rN
etme:
TOW UP .
A BRITISH SHIP.
apt Mas to eck the Mule
Transport Mechagician.
w INJURED.
NONE OF THE
WhHe the Crew Were sleep an Explosion
Occurred, Due to am Agent Operating
From the Outside--Plates Started and
‘Water: Let “lato the, Ship--No Explosives
on Beard. ;
New Orleans, La. (Special).—What
1s regarded as an attempt of a Boer
sympathizer to. blow up a British trans- |
port occurred shortly after midnight,
svhen there was a terrific explgsion at
the stock landing where the Harrison |
steamer Mechanician',is mogred. The |
Mechanician is to carry mules to South
Africa. The explosion shook houses,
rattled dishes and awakened people for
some distance around... Most of the
crew of the ship ere asleep. but the |
explosion “brought -them . quickly irom
their berths to the deck. An examina-
tion’ showed a large dent in the star- |
beard side of’ the ship. Two plates at |
the water's edge had been sprung ani
considerable watér was let into the ship.
Pumps were immediately put to work.
and when ‘daylight came it was found
the vessel was in no danger of sinking,
and that the damage done was not seri-
“AIRS,
walians Protection.
The Interior Department has recsived
a resolution passed by the Hawaiian Leg:
islature praying that Congress impose a
duty en all coffee. imported from other
cauntries “and in thigg way protect that
industry in Hawaii A other parts of
the United States.”
| The resolution will be forwarded to
Congress at the opening of next session.
| It says that the coffee industry in Hawaii
(15 now in a depressed condi‘ion and is
{ threatened to h®. abandoned on account
| of low prices and removal of protective
[ duty on all-coffee imported into the re-
[ public of Hawaii before the annexation
{and the large amounts imported into the
| United States from Brazil, Mexico. Cen-
{tral America and other countries free
[of duty. The resolution refars to the
[large coffee area, the amount ot Ameri-
can capital invested there and inability:
to compete with the low prices where
I cheap labor is employed, as in the coun-
| tries mentioned.
(IT
New Yor
co.'s weekly
“There is
of the country
ent distributic
vhat hesitation
rade is chiefly df
.8 to the duration
n the steel mant
ontinue good, bettd
:«d the agricultural
:asy, and stocks of
ted are not above th
cason of year, partici}
md Southwest,
“Having no further
teat and drought repor
rices, speculators have t
y to the other extreme
itrate that early frosts thrd
lanted corn. The result h
juotation at this city of me
rents all the week, and th
:limination of exporters from
ctical
estic

Sampson May Be Relieved.
Application at an early date by Rear- |
{ Admiral W. T. Sampson for retirement
as commandant of the Boston Navy |
Yard is expected here, and it is said offi-
cially that the Navy Department offi-
| cials have selected an officer for an as-
signment to that duty.
Admiral Sampson has been in delicate |
{ health for some time and it would not |
| surprise the officials here should he seek |
|an early relief from duty. Thus far the |
| |
|
|
|
ous. The crew of the vessel denied that | Admiral has made no request for relief.
there was any explosives on board, and | It is regarded as practically settled that
there .seems little doubt, according to | he will not be continued on active duty
the statements of those who examined | until the date of retirement under the age
the ship, that the explosion was from
the outside and that some sort of bomb
or torpedo had been used.
Alired Leblanc, general agent of
the Harrison Line, visited the Mechani-
cian and a report of the damage done |
He said three |
was submitted to him.
large plates on the starboard side of the
boat had been stove in and 16 rivets
had been broken off or knocked com-
pletely from their places. As the ship
was making considerable water it was |
decided to shift the ballast so as to lift
the damaged section out of the water.
It is thought the damage can be repair-
ed here. Agent Leblanc said the Me-
chanician will be loaded with a Cargo |
of mules and get away for South Africa
4s soon as possible.
A British officer, who was on the ship
said the explosion was terrific, and that
a column of water went high up in the
air and came down on deck.
Many of the muleteers, who have
from time to time left the city on the!
British transports, have returned with
complaints of ill treatment, and a num-
ber. of suits are now pending against
British ships in the Federal courts.
EXPRESS IN WRECK.
Observation amd Parlor Car Pluage Down
an Embankment.
Buffalo, N. Y. (Special).-—~The two
tear cars, a Pullman observation coach
and a parlor car on the Lehigh Valley
Iroad Company's “Black Diamond
ess,” whith left this city at noon
v York and Philadelphia, jump-
ie track and broke loese from the
emainder of the train at North Leroy,
10 miles east of Batavia, shortly after
noon. The train was running ever 50
miles an hour at the time.
The parlor car remained on the ties, |
and no person in it was injured, but the
observation car plunged down the em-
bankment and dropped over on its side
in the ditch. It was badly demolished,
ut only a few of its occupants, includ-
ing Pullman conductor and porter,
were injured, and they not seriously.
The cause of the accident is a mys- |
tery. Where the observation car went
own the embankment the rails seem-
to have spread toward the edge. At
e office of the Lehigh Valley Rail
ad Company in this city it was stated
at the train was on time, but was
nning at the rate of between 55 and
miles an hour. The accident oc-
red at precisely 12.40 o'clock, and
hours later the passengers, includ
the injured. continued on their way.
Fire in Illinois Town.
ampaign, Ill. (Special).—The busi-
portion of Rantoul, a town of 3.000
e, was destroyed by fire. Telegraph
nication was cut off almost at the
ning of the fire, and details are
¢. The fire started in a grain cle
The Illinois Central depot burn-
it, and the flames spread to the
$ section.
A Postoffice Clerk Pardoned.
bus, O. (Special).—President
ry has granted a pardon to John
v, serving a three years’ sentence
hio Penitentiary. Bulley was a
the Toledo Postoffice and was
of stealing, opening and de
large number of letters. He is
o citizenship. His term would
ed in September.
b Exploded in a Church.
vy Cable).——A bomb was ex
the altar of the Church of
t Troyes. doing considerable
the thirteenth century win- |
ot injuring any of the hun- |
dren who, together with a
in the sacred edifice at the
niard has been arrested on
being the author of the out-
of Tilly Haynes.
cial).—-Tilly Haines, one
wn hotel proprietors in
here, aged 73 years. He
tor of the United States
of the Broadway Cen-
York city. Death was |
al breaking up of the
anced age.
rer Brops Dead.
enn. (Special).—Pat-
hhinent manufacturer in
nember of the firm of
dropped dead at his
onlex:.
gin Objects.
ecial).—The State
ublic the following:
pived from Commis-
ts that the delay in
ocol of agreement
pnd China is due
by Great Britain |
I Commission for
ff. The nature of |
is not stated. It
itish Government
of some clauses!
nt had been here-
0 the opposition |
[lar agents of the country to which the
i out to be only
provision next February.
| Dispatches from Boston stated that
{ Admiral Sampson would be relieved on
| September 1 by Rear-Admiral Johnson
but this could not be officially confirmed.
| =
Checks Cannot Be Returned.
Banks and other owners of imprinted
checks and drafts have requested that
the Internal RevenueBureau cancel each
check sent for redemption in such a
manner as to render its further use pos- |
original |
| sible and then return to its
| owner.
{| They were informed that under the
[ existing law it seemed impossible to
comply with these requests. The Com-
missioner says that the extent to which
these checks and drafts are being sent in
for redemption shows that large pecuni-
| ary loss will fall upon banks and owners |
| if the checks and drafts are destroyed
i after refund is made for the stamps
| thereon.
The Civil Service Commission has
disapproved the temporary appointments
of Examiners Groves, McDonald, Bretz-
fclder, Jerome and Michales in the 22% 5
' Appraiser Wakeman in New Y.2%
The commission held that the app>o?
ment of these five men was illegal’ ve.
| cause they were not qualified under Sec-
tion 2040 of the Revised Statutes. Sec-
retary Gage has approved the action of
the Civil Service Commission and direct-
ed Appraiser Wakeman to dismiss these
men and” to rettisn he men recently
transferred from his office to the docks
for the examination of baggage to their |
original positions.
The vacancies created are to he fillad
from the Civil Service lists.
Historians te Meet.
Oi

The State Department has received a
note from the secretary of the Italian
Embassy, Mr. Carignani, in regard to the
| International Congress of Historica!
| Sciences to be held in Rome in the spring
{of 1002.
The promoting committee asks that the
Government of the United States send
delegates to tl:e congress and invites the
participation of American scientists, art-
and men of letters. The congress
will include all subjects of a historical
character.
The program of exercises has not yet |
been definitely decided. Suggestions for
themes will be received until January,
1602.
1sts
To Protect Passengers.
Charles Page Bryan, United States
Minister to Brgzil, has transmitted to the
State Department a translation of the
regulations recently adopted in regard
to the arrest of passengers leaving Bra-
zilian ports on outgoing foreign steam-
ers
The order prevides that the Chief of
Police shall notify in writing the consu-
steamer in question belongs, or in cases
of urgency, the captain of the steamer,
of his intention to detain one of its pas-
sengers.
Capital News in General.
Mr. Russell, the United States charge
d'affaires at Caracas, Venezucla, has
been authorized by the State Depart-
ment to use his good graces as the rep-
resentative of Colombia in case the Co-
lombian minister should withdraw from
Venezuela. This is in response to Mr.
Russell's request for instructions.
Rear Admiral Mortimer L. Johnson,
commandant of the Port Royal Naval
Station, has been sclected to succed
Real Admiral Sampson as commandant
of the Boston Navy Yard.
Capt. N. H. Hall has been commend-
cd by the Navy Department for his
work at Pekin.
The August report on crops from the
Agricultural Departicent shows the fol-
lowing: Average condition of wheat,
80.3: corn, 54.0; oats. 73.6; barley, 869
Average condition corn declined 27.
The report of the board .f survey on
the cruiser Columbia. now at New
York, is to the effect that she will not
be in condition to receive men until
thoroughly cleaned and fumigated.
The Navy Department has o-d-red
the battieship \Visconsin, row at the
Puget Sound Naval Station, to San
Francisco, to be in readiness there tn
proceed to Panama in case the State
Department asks for a war vessel on
the Pacific side. of the isthmus.
Qur New Possessions.
Civil Governor Tait in the immediate
future will reduce the police force of
Manila by one-half. At present there
are 1300 policemen for the city, whose
population only numbers 250,000 souls.
The Governor considers it unncessary
to have over 600 policemen, as they are
not required for military purposes.
Commissary General Weston asserts
that the original reports of the frauds
in the commissary department were
much exaggerated and that the total
money loss tc the government turns
750.

| Corn, per dozen, 4asc.
23 late, as to size, $2.00a3.25.
7 120c.
| 25.05:
: ple.
narkets,
“Failures for the week wergd 173 in
he United States, against 177 laypt year,
ind 31 in Canada, against 23 last\ year.”
Bradstreet's says:
“Wheat, including flour,
or the week aggregate 8.832.100 Kush
:ls. against 6.463.391 last week, and\ 3.
318.760 in the corresponding week) of
shipiyients
| tooo.
LATEST QUOTATIONS.
Flour—Best Patent, $4.45; High
Grade Extra, $3.05; Minnesota bakers,
f2.00a3.10.
Wheat—New York, No. 2 red, 77V4c;
Philadelphia, No. 2 red, 73%a74c; Bal-
imore, 7414c.
Corn—New York, No. 2, 613%c; Phil
adelphia, No. 2, 59%%a6oc; Baltimore,
No. 2, 62a63c.
Oats—New York, No. 2, 30c;: Phila-
delphia, No. 2 white, 45c; Baltimore,
No. 2 white, 42a43c.
Rye—New York, No. 2, 59%c; Phil-
adelphia, No. 2, 38¢; Baltimore, No. 2,
y—No. 1 timothy. $16.00a16.50;
. 2 timothy, $15.00a15.50; No. 3 tim-
othy, $14.00a14.50.
Green Fruits and Vegetables—Ap-
oles, ber bbl, fancy, $2.00a2.25; fair to
good, $1.50a1.75. Beets, per bunch, 34a
tc. Blackberries, per quart, Rochelle,
jasc. Cabbage, per 100, Flat Dutch,
$3.00a4.00. Cantaloupes, Gems, per
basket, 235a4oc: native, large. per 100,
$4.00a6.00. Carrots. per bunch 1'5a2c.
Damsons, Md.
and Va., per bbl. $4.00a4.50. Eggplants,
oer basket, 6oa6bsc. Huckleberries, per
1yart, 7a8c. Onions, per half bbl bas
ket, 60ab5c, Peaches, yellows, 75ca$i.00;
reds, 63afoc. Pears, Manning Eliza
beth, per basket. s0a75c; Bartletts, per
sasket, 35a50c. Pineapples, Florida, per
Plums, 8-1b
12ai15¢. Squash, per basket, 15
String Beans, per bus, 63a7s5c.
Tomatoes, z basket carrier, 75ca$1.00;
Anne Arundel, per basket, 3oagoc.
Watermelons, per 100 selects, $18.00a
Yasket,
| 22.00.
Live Poultry—-Iiens, 10%c¢; old roost
srs, each, 25a30c: spring chickens, 14c;
ducks, 7a84c¢; spring ducks, 8aroc.
Potatoes—White—New York river,
per bbl, No. 1, $2.50a3.00; do, do, culls
and seconds, $1.50a2.00; do, do, Rappa-
hannock, per bbl. Rose, $2.60a2.90; do.
do, Chili R. per bbl, $2.50a2.75; do, do.
seconds, per bbl, $1.25a2.00; do, Eastern
Shore Md.. per bbl, $2.50a3.c0; do, do,
Va., per bbl, $2.50a3.00; do. native, per
bushel box, goca$1.00; do, Md. and Pa.
per bus, 8oagoc. Sweets—New North
Carolina, per bbl, yellows, $3.00a4.00;
io, do, Eastern Shore Virginia, per bbl,
vellows, $3.50a4.50; do, do, red, per bbl,
2.00a2.50. Yams—New, per bbl, $2.50
12.75.
Provisions and Hog Products— Bulk
rib sides, 9Vic; clear do, 934c; shoul-
ders, 8%c; do fat backs, 14 lbs and un-
der, 8c; do, 18 Ibs and under, 8c;
do, belles, 104c: do, mess strips, 8Vic
{ do, ham butts, 85¢; bacon clear sides,
104c; do, clear, 10%c; do. shoulders,
yc; sugar-cured breasts, small, i3Vc;
do, do, 12 lbs and over, 13%; do, do,
shoulders, bladecuts, ¢9'c; do, do, nar-
rows, 9%c; do, do. extra broad, 10%c;
do, do, California hams, 934c¢; hams, 10
Ibs, 13 to 13%c; do, 12 lbs and over,
1234¢c; do, 15 lbs and over 12Vic; do,
skinned, 14c: do. beef, Western, can-
vased and uncanvased sets, 14%c: do,
do, tenders, 15c; mess pork, $16.50;
ham pork. $16.00; refined 350-1b cans,
3%c: do, do. half-barrels and new tubs.
Hides—Heavy steers, association and
salters, late kill, 60 lbs and up. close se-
lection, 10a11'%4c; cows and light steers,
)aglsc.
Eggs—Western Maryland and Penn-
eylvania, per doz, 14c; Eastern Shore
Maryland and Virginia, 14c; Virginia,
14c; Western and West Virginia, 14c;
Southern, 13a13/4c; guinea, 7c.
Dairy Products—Elgin, 22a23c; sepa-
rator, extras, 21a22¢; do, firsts 2o0azic;
do, gathered cream, 19a2oc: do. imita-
tion, r7ai8c; ladle extra, 15a17c; ladles,
first, 14ai15c: choice Western rolls, 15a
16c; fair to good, 13ar4c: half-pound
creamery, Maryland. Virginia and
Pennsylvania, 21a22¢; do, rolls, 2-1b, do,
20cC.
Cheese—New cheese, large,
1034a1073¢; do, flats, 37 ibs, 1015a1034¢;
do. flats, 37 lbs, 10%%a10)4c; picnics, 23
Ibs, 11a11Y%%C. ™
60 Ibs,
Live Stock.
Chicago. — Cattle—Good prime
steers, $5.60a0.15; stockers and feeders,
$2.25a4.00; cows, $2.50a4.40; bulls, $2.50
a4.30; calves, choice higher at $3.00a
5.50. Hogs mixed and Lu:chers, $3.70
good Yo cheice vy. $5.90a
6.07!%. Sheepr—good to choice weth-
ers, $3.60a4.00} fair to choice mixed,
$3.2523.60: Western sheep, $3.25a4.00;
yearlings. $3.7544.30: native lambs, $2.00
a5.15: Western [ambs, $4.25a5.15.
Liberty.—Cattle—Extra, $3.50a
prime, $5.50a5.65: good, £5.20a
5.40. Hogs dull and lower; prime bSeavy
$6.05: assorted mediums, $6.00a6.05;
best Yorkers, $6.10; light do, $5.90a6.00,
10
dCavy,
o>
East
5.80;
.ABOR AND INDUSTRY
“Corn exports for the week aggre-
gate 000.714. against 633.604 last week.
and 2.800.754 in this week a year ago.”
Fort Worth has 40 unions.
There are 45,000 union merchants.
Philadelphia is to have a labor tem
<
Fort Worth has a Woman's Label
[.eague. \
Brooklyn bricklayers’
a day.
Louisville carpenters
nine hours.
laborers get $3
get $2.50 for
1)
were
but afte
of guilty
The Staté
victory.
Blackburn
on spurious
partment ha
The compl
was that Ario
a substance
in the coffee a
than itis. The
ing or glazing v

for the propaga
\ Prof. G. A. Kil
a well-known ch
cipal witness for
tiled that he had
aminations of sa
purchased from @
the open market,
each berry contain
of 300 bacteria.
further testified tl
fees he examined con
teria or none at all. H
the glazed coffee was no
food product.
Chemist Schmidt, of Ci
roborated the testimon
Kirchmaier. The State di
further testimony. ”
The defense secured
the most eminent. chem
scientists in the Unitec
to give testimony in theirheh
H. W. Wiley, of the Unite?
Agricultural Department; \
Vaughn, of Ann Arbor Uni
Profs. Bleile and Webber, of tl
State University, were called
fend Ariosa. Dr. Wiley made a
ful examination of the method of
ufacturing. He told of the
009,000 eggs used yearly in the pre}
ation of this glazing. On this poi
in cross-examination, the State's
torney deftly drew from him the i
formation that these eggs might b
kept In cold storage for a year or two
at a time.
The experts who heard Dr. Wiley’s |
testimony were pleased to listen
to so famous a chemist. The
doctor at one pein: in his restini
explained ‘very clearly how it is that
the egg put into the coffee pot by
the housewife settles the coffee. He
said that the heat coagulates the egg,
and as it sinks to ihe bottom of the
pot it carries the fine particles of
coffee with it, and thus clarifies the
drink. It is the act of coagulation ime
the coffee pot that does the work.
Later on in his cross examination, he
admitted that when the egz was
put on Ariosa coffee at the factory it
became coagulated, and as egg cannot
be coagulated but ounce, that the coat-
ing on coffee was practically no value,
as a “settler” wien it reached the
coffee pot.
Professor Wiley acknowledged that
the glazing might be a favorable
medium for the propagation of bac-
teria, although he would not testify
positively either way because he was
not a bacteriologist.
Professor Vaughn, of Ann Arbor,
also a witness for the defense, said
he found bacteria on Ariosa coffee,
Professor Bleile, another witness for
the defense, testitied he found any
number of lively bacteria on Ariosa
coffee he examined, and agreed that
glazed coffee surely was a more favor-
able medium for the propagation of
bacteria than unzlazed coffee.
Pure Food Commissioner Blackburn
says: “The State is very much elated
over its victory. We are now consider-
ing the advisability of informing every
grocer in the State of Ohio that it is
an infraction of the laws to sell
Ariosa, and at the same time give
warning to consumers that the coffee
is an adulterated: food article.”
The verdict of the jury in this case
is of national importance because a
great many other States have pure
food laws like that of Ohio, and it
is natural to suppose that similar ac-
tion will be taken by other Pure Food
Commissioners to prevent the sale of
glazed coffees. "
Averaging It Up.
“Last year,” she begun, as she halted
in front of the grocery to gaze at a pile
of watermelons, “last year I bought six-
teen different watermelons of you, and
not one of them was ripe.”
‘Yes, I know,” replied the grocer.
“And this year—"’ ;
“This year, madam, you will buy six-
teen others of me, and not one will be
green. That's the way it goes, you
know. Last year was an off year, while
this one is all right. I'll send down that
large speckled fellow with a hump to
it.”
Expressive.
Mrs. Gowanus—What is yeur father
loing, Herbert? :
Little Herbert—He wants to find
some fact or other, and he is playing
hide and seek with the volumes of the
Encyclopedia Britannica.
An Unsgisterly Fling.
“She is pretty,” said the young wo-
man, “but she is so obviously made up.”
“Yes,” answered Miss Cayenne, ‘‘I
can’t help wondering how she got back
from Europe withou! having duty col-
lected on her as a work of art.”

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Sweat and
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all druggists.
A Philadel]
tracted for thé
cost about $750,
The coffee pla
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{
$100 Re
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London is to have an automatic ham
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