond
market, give no signs of letting down
from the scale of buying that has re
cently prevailed, and are making con
tracts Indicating no fear of financial
obstacles.
"In Eastern rolling mills the strike
of Iron workers Is still unsettled, but
the bar Iron trade Is In a position to
stand some curtailment."
The "Iron Trade Review" says:
"Prosperity of the Iron trade Is
shown not only by reports indicating
an Increase of earnings of more than
10 per cent, compared with last year,
but also In continued heavy buying of
rails unci rolling stock. The officials
seem to entertain no fear that recent
legislation will be disastrous."
MEDIUM ARRESTED
Councilmen Charge Woman With
"Predicting Future Events."
Mrs. Cella Crawford, a spiritual
medium If Pittsburg has been arrest
ed In Charlerol, Pa., on Information
made by several members of the bor
ough council charging her with vio
lating a state law by "telling fortunes
and predicting future events."
For several years past Mrs. Craw
ford has been well known in all the
Monongnhela valley towns, having
made It a practice to Journey from
town to town In a houseboat accom
panied by her husband. They carry a
tent which they pitch on the riverside
and hold spiritualistic seances In it in
the evenings and on Sundays. Mrs.
Crawford also gives readings In the
boat. She gave bail for $300 and
slates her Intention of fighting the
case.
MINERS ACCEPT TERMS
Hard Fight Against Open Shop and
Arbitration.
The organized miners of District
No. 2, embracing all the soft coal
counties of Central Pennsylvania, will
return to work according to the terms
of the settlement signed by the lead
ers at Harrisburg on June 13.
Delegates representing all the locals
of the district met In convention at
Clearfield, Pa., and after discussing
the matter decided to accept the set
tlement by a vote of 377 to 242.
The opposition to the provisions
conceding "open shop" and arbitra
tion of local troubles was bitter and
vigorous, and it required all the elo
quence of National Secretary-Treasurer
W. B. Wilson and District Presi
dent Gllday to win the convention over
to the concessions.
MORE SMALLPOX AT COLON
Eleven New Cases Reported, but no
Americans Are Infected.
Eleven new coses of smallpox at
Colon were reported to the Washing
ton office of the canal commission by
Governor Magoon. One new focus of
Infection has also developed. The to
tal number of cases now Is 27.
No Americans have the disease, and
so far there has been no deaths. No
cases exist In the Isthmus outside of
Colon.
AMERICANS IN JAIL
Arrested en Isle of Pines for BufldV
Ing Telegraph Line.
American residents of the Isle of
Pines are excited over the Imprison
ment In the common Jail at Neuva
Geroma or Miss Mille Brown, 19 years
of age; L. C. Glltner, postmaster of
the town of Columbia, and William
Augustine, all Americans.
The three, for their own lnstructlol
nnd amusement, had constructed a toy
telegraph line 1,800 feet long, strung
from Glltner's store to the residence
of the other two. They were arrested
without warning charged with tha
violation of an old military order pro
hibiting other than Government tele
graph lines, tried by a newly appoint
ed Judge and sentenced jointly to pay
$500 fine or to undergo a joint term
pay I
term I
pay- I
n to I
jail
malaX
of Imprisonment of 100 days.
All refused to submit to the
ment of the fine and were taken
jail to serve 33 days each. The
has no accommodations for femal
prisoners.
TWO CONDEMNED
Jury Convicts "Black Hand" Men of
Murder.
Giovanl Grazano and Gcorgio Qua
gentl, Italians charged with being
members of a "BInck Hand" society,
and with killing Angelo Capibianca, a
nraddnek fruit denier, and niacins his
body on the railroad track to oMlte'rtaL
nte the evidences of their crime,1 were"' A
found guilty of murder in the first de
gree, at Pittsburg. The Jury was out
all night before arriving at a verdict.
Cuplbiapca was killed near Blair
station, April 5, having been stabbed
and shot to death. The two men
were Identified as having been with
him In Braddock and having hurried
ly left the scene of their crime.-
FAVORS INSANITY PLEA
Mother of Harry Thaw Retails Coun
sel for His Defense. -k.
Mrs. William Thaw, notwithstand
ing the objections of her son, Harry
Kendall Thaw, declared that insanity
shall be the defense to the charge
against him In connection with the
killing of Stanford White.
After a dramatic meeting with her
son in the Tombs, Mrs. Thaw assum
ed full charge of the defense and ar
ranged to retain the services as coun
sel of the firm of Black, Olcott, timb
er & Bonynge, who were dismissed by
young Thaw a few days ago.
The Wool Market.
The Improved conditions shown (
In the wool market are a distinct en
couragement to the trade. A hopeful
symptom Is the disposition on the
part of the Western wool growers to
accept fair prices for their clips. The
liner grades of pulled wool are in
best demand and a fair .business Is
being done. Territories ari , moder
ately active. Foreign gradesare
steady. Leading quotations follow:
Ohio and Pennsylvania XX and above,
33 to 34c; X, 31 to 32c; No. 1, 37 to
3Sc; No. 2, 37 to 3.8c,; fine unwashed,
25 to 2tic; one-fourth blood unwashed,
32 to 33c; three-eighth blood, 23c;
one-half blood, 32c; unwashed, 32 to
33c; three-eighth blood, 33c;
Heavy Fines Against Bridge Agents.
It will cost the first of 23 bridge
agents and companies who were
prosecuted at Lima, O., nearly $3,000
for violation at the law against re
straint of trade. Judge Cunningham
i overruled the motion for a new trial
in the case of Harry Hammond of the
Canton Bridge Company. The court
costs will amount to $2,000, as the
case was bitterly fought.
Charged With Murder.
Deputy Marshal E. J. Urlg, of
Sniithfleld, O., swore out a warrant
at Steubenville for the arrest of Gen
eral Manager H. E. Willard, of the
United States Coal Company, operat
ing mines at Bradley and Plum Run,
charging him with murder In connec
tion with the mine riots several weeks
ago, when two miners were killed, and
several miners and guards shot.
CURRENT NEWS EVENTS.
Henry Rogers and William" Rocke
feller resigned as trustees of the Mu
tual Life Insurance Company.
John A. Aylward of Madison, Wis.,
announced himself as Democratic
candidate for Governor of Wisconsin.
The fourth mysterious fire among
the cotton docks at New Brighton, S.
I., burned up $10,000 worth of cotton.
The Russian cruiser Novik, which
was so badly damaged by two Jap
anese cruisers August 21, 1904, that
she sank off Cape Enduma, Sakhalin,
has been floated.
During a severe storm that swept
the Virginia coast, the battleship
Rhode Island was In collision with the
Norwegian steamer Guernsey. Both
vessels are said to be badly damaged.
A national organization of men in
terested in outdoor advertising was
effected at Cleveland, O., under the
title of the Association of Independent
Bill Posters & Advertising Painters of
the United States and Canada.
T. M. Johnson, treasurer of the
Junction City Town Site Company,
and one of the mosl prominent men of
Southwest Oklahoma, was killed at
Junction City by Colonel A. M.
Fowler, manager of the Block Lumber
Company. Fowler has been arrest
ed. Steamer Sinks and 19 Drown.
The small Portuguese steamer Silva
Aineilcano sank recently at the en
trance of the Kwanza river, Portu
guese, West Africa, while on her way
from Lisbon to Dondo on the left bank
of the Kwanza. Nineteen persons wbo
were on board the vessel were drown
ed. Reports of railroads operating east
bound from Chicago and St. Louis
indicate that the volume of traffic
surpasses all midsummer records.
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