MADE A GREAT HIT
President Delights Mississippi
Audience Immensely
FAVORS RIVER IMPROVEMENT
Bronzed and Vigorous After a Fort
night in Canebrakes, President
Koosevelt Visits Vicksburg and
Makes a Speech.
. Vicksburg, Miss, Special. After a
fortnight spent in the canebrakes,
President Koosevelt, bronzed and
vigorous, paid a flying visit to Vicks
burg and made a speech Mondoy af
ternoon. The President arrived at
Delta, just across the Mississippi
river at 1 o'clock. He was met by
4. he steamboat Belle of Bends, with a
reception committee of 100 citizens on
board. The president immediately
-embarked and, followed by a dozen
boats and yachts, made his entry into
the city. The bluffs overlooking,1 the
river were lined with people, who
gave lae i.mei nixeeuuve a nearry
"and noisy welcome.
President Koosevelt entered the
forward carriage at the pier and with
Mayor B. W. Griffith and General
Stephen D. Lee, beaded a party which
passed through the principal streets
to i he national cemetery.
The President was received with
Enthusiastic acclaim. The streets
were packed with people, who cheered
the visitor at every opporunity.
Arriving at the national cemetery,
Uie party drove slowly through the
grounds, the President evincing a
lively interest in the historic place.
.From the cemetery the party drove to
the court house square, where an im
mense crowd had gathered to bear
the speech making. President Koose
velt vras introduced by Congressman
John Sharp Williams, who elicited
1 remendous applause when he said : .
"You cannot in the history of any
country, ancient or modern, find a
.succession of 25 kings, emperors or
even prime ministers' the equals in
inteiigoncc, culture, courage ov char
acter of the 25 Presidents Vf this
great republic from Washington to
Koosevelt, inclusive. Of these, I, a
Southern Bourbon-Democrat, have au
American pride and pleasure in say
ing that 'the last is by no means the
least.'
"It is an honor for you and me,
felow Mississippians, to meet and en
tertain with an old time, full hearted
Southern hospitality, the Hon. Theo
dore Koosevelt, an honor flowing at
once from his official dijmitv and
from his many excellent traits of pri
vate character.
"He is our chief magistrate, Amer
ica's chief magistrate of the re
united Dixie land and Yankee land,
never so firmly cemented in blood,
opinion and sentiment as they are to
day." Immediately after closing bis ad
dress, President Roosevelt and party
were rapidly driven to the Yazoo &
Mississippi Valley Railway station,
where a special train stood an wait
ing. At 5:P0 o'clock the train pulled
out for Memphis, where the President
is scheduled to arrive shortly after
midnight. The train will be immedi
ately transferred to the Louisville &
Xashviile Railway and started for
Nashville.
The President's speech was alto
gether appropriate to his audience,
and among many striking things he
said :
"It is indeed an honor for me to
be the guest of Vicksburg and of
Mississippi,, and I was inexpressibly
touched by the greeting over the
groat arch of cotton bales which said.
Mississippi greets the President.' I
should not be tit to be the President at
all if 1 did not with all my might
and main, with all my heart and
brain, seek to be in the full sense
1 lie President of Mississippi, the Pres
ident of every state in this Union. I
am giad to be here in this historic
city, this city forever memorable of
the conflicts in which victor and van
quished alike showed such splendid
connive, Rnch splendid fealty, to the
light t;s it was given to each. Even
bo fere the Civil war Mississippi's
fins had' shown that thev knew how
to fight.
"It sceras to me that no American
Vresider.t could spend his time bet
ter than by seeing for himself just
what a rich" and wonderful region
the lower Mississippi Valley is, so
Ihat he may go back to Washington)
sis T shall go back, with the set pur
pose to do everything that in mo lie.
lo f ee that the United States does its
full share in making the Mississippi
river a part of the sea coast, in urg
ing it a deep channel to the Great
LaVr- frr-j the Gulf.
"Mr. Wiiuam:;, it has boon suggest
ed to I': at, v- need to construe
Jbr rr -r-jijufion broadly in- older to
Tf-.-rr (A t0 v.'hnf y wrrd. I
think T frnrd vo?t mention that you
v-.-ir ,r;rj Federalist. The uerp'e
if Holland f'K-.k two-thirds of their
country out from under the ocean and
they have lived behind the dikes for
centuries in safety. With one-tenTh
of the effort, we, an infinitely great
er nation, can take these incompar
ably rich bottom lands of the lower
Mi; isr,;?.-d oit from nil fear of flood
en? bv the Mississipni.
"While T do not like to say in cd--ancf;
whet T intend to do, I shall
1"cn?c riy rule in this case? and sav
('.si in ray next message to Coog'-es
1 stiau auvoeate.as nearnnf'as 1 know
law that the ('ongvosjftw elected
slm'l take the firs, steps to bring
aborlk that deep channel way and the
attendant high 'and broad ievec sys
tem wliioh will make of these al
luvial bidtonis the richest and most
populous agricultural land on the
face of Hie. globe... I think that any
policy which tends to.the .unliftinsr of
J any portion of our people in the end
uiMiiuuira ii utiirm t ci tilt; w uuu
people. Here we have a policy whose
first and direct benefit will come to
the man on the plantation, the tiller
r.f the soil."
25,000 Fire In Norfolk.
Norfolk, Special. Fire starting at
11:30 Saturday partly destroyed the
two-story dwelling at Northwest
Granby street and City Hall avenue.
On the first floor oC the building were
the Savoy Cafe and the Gayety
Electric theater. The loss will reach
$20,000,' partly insured. The upper
floor was used as a hotel annex and
offices.
Railway Conference Postponed.
Raleigh, Special. Governor Glenn
announces that the conferences set
for Tuesday night with counsel for
the State in the Southern Railway
case will not be held, lie has called
it off he says. He is too busy at this
time to attend such a conference.
Asked when it would be held, Gover
nor Glenn stated that he could not
say just when, but probably, aftei
he catches up with some work that
has col ten behind.
Wireless Across the Atlantic.
Sidney, N. S., By Cable. Press
md commercial service between Port
arien and Clifdcn, Ireland, will be
begun, by the Mirconi Wireless Tele
graph Cmpany when a message will
be dispatched from Premier Laurier
congratulating England upon the es
cablishment of the new meaus of
'ommunication. The initial Marcou-
gram from the East will not be filed
;til Fridav.
Secretary in a Runaway.
Manila, By Cable. While return
ing from Fort William McKinley
Saturday night the horses attached to
the carriage in which were Secretary
Taft and Governor General Smith ran
away. A detective who was on the
box took the reins from the hands
of the driver but he was not able to
bring the horses down. He succeeded
however, in guiding them into a ditch'
and stopping the carriage. Neither
occupants nor horses were hurt.
Mrs. Chadwick's Deposits.
Cleveland, O.. Special A pass book
showing deposits of over $300,000 in
favor of the late Mrs. Cassic Chad
wick in a Pittsburg bank, came into
possession of Nathan Loesser, Uie
referee in bankruptcy. The deposits
were made on June 20, 1902. and the'
referee says there is nothing to in
dicate that the account was checked
against at all. The, deposits were
made about the time of Mrs. Chad
wick's dealings with the late James
W. Friend, of Pittsburg.
American Homes and Gardens says:
No one should move into the country,
even for a temporary sojourn, without
being alive to its beauties ,and, to
speak somewhat pedantically, aware
of its advantages as a place of resi
dence. Ono must love the country
or be prepared to love it, or one had
better remain away from it. It is
quite true that it is possible to have
space and air in suburban and rural
listricts which are never to be found
in the built-up portion of a city; but
to move out into the country, espe
cially as a place of permanent resi
dence, with such ideas as the sole mo
tives, is tolerably certain to end dis
astrously. One must have a real af
fection for hill sand fields and trees
and woods .for flowers and farms, for
live stock, perhaps, for the c.uiet cl
country living by ail means. It will
be vastly dull otherwise. If the bang
;ng cf the trolley gong is essential to
your repose at night, never fcr a mo
ment imagine ycu can sleep in the per
"ect stillness of the country, where no
noise sounds louder at night than the
hum of the insect, unless it be the
hooting of an owl or the ceaseless
-ong of the whip-poor-will. Don't try
!t at all unless you like it; don't try
t unless you think you are going tc
like it; and, better still, don't try it i!
you think you are going to like it with
out a preliminary temporary sojourn
In a general way it is the easiest
thiug in the world to buy country real
estate ; it i3 sometimes somewhat diffi
cult to sell it, especially if you f.re in
a hurry to do so.
The Loo Drivsr.
The life cf a river log dnvpf is '
tife that Eccms to get hrl.l cf ortis
after a ye r or two. Ycu are gen
erally wet through for 1" hours out
f tho VI. Ton of vii s'.pii in a
12x13 foot shanty; you live on fried
everything, "black strap," treacle and
stewed tea. You go to bed at 10
and get up at 3. Ycu are everlast
ingly cursed and never praised by the
foreman. Your life is ju danger more
or less all day long, and you never
get more than $35 a month for work
that is worth $100. "Then why stick
to it?" you say, and all I can answer
Is, "Just give it a fair trial for a year,
and thea you'll know." Wide World
Magazine.
a Striking speech
Secretary Taft Expresses His
Desire to Be Private Citizen
IN H!S PHILIPPINE ADDRESS
At a Banquet in Manila the Secrstarj
Says His Visit Two Years Henc
. Will Probably Ee a3 a Private Citi
zen Audience Not Struck Wit)
Hi3 Personal Remarks.
Manila, By Cable. At a banquet
given in his honor in this city Sec
retary of War William II. Taft mad(
a most significant satement. lie was
referring to the fact that he hac
already visited the Philippine Islands
three times, and in expressing his in
tention to come here again he said:
"I hope another two years to visit
Manila again, then I probublj
will come as a Private citizen."
The significance of Mr. Taft's re
mark in relation to the chance of his
nomination for the presidency next
year did not seem to strike his audi
ence. The Secretary's speech was re
ceived with much enthusiasm by the
representatives of the Filipinos pres
ent when he declared the government
was anxious 3nd ready to help the
business prosperity of the islands.
Secretary Taft opened his address
by declaring that the future prosper
ity of the Philippine Islands depend
ed primarily on the Filipinos them
selves. They must make progress as
a nation before they could obtain the
benefits realized by other nations and
it was the duty of business men and
others contemplating investment in
the Philippines to help the natives
better their condition. It was with
the most intense satisfaction that h
came to the islands today and found
them quieter than ever before it)
their history. ,
He was glad the Assembly had
been established and hoped it would
take over some of the responsibility
of government. He said to capitalists
and others looking for franchises and
concessions that another power had
arisen in the land and that hereafter
they must come to the Assembly with
their requests He had no doubt the
Assembly would carefully consider
all questions affecting the welfare of
the islands. That it would not only
look out for the interests of the
people but would welcome with lib
erality the investment of foreign cap
ital so absolutely necessary to the
development of the Philippines. The
existence of the Assembly would
strengthen the hand ..of , the govern
ment and the government Avas anx
ious and ready to help the business
prosperity of the islands in which
the people themselves were quite as
much interested as the merchants.
This was the beginning of a period
of prosperity, the speaker asserted,
and he trusted that under it every
body would be happy and content
ed. The Secretary declared that he was
not ashamed of anything in the is
lands and urged the Americans here
to make every effort to bring the
Filipino people to a realization of
their wonderful opportunities. lie
had been to the Philippines three
times already and he hoped in anoth
er two years to visit the islands agait
but then he probably would come as
a private citizen
Mr Taft's speech was greeted at
the close with cheers
This afternoon Secretary Taft laid
the corner stone of the first perma
nent school house built in Manila un
der the American regime. He deliv
ered a short address to the pupils of
the school in which he congratulated
them upon the event-
To Go To New York.
Atlanta, Ga., Special. It was an
nounced here that John Temple
Graves, editor of The Atlanta Geor
gian and News, and considered one jp
the South 's most gifted journalists
and authors, has accepted the chief
editorship of the New York Ameri
can. It is understood that Colonel
Graves will assume his new position
about November loth
Poured Oil on Fire and Stove Ex
plodes. New York, Special. As a result ol
pouring oil on a fire in a stove Mrs.
Phoebe Goldstein, of Brooklyn, and
six of her eleven children were badly
burned. Mrs. Goldstein and a son,
David, aged 25, are likely to die, the
latter from inhaling the flames. An
explosion followed Mrs. Goldstein's
attempt to light the live with kero
sene, setting the woman's clolhinp
afire. Craned with fright she ran
through the house, setting fire to cur
tains fuid bed's. The children v.eie
burred in attempting to aid their
mother.
Indicted for Not Running Trains Into
Union Station
Montgomery, Alft-, Special. A
special to The Advertiser from Mo
bile says the Mobile county grand
jury Saturday indicted the Louisville
& Nashville Railroad Company for
its failure to run trains into the new
unon railway station in Mobile as re
quired by a recent enactment and an
order of ihe railroad commission. The
union Ftation is owned by the South
ern Railway.
MUST YiDENJliE GANAl
.
lieutenant Rosseau, of Isthmian Ca
nal Commission Lays Before Sec
retary Metcalf Proposition to In
crease Width of Panama.
Washington, Special. Lieut. II
11. Rosseau, civil engineer in the U
S. navy and a member of the Isth
mian canal commission has arrived
here from the isthmus and laid be
fore Secretary Metcalf a proposition
to increase the projected width of tut
Panama "canal which is now planned
at 100 feet in the locks. The recom
mendation is based upon the rapid in
crease of beani in naval construction
since the canal plans were formed.
Secretary Metcalf Avill take up the
matter with the President as soon as
possible. Lieutenant Rosseau depart
ed for New York soon after his inter
view with the Secretary
Undoubtedly naval exigencies, sup
plemented by the building of the
fiant C'unarders Lusitania and Maur
itania, was the basis for this pro
jected change of plan which will in
volve the expenditure of many ad
ditional millions of dollars and per
haps the extension of the time re
quired for the completion of the ca
nal project. It is also probable that
the mere suggestion of such a con
siderable change of plans as that pro
posed by Lieutenant Rosseau would
precipitate a general debate in Con
gress and re-open the whole issue of
sea level, versus lock canal which
was believed to have been finally set
tled by President Roosevelt and Sec
retary Taft when they gave tha order
for the beginning of work on the
lock canal plan. The fact is that
when Congress was so warmly dis
cussing the two projects about two
years ago, the sea level canal advo
cates made the point that theirs was
the only plan that would have suffi
cient elasticity to meet the needs of
rapidly increasing tonnage in marine
construction. Their plan involved the
use of but one lock, merely to offset
the tidal difference between the east
ern and western seas, a comparatively
low and insignificant lock which could
be easily widened when required.
But they made a strong point of the
difficulty, expense and loss of time in
the use of the canal that would fol
low the attempt to widen the compli
cated and massive locks required for
the high level canal.
Possibly foreseeing the force of
that argument, the canal commission
apparently feels that it would be wise
to make the locks of the canal wide
enough in the beginning to accommo
date the giant ships, not only of tht
navy but of the merchant marine,
that are sure to be constructed in the
near future.
Details of the new plans cannot be
obtained at present, but the change
is said to be costly, though of its. ne
cessity few naval officers have any
doubt.
Breaking Camp
Stamboul, La., Special. With the
close of the day the President termi
nated his fourteen day hunt on Bear
Lake and Tensas Bayou. That the
last day was one of unabated activity
on his part is certain, but what the
result was, was not known at 6
o'clock as no messenger leaving the
camp after the close of the day's
sport had reached the telegraph sta
tion. The weather was excellent as
it has been throughout the week and
the party started out in the early
morning in high spirits and in antici
pation of a fine day with which to
close the fortnight of sport. The
President will reach Mr. Shield's
home during the forenoon and will
meet a number of Mr. Shields'
friends at dinner. A special train
will take the President and his party
to Vicksburg starting from this point
at 10 o'clock Monday. After a stay
of four hours at Vicksburg the Presi
dent will board the Pennsylvr.fia
Railroad train which carried him
from Washington to Keokuk and re
turn to Washington aboard it
Fire in Synagogue.
Norfolk, Special. Fire last week
badly damaged Ebenezer Synagogue
on Cumberland street. The flames
started in the rear of the building
beneath the altar and destroyed a
Bible belonging to M. Brenner said
to have been worth $1,200. The dam
age to the synagogue is estimated at
$1,500 covered by insurance.
Cow Dcrail3 a Train.
Helena, Ga., Special. A construc
tion train on the Southern Railway
in charge of Conductor John Bird
song, of Maccn, was derailed at
Savage creek, a 'short distance from
Adams Park, and the conductor was
fatally injured, dying subsequently.
Flagman Birdsong was ..slightly
wounded and Bridge Foreman J. M.
Askew, and four negro laborers were
also hurt. Engine No. ISO."), pulling
the train, struck a cow on the track
and several flat cars loaded with
bridge ties were derailed.
Charged With Blackmailing.
New York, Special. Hugo C.
Voecks, arrested Sunday night on the
complaint of Raymond Hitchcock,
the actor, on a charge of blackmail
ing, was arranged in police court and
held in $1,000 bail. Frank O. Torn
berg, arrested with Voecks, was dis
charged, there being nothing to show
that he had any connection with the
alleged blackmailing plot.
HAD A STRENUOUS WEEK
Relief Is Felt Throughtout Financial
District at Close of Short ' Session
Most Panicky Week Wall Street
Has Known Tor Long Time.
New York, Special. There was a
sigh of relief through the financial
district when the short session of the
slock exchange ended Saturday,
marking the close of one of the most
panicky weeks that Wall Street has
known for a long time.
The declination of the presidency
of the Mercantile National Bank by
Mr. William B. Ridgely, Federal
Comptroller of the Currency, did not
come until after the business day was
over and therefore had no effect on
the market or the financial situation
in general. What the effect may be
when the market opens Monday it is
impossible to say, but it is the gen
eral opinion of financiers that the
week-end holiday will serve to settle
matters in the street and unless there
are unexpected developments in the
delicate situation, confidence in a
large measure will be restored by
Monday. The weekly bank statement
showed an unexplained addition of
$6,443,100 to the cash holdings of the
banks, bringing the cash holdings
$11,180,000 above the required re
serves. This is taken to meanr that
the banks are preparing themselves
for any crisis that may be forced on
them next week.
On the stock exchange and tho
curb practically every stock dealt in
suffered a decline during tho
week. United Copper, which is not a
listed sUc and is dealt in only on
the ernb, suffered a net decline of
3S1-S for the common and 91-2 for;
the preferred, closing at 7 3-4 and 25,
respectively. Guggenhimer explora
tion dropped 43 points. On the ex
change, Amalgamated copper reached
43 1-2, closing Saturday at 44 1-8 and
showing a net loss of 9 1-8 in the
week. On the low point reached Avas :
the bottom price for several years and j
was 77 3-4 points below the high point
for the year. American Smelting also
made a new low mark of 61 1-4 and j
showed a net loss of 12 points on the
week. The low figure w-as 93 3-4 j
points under the high price for the
year and 7 1-2 under the low price
for 1906. Railroads and industrials
suffered" during the week but the close
Saturday was in almost every caso
substantially above the low figure for
the week.
GOLD AND SIIsVER STATISTICS.
Former Director Roberts Completes
tho Compilation North Carolin's
Loss of Gold.
Washington, Special. George E.
Roberts, who retired from the posi
tion of director of the nint, on Au
gust 1st, 1907, has completed the
compilation of the stattistics of the
production of gold and silver in the
various States and Territories of the
United States for the calendar year
of 1906. Mr. Roberts estimates the
production of gold in the United
States during the calendar year 1906
to have been $94,373,800, as agaiust
$8S,1S0,700 for the calendar year of
1905, a gain in 1906 of $6,193,100.
The principal gain was in Alaska.
Nevadad's gain in gold was $3,919,
500 ; Oregon, ,$75,200; Tennessee, $22,'
300; Arizona, $55,800; Virginia,
$5,300.
The greatest loss of gold in any
State was in Colorado where there
was a decrase of $2,766,700.
North Carolina lost $33,900; South
Carolina $20,500, and Georgia $71,
100. The total production of silver in
the United States during the calen
dar year 1906 is given us 56,517,900
fine ounces of the the commercial
value of $3S,256,400, as against -50.-101,600
fine ounces of the commercial
value of $34,221,876 in 1905. The
net gain in the production of silver
over that of 1905 was 416,300 ounces.
Succeeds at Last.
j ,Naw Torkj Friday afteir five
years ol patient tedious effort m
perfecting his wireless telegraph ap
paratus, Signor Marconi witnessed
the checking of the message marking
the formal opening of the trans-Atlantic
wiieless service for public use.
The commercial rate will be , ten
cents a vord and press rate one-half
that. .
News in Brief.
The committee of the Congrcga
lionalist convention reported in favor
of a union of that denomination with
the Methodist Protestants and United
Brethren.
Emperor Francis Joseph's condi
tion is reported to be unsatisfactory.
The Navy Department gave out
a number of the records made by the
Atlantic fleet in battle practice.
General Croier, chief of ordinance,
recomme'ids a suiplu.s of ammunition
Bufnricul for fix months' use in caso
of war.
Secretary Taft was the recipient of
further attention at Manila.
The stockholders ' meeting of the
Iliinoise Central Railroad wa? con
tinued without result in the Fisu
Harrimfm fight.
The Duchess of Manchester enjoyed
the novelty of a coon hunt.
A contest over the $30,000,000 esr
tate of Nelson Moris, the meat pack
er, has been averted by an agree
ment among the heirs to disregard
the trust provision.
MORE RACE TROUfl
Negroes Kill Patrolman and Barri
cade Themselves in a House.
New "Orleans, La., Special.- Fur
ther raee troubles are feared as au
outcome of a riot Friday night by
negroes, resulting in the death of Pa
trolman Campbell, who was killed
while attempting the arrest of a gang
if boisterous negroes. The uegroe
barricaded themselves in a house and
wounded two of the police. Militia
smoked the negroes out, arresting five
and woundng one. The police are
threatening to even things up with
tho negroes.
Sixteen Under Arrest.
New Orleans, La., Special. Six
teen members of the so-called "Coun
cil of . God," negroes, under arrest,
ten of them charged with murderr
was the result Saturday of police in
vestigation into Friday night's race
riot Seme almost unbelievable ten
ets of their alleged, religion were an
nounced by those arrested. One of
these beliefs was that men should be
worshipped dieties. In apparent sup
port of the existence of this belief
the police state that a few days agv
four leaders of the council called on
Mayor Behrman requesting $100,000
to build a tabernacle for their society
in this city. It was learned also that
some of the members had been forced
into the society by threats of death.
Undue excitement was the only rea
son the police could learn for Saturn
day night's outbreak.
Of the dozen wounded two are in
danger pf dying. They are Patrol
man Wenek, whose neck is cut by a
razor, and Edward Honor, negro, an
alleged leader joi the society Sergeant
Whcattley, who was announced as
fatally injured, recovering. ,
Friday night's trouble started dur
ing a meeting when excited regroef
drew razors on Policeman Cambias
because he attempted to enter the
house to investigate reports of a dis
turbance caused by boys throwing
stones through the windows. Razors
were drawn across his face and neck,
mortally wounding him. Many at
the meeting then fled. Those who re
mained and barricaded themselves
were armed and after the negroes had
been smoked into, submission by a.
burning fence, several shotguns and
other fire arms were found under the
meeting house The fighting occurred
on New Orleans street and did not
6tart in front of a German Presby
terian church as stated in early re
ports. Ban on Sunday Marriages.
Pittsburg, Pa., Special Right ncv.
Bishop Regis Canevin has placed the
ban on Saturday and Sunday mar
riages of Roman Catholics in ther
Pittsburg diocese. Only bv special
fuiiuz&Muu ui iubv uisuop ;an mar
riages be celebrated on these ' two
days. This order is the result of
many scenes of disorder, often ending
in bloodshed, at the weddings of for-
: : ...o j-i. l-i
force to English speaking Catholics.
It is also considered conducive to the
better observance oi the Sabbath, .
making it a day of worship, in.Jead
of merry-making.
Automobiles Collide.
San Sebastian, Spain, By Cable.
A serious automobile accident took
place near here Saturday and as a
result two people are dead and 'vht
seriously injured. Two automobile
going in opposite directions came in
collision at a point on tho road above
a dangerous precipice. The wheels of
the cars became interlocked and
together they roiled over the edge off
the cliff and crashed to the locks be
low. Don Luis Zappino, and a young
woman whose name has not been
learned, were killed. Senor Zappino
was secretary of the Royal Racing
Club. There were ten persons in the
two cars. They arc all well known
in court circles.
King Alfonso Has a Narrow Escape.
- Manresa, Spain, By Cable. King
Alfonso had a narrow escape from
a serious accident near here Sunday:
in his automobile. The King was
going over a temporary bridge when
the light structure colapsed under
the weight of the car, which was pre
cipitated into the water, nis ma
jesty escaped with a wetting.
A $150,000 Fire at Pittsburg.
Pittsburg, Special. Fifteen fire
men narrowly escaped death or
serious injury Sunday when the plant
of the Pittsburg Stove & Range com
pany and the lumber yard of the A.
S. Schwerd Porch Column company,
of Allegheny, were gutted by fire
The loss is $150,000. . The fire start
ed in the lumber yard and was caus
ed, it is said, by a spark from a rail
road shifting engine. Fiie Chief
Hunter warned the firemen 311st ia
time to save them from being crushed
by falling walls.
Ncw3 Notes.
Charles W. Schwab announced that
the Union Iron Wofcs may be per-
Export orders aggregating 360,090
tons have ben declined by the bitu
minous coal operators owing to scarce
ly of coal and cars, and the price
of the fuel is expected to advance.
Four men and thre women, wew
killed by Yaqui Indians. . .