Cedar Falls Gazette from Cedar Falls, Iowa • Page 2

Tvw THE GAZETTE CEDAR FALLS IOWA. HUIVD A ANDERSON, DE1TH IN TORNADO THREE PERSONS KILLED OUTRIGHT IN KANSAS. Property Said to be ICaor- Distinct Punriol Shaped Formed at Same Time, and Two of Them Struck A i persons killed outright, two fatally injured and fourteen others more or less seriously hurt, with enormous property damage, is the net result of tornadoes that prevailed near Hamilton, ftreenwoed County, aud near Alicevillo, in Coffey Tuesday night. The town of Aliceville, which has 200 inhabitants, was practically demolished. Wires were prostrated, and the extent of the storm was not learned until late Wednesday.

The list of casualties may yet be incomplete. The dead near Hamilton are Edith Builey, flaugtiter of W. B. W. Bailey; Mr.

Millham, father of Mrs. John Bailey, and an unknown man. Heavy rain and wind storms were general all over central Kansas. With the exception of those near Hamilton and Aliceviile and vicinity, however, they Oiil only minor damage. In Greenwood Coffey County five distinct -Ui" i about the same time.

The two largest of these clouds struck near Aliceville, and, traveling southwest, destroyed buildings and! crops over a strip a quarter of a mile iu width. At AHcevitle every one of the fifty houses ill town was either totally wrecked or moved OH its foundation. At Aliceville but one person, William Bruce, wns seriously hurt. He will die. Southwest of Aliceville, in Coffey County, heavy damage was done to a i property.

The farm house of John JSarl- was torn to pieces and four members of tho family slightly injured. The house of J. W. Atbertou was blown away; All the mpmbers of the Atherton family, except a young daughter, escaped injury; she will probably die. The other injured lived four miles west of Hamilton, where, within a limited locality, nine farm houses were destroyed.

Many small buildings were turned over. and hundreds of stacks of hay and ghockg scattered. News has been at Topeku, ot a tornado disastrous to farm property at Bear Creek settlement, twelve miles southeast. Several farm houses and barns were destroyed, trees blowu and corn shocks and hay i stacks scattered all over the neighborhood. So far as can be learned no lives were lost, but telc.ph.one wires are in a dilapidated condition that the uv.iet details cannot be secured.

A heavy wind and ruin storm prevailed at Lawrence Tuesday night. Signs were blown down, trees uprooted and damage done. BANDIT KILLS TWO. COLORADO SCANDAL. A gut at Members of the National' Guard.

A Denver, dispatch says: In connection with rumors thnt a scandal of wide reaching character had developed iu the management of the Cripple Creok campaign of the Colorado Natioual Guard, Gov. Peabody gave out the following statement: "Charges and specifications agaiust certain men aud officers in the Colorado National Guard have been tiled with mo which will be immediately inquired into. They are charges of a most nature, and I shall order a courtmartial to investigate them thoroughly. The charges filed with me will be probed to the very bottom, and anyone found of tne charges made, no matter who he is, will not be permitted to escape punishment, no matter whether it is au officer of the highest rank or a private without rank. "Gen.

Chase has not been removed, but he will remain iu Denver for the present." The governor declined to INVESTIGATION ENDED. the whom names of any of those against charges have been made. Among the icharges to be investigated are said to be; Padded pay rolls; the employment of superfluous generals and colonels, who draw the salary of their rank, but who performed sergeants' duties; general extravagance in the purchase of supplies for the commissary department; the charge that certain officers have been securing a rakeoff from contractors; tho issuance by wholesale of transportation between Cripple Creek und Denver to officers aud enlisted men, their families aud friends, and charging the same to the state; the charge that the bookkeeping of the camp is kept in such a way as to admit of grafting; the surreptitious raising of men with, a "pull" from non-commissioned officers to captains, majors and colonels; the erection of quarters for each colonel, thus involving the state in a heavy hut practically useless expense; the purchREe of spoiled beef for the enlisted men at exorbitant prices, and carelessness and recklessness in the handling of '-lances that is said to be appalling. The Rest is for the Courts to Out--Some Serious Fifteen now indictments were brought into the supreme court for the District of Columbia Moudny as the final result of the investigation in department at Washington. Several of these findings were against persons who have already bcpu indicted.

The new indictments involve N. Tyner, the late assistant attorney genernl for the post- oliice department and his assistant, Harrison .1. Barrett; T. Motcalf, superintendent of the money order system of the postoflice department; Xorumn ilotcalf, sou of James Hurry C. Hallenback, president and general manager of the Wynkoop, Halleuhack Crawford Company of New York, the firm which for several years supplied the department with its money order blanks, nud William D.

Doremus, who is connected with a house which has been supplj-ing a stamp cancelling machine to the department. There were additional indictments against August W. Macheu, former superintendent of free delivery; George W. Beavers, formerly chief of the salary and allowance division; W. Scott Towers, who wns in charge of a sub-station of the Washington city postoflice, and State Senator George A.

Green of New York. In some cases there were several indictments agniust one person. Concerning the indictment against Tyner and Barrett a statement was made by the postoffice department which says, in a "Three indictments charge Tyner and Barrett with conspiracy, and two additional indictments charge Barrett with agreeing, while still in receive fees for services rendered or to be rendered in cases ponding before him as an officer. All the indictments are founded upon the treatment by Tyncr nud Barrett of the business of the so-called baud investment companies." THE HAWKEJSTE STATE NEWS OF THE WEEK CONCISELY CONDENSED. Geta Eighteen Drowned in Hiiululppi by Big Cat- fish--Dfoconraged farmer KtlU Himself--Fire Causes Big; at Anthon.

Judge Applegate Ifidianoia' over- fuled the motion for a new trial in the Richards case, and sentenced the former beputy United States Marshal, conviet- of participation in the Sullivan robbery, to eighteen years, in the penitentiary. Richards' will at once appeal to the State Supreme Court, in the hope of getting a reversal of the ver- lict. He -will probably be released on bondi pending action on that appeal. Richards is 50 years old, and his sen- means that he'must spend probably remainder of his life in prison unless the verdict is reversed. TO CHECK "QRAFT." Bis Catfiili Kills a Man.

After desperate struggle with an immense catfish in the Mississippi River at William MeClain lost his life. was in a skiff enjoying a.day's sport. Suddenly he felt a tug at his line mid he prepared to land the fish. At the Srst pang caused by the hook in hia mouth the huge catfish shot forward, McOlain out of his boat and into the swift current. The line became about the unfortunate man's Vxly and, despite his efforts to release iiimself or reach the shore, he was An Elevator Burned.

S. Williams' elevator, with a large Pall in Fight i i Escaped Prisoner. In an attempt to arrest an escaped prisoner named John Frost, alias 1 Tarry Egbert, wanted in Douglas County for burglary, G. Saxton, a well know" attorney oC Burns, who was acting as special deputy sheriff, and West, of Rancher, were both killed by Egbert Oct. 4.

They cuwoe upon Egbert in a ranch house in the Wild Horse valley, 135 miles iouth Bums. Egbert and his wife were aloae in this house. It is supposed Egbert recognized Sexton and West as they came up and opened fire from behind a corner of the building. West received a bullet in the. buck from which ie died.

Egbert escaped. 'FLYING MACHINEWRECKF.D. Another Unsuccessful A i.i Made to Launch Air Ship. An unsuccessful attempt was uintlc Widewater, to lauucli the Langley flying machine. The machine went about 100 yards and is a complete wreck.

The machine ut no time seemed to travel under its own motive power, but only 'went with the momentum it received from the launching power. Prof. Manley, was in the aero- dome, was not injured, but received .1 ducking. When the machine struck the water it disappeared, but only for moment. The five empty conical shaped fleftts performed their function well, RerodoTOG soon flnnting on the water.

Chloajro City Fathers "Will Try to Stop Stealing. After hearing an explanation -from Mayor Harrison explaining the "municipal graft" charges, the Chicago city council has voted to establish a system of espionage over city employes. It also appointed a committee of nine aldermen to conduct an investigation ot the city dcpartmcuts. Three confidential agents, or detectives, it is provided by tho action of the aldermen, shall be employed by the civil service commission, to be assigned in different departments at different times aud furnish tho commissioners witU information which will load to the detection of dishonest dialling. In this wny the council proposes to make discharges for "graft," even under the rigid civil service laws requiring proof.

TRACK BLOWN UP. Another Outrage Committed on Northern Pacific. A Helena, Mont, special snys: Tho Northern Pacific suffered again Mondny night from the work of dynamiters. At 10:30 o'clock, when mi extra westbound freight was three miles west of Bird's Eye, a station eight miles west of Helena, au explosion occurred. A portion of the trucks was blown out.

Tin; pilot mid headlight of the engine were blown off. The engineer was able to stop the train in time to prevent its being ditched. No one was hurt, but the rond- bcd was torn up badly and trains tied up until repairs could bo made. News of thu outrage was received by railroad detectives nt TTeicnu, and special train went to the scene. ARMED AND INSANE.

Crank Calls nt White House to See tbc President. A desperate bund to hand encounter with mi armed insane man, who was determined to see President Roosevelt, occurred iu tho vestibule of the White House at Washington shortly before noon Monday. A man who gave the name of Peter Hjj- liott of Minneapolis, was overpowered by the ofllcers at the White House entrance, carried to a police van which had been summoned and placed therein in custody of two officers. Seeming to realize for the lirst time he was under arrest Elliott begun to furiously struggle for -liberty. He drew a revolver from his trousers' pocket and attempted to shoot Officer Cissell.

That officer wrenched the weapon from his grasp, but Elliott struggled so fiercely two officers wore unable to overcome him, and assist- was svimmoned. Later Elliott was examined and placed in the government insane asylum. amount of grain, was burned in Paton. The fire was discovered at 8 o'clock and ivit'hin a few minutes building was covered with flames. The east side of the business portion of town was in great danger owing to closeness to the elevator, the buildings being on fire several times.

Origin of the fire is unknown. Insurance was light; $3,000 on the build- Ing and $500 on grain. Farmer Commits Suicide. William T. Henry, aged 59 years, committed suicide art his farm southeast of Oskaloosa by hanging himself in a barn.

Temporary aberration was the cause. He a man of considerable wealth. He sold some farms and felt he had bacn worsted in the bargain and had -worried over flhe matter. Henry was in poor health and feared poverty. Dubuque in the throes of a servant famine.

The Diimont'Hotel was slightly dam- by fire. A blue racer six feet long was killed Mason City. will vote on the qviestiou of incorporation. The Wapello County Humane Society will be reorganized. Tlie'repaid once of Dr.

Powell at Earling was robbed of $00. A municipal temperance league has seen formed at Waterloo. Lehigh is to have a new school building, to cost about Mrs. Susan McCarthy died recently at Davenport, aged 95 years. It is plauned to exhibit a ton uf Iowa honey at the St.

Louis fair. George Luck is dead nt Dubuque. He was born in that city iu 183t'. There are 6,250 books in the Musser free public library at Muscatine- daring but unsuccessful attempt was mads to rob the jewelry store at Thornton. Gov.

Cummins has issued his annual election proclamation. The election occurs Nov. 3. James W. Breeding, sheriff of Madison County, is dead at Winterset, of typhoid fever.

The Iowa conference of the i Brethren Ohurch hns been divided into two districts. Ray C. Dolmage, a former deputy United States marshal, is dead nt mor, aged (2. The Tri-State Street Railway Corn)any will build immense new car bani.s at Davenport. The Waterloo street car company wil add a mile of new track in the business part of the city.

Robbers looted three residences a Madrid, at one of them securing $10( and a gold watch. The Scott County grand jury retuniod twenty indictments out of thirty-two cases investigated. James McCormiek, aged 60, and Annie Keys, aged 18, of Buxton, have just been made man and wife. Pire destroyed a large barn and con tents on the farm of John Frehsa, nea West Point. Loss Mr.

and Mrs. S. Corey of For Dodge have just celebrated the sixtiet anniversary of their wedding. A Blaze at A'nthou-' bHre of unknown origin completely destroyed C. W.

Jarrefct's hardware and implement house and the store of W. H. and H. E. Miller, of Anthon.

Jarrett's loss is estimated at $8,000, partially covered by insnirance, wtoich amounts to The Millers' loss fully PASSENGERS IN PANIC. Crazy Fireman Causes Excitement on the Westerlniul. The passage of the steamship Westcr- laud. which reached, Philadelphia from Liverpool, was marked by one wild excitement. On Sept 25 Greening, a fireman, suddenly flung down his shovel, complaining of the hcnt, rushed down th; main dock, where he draw a big clasp knite nnd began to run amuck among the terri- licd passengers, calling out a he wanted rum uud would kill anyone who refused to let him liavo it.

The efforts of a couplo of sailors to catch the infuriated maniac were futile. Easily avoiding his hn bounded to tin; aftcrdeck, tjhiging his i buck at tho bewildered onlookers, took a Dying leap over the rail into the sea and Fulae Preucher Sentenced. V. B. Meyers, claiming to represent a large Chicago firm, also vising as preacher and "singing evangelist," but really a much-wanted ex-convict, who was arrested in Muscatine a month ago, was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary.

He has fleeced lowans in many cities out of thousands of dollars. Within Our The recent Council Bluffs carnival netted the promoters $6,700. John Youngerman, a Polk County pioneer, is dead at Des Moines. The reorganization of the DubuQue po lice force has been commenced. A child of John Sims of near Mystic fell into a well and was drowned.

Samuel Matthews, white, was fihot nnd fatally wounded by Bob Brown, colored at P.uxton. Tortured by Rnhbnrs. Because he was supposed to have a large sum of money which he refused to produce, John H. Hnrtnnn, ait nged hermit, was terribly tortured by nmski'd robbers near ICai. is City, Mo.

A a Spree. i'muk and Helms, brothers, and WHliam Conn, died Philadelphia from ho effects of wood alcohol poisoning. 8cures Mule lo Dentil. The parading band of tho When ay Comes Marching Home Company, through I lie street at Jack- frightened a mule to death. The owner of the a i a served an attachment for $150 on the company and the theater manager.

Big Glvn Way. A Seattle, special 1 ininaai nl at the bead of Riven cniiHiac ROBBERS TAKE SHIP. i i i Officers Flee i Cusli to Borneo. Manila advices state: George Foreman, chief inspector, and C. Johnson, a constabulary officer, both stationed at Missamis, Mindanao, whose accounts were under investigation, took from tho safe, seized a Htcuiiicr anil huvi; started for Hornfio.

Itmining short of coal, they stopped a native vessel and took from her new supply. A slcnmer has been sont to Borneo to intercept the fugitives. For Embezzling C. S. Meisness was nrrested at Larrimore, N.

nud brought to Crookston, to answer to it charge of embezzlement. Meisnc.ss for iiuinbcr of years maimgcu the elevator at Ncillsvillc, nud' 1 is alleged to have been short in tin? accounts. To 18.OOO Mini-rs. For tln first time since the disastrous was drowned reach him. before nssistauce could Rigli Binder Conspiracy in Boston After investigating into the murder of Wong Yolc Chung nnd the attempted murder of Wing Munn and Yee Shaoug Tong, in Chinatown, Boston, the police are of the opinion that the celestials may be the.

victims of a conspiiafy formulated by High Binders tho result of the arrest of several i a for The women's clubs Third Town Muiiufacturera of bullet-proof i wear are. hurrying tiieir agents to the Post, Andrew Carnegie is not the only man. in the world, who is struggling to die- Louis Globe-Democrat. 'Kid" Curry, the Montana outlaw, is- aa evasive as a taxpayer when the assessor makes his Telegram. A diplomat declares once That: Europe is standing on the edge of a precipice.

Europe has always stood News- It must be.admitted that the Turk is a tough old boy, but is he any than some of the civilized Commercial-Appeal. However, Abdul Humid might possibly crawl into 'the class of distinguished getrtlemen who are loved for the enemies they have Free Press. How much of the homicidal character mid reputation of Kentucky be- charged to 'ji long line of hair-trigger-pardon CoostrtufliOTi. As a means, of restraining the vicious- appetite of the Turk, Macedonia might try the plan of putting fbnnaWehyde in the Ixmis Globe-Democrat. Placer mining machine has been invented that will gold plentiful, sini this will help us to stave off the for a little York TeWgram, It is estimated' that has- been lost by strikes this year, to say nothing of the "initiation fees" collected by walking Press.

It is doubtful, whether, in apite of all this war news, tho average American will get his Ideas of the little countries in. eastern Europe Times. An increase has been made in the price- of Beaumont and Sour Lake oil, whiob. is' supposed to be one of the first in the Standardization of Ne-ws. Elijah Dowie not to try his hand- at reforming Wall street until John D.

Rockefeller has had nil ample oppbrtu- Opal Punic, a Des Moines pacer, drop- llity to test methods strike nt Pittsburg, thirteen years ago, when roUe miners' organization wns completely wiped out, efforts will be made this week, to the 18,000 miners oC district. Turkish Troops Checked. The Turkish troops in the district arc reported to have suffered check owing to insufficient forces to deal with the mobilized bands of insurgents. Heinforeeinents are being: rushed Cor- Strikes a Tent. Lightning struck a tent in the Rock inland Railroad camp in ivunsas City, (luring violent storm, i i two men, injuring fivn others, ami shocked nil the other occupants of Ihtt tent, about fifteen in number.

Tornado Hits i Show. A tornndo struck Mondota, and did much damage. A 'wild west exhibiting thert WHS demolished and four of hones killed, wore slishtlr iniurcd several cowboyi Delay I a It was reported that United States Minister Powell had informed the Dominican minister for foreign affairs 81111 that he expttcts to receive within ten days the minios of the arbitrators in the ease of the claims or 'the improvement. company, milling thnt matters cannot be delayed much longer. AnurcUtst's Wonnds F'atal.

i'rom a bullet wound snid to hnvo been inflicted by Alexander Garrotte, a socialist lo.juler, iu a riot between anarchists nnd socialists at liarre, night, Rli Corti died. The death of Corti, who was an unnrebist, nrnnsnd much excitement. He i Throo. Albert P. F.

Coape shot and killed his wife, his sislcT-iii-lnw, Miss Hernandez, and himself at I.umbcrton, N. SI. Conpc was an Englishman of jibout 45 years, and up to short time ngo wns known as Sir Albert, having dropped the title recently. Blssell IK Former postmaster General Wilson S. Bi.sh-cl is said to be dying at Buffalo, N.

Y. fflr. DeWitt Sherman says that he niny live through several hours, but could not undertake to say whether he will live any lognth of time. Not an TJnCrJftiKlljr Act, The Russian government made it known that Japan's mobilization of troops for transportation to Korea not constitute an unfriendly agaliurt Hunsla. District will hold a convention at El dora Out 21., William.

of Keokuk, is missing, and it is feared he was drowned while fishing. Two barns at' Havelock burned, causing a 1 oas $1,200. The blaze started from a bonfire. James W. Argo has been appointed lostmastd i at Pleasant Plain, vice J.

Gunthcr, resigned. The school census gives Murshalltown 3,473 iiereons of school age, a decrease of 105 Mnte last year. Andrew Conk, agod 55, of Sun bury, dropped dead vrtiile attending the birthday. party of ncigh'bor. The schools at Oto have been closed on account of on epidemic of diphtheria.

Thorc hns been one death. The lirst surgical opcnation in the now St. Thomas Hospital at town just been performed. BOBS barbers of Davenport want So reduce and the journeymen say a strike will follow such a move. There have been from fifty to eighty prinonora in the Scott County jail nearly ill the time for several months past.

Jacob Baker, an aged resident of Burlington, was struck by a Rock Island train in that city and instantly killed. Tiirman, prominent farmer and hoiveman Woodbury County, dropped dead at the Missouri Valley fnir. A colored boy at ICeokuk threw a rock which struck 5-year-old Mildred West on the arm, breaking both bones in the forearm. It is now definitely established that the oil symptoms at Fredrika, which to the organization of two stock companies iind tho investment of a thousand dollars, wore the result of U-aky oil tank at a country store. Matthew Venne, a Council Bluffs youth, baa brought suit ngninst the N.

W. for damages. It is al leged Unit, while stealing a ride, he was kicked from moving train and foil un der the wlieeln. losing an nrm. William Thompson, a wealthy Polk County farmer, iins disappeared.

He is 00 years old and eccentric. He sail to have started out with the intention teeing tho world, and as he had ii liia possession, fenrs for his snfely entertained by his ru While the G. A. U. of Iowa contrib uted only about $200 to the fund for relief of Kansas flood the women of W.

II. C. did much better. ped dead in the 2:35 pace at Lake Contrary track, near St. Joseph.

Mo. The M. St. P. Railway contemplates extensive improvements' in the Ot- tuiinvu yards, and additions to the depot tli ere.

Two freight trains on the Rock Island collided heud-on six milea east of Centerville. Goodman of Eldon was killed. Rev. Dr. J.

A. Burl, Baptist minister at Waterloo, may resign to accept a call to the Chicago Avenue Baptist 'Church of Mineuapolis. A fine burn ou the Orriu Teeter fiu-ui. near Waterloo, was destroyed by lire, caused by a horse kicking over a lantern. Loss $3,500.

Damage suits aggregating art' pending against Clarion, A result of injuries alleged to have been received on defective sidewalks. Hopeville has asked to have the rural mail route, which furnishes its mail vice now, abandoned, and star route from Murray re-established. The cocaine, morn-bine, and ui'her drug habits are spreading at an alarming rule in Fort Dodge, according to the statement of a physician of that city. The pay of teachers in the Dubuijne County schools has been increased slight- ly, to the following amounts; First grade. $35; second grafce, $32.50 a month.

lanta Journal. If it is true that Prof. Laagley got blip idea of n. flying from the pterodactyl, the frequent bad spells of the professor's muc-hine are accounted City.Journal. Dr.

Wiley says the-time is rapdly approaching when the human race, will br toothless and hairless. The man whtf owns the earth is almost that way now--Minneapolis Times. If the time ever comes when the novelists form a union, perhaps we shalf have the Great Amalgamated American Novel with fifteen different kinds of Times. Won't that magnetic pole they have- discovered in the neighborhood of Ska- vho has celebrated her ninety-fifth birth- She has never worn glasses. Mrs.

Miua Sellick, residing in Des Moines, attempted suicide by swallowing ounce of laudanum. A stomach pump saved her. She had quarreled with her ash and. Karl 'Dory of West Union iiud Miss Vizzie Talbot have just bet-n married nit L'oledo. The oouplc will sail next month report juat iwuied that they contributed $647.80 in cnsli and $75 hi nap pliai whicti were rent to Tho oldest woman in County is Mrs.

Catherine Washington Ongemach, 'Twould save a heap of; trouble if it News. It is now thought that. Dowager Km- press An of China cannot live moro than; year. Alns! that.year ay cost the- Flowery Kingdom years upon years of Louis Star. Premier Petrol? seems to be in tihe' position of the man wiio was yoked wish- a runaway 'bull and who thought that: words of caution should be addressed the Herald.

A great many Yorkers entertain doubts of David B. 1 Hill's future vise- fulness in politics, if he intends to insist: on scriptural authority for everything: that Star. WHY STEEL MILLS ARE The Vast Responsible for Idle Blast Tlie closing down of steel plants is- e.itily understood when fehe wonderful advance its production is taken into account. Andrew Carnegie says on ihis point: "In the year of the Pennsylvania! 'or Chiau, where they will enter Steel Company mnde 20,000 tons ol Che missionary field under the on of the United Brethren Church. David Jacolwon, 14 years old, residing near Fort Dodge, fell from'a lond of hay such a mannor as to impale himself on a fork.

He died in terrible agony iew hours later. Former Deputy United States Marshal W. A. Richards of Crcston was Eoiind guilty of the robbery of Mr. autf Mrs.

P. Sullivan at Hamilton the night of New day. 'Baird, who was wounded in the hold-up, turned State's evidence against Richards. He testified that he and a crook anmod Retlrup secured the $2,000 that was extorted from the Rullivans, and that Richards engineered the robbery and stood guard at the door while it wns going on. He claimed, too, that Richards must have got the money.

Mayor Stebbins of Iowa City nnd President MncLciin of the State University of Iowa faced a mob of thousand students the-other aflcronon and forbade them from proceeding with the sophomore-freshman nununl rush. It is Ihe first time in the history of tho msfciuition that this has been done. The sophomores lind suspended a huge wooden bottle of milk from a cable stretched the campus and had dragged freshmen thither, drenched them witJi milk, and forced them to drink the dirty fluid as it poured down from the battle. Tlie freshmen outnumbered the sophs, but were unable to tear down the boltlc. They overpowered many sophomores, however, and drugged them away half denuded and imprisoned them in coal house.

Otliors Dhey deluged nt the university pump. Despondent nnd tirod of life, Mrs. Gusta Mffhcr of DPS Moines Kiiidde in the Des Molne.s river. Two neighbor women prevented consummation of her purpose. A new department ut lowii Stale- College that bus begun work tihls icnn is the department of noil The department been put under the charge of W.

H. StevciiBon. The fact that a nephew of Coofrore DM been mined In the of, Davenport BM the CaUiolic a in I thorHJn city on another reform I steel Tails. They make that amount in two weeks now. The Bethlehem Iron Works is another property -which hns increased its output many times over that of 1872.

great Cumbria Works, near Pittehurg, were credited! with having no less than 2 tons on ingots in the week ended September 26,. 3875, the largest quantity ever made a week day's work nowadays and s'c it goes with all the big mills. Tn 1872 the pig iron production of the United States wsis over 2,000,000 tons; now II. 20.000,000. "The progress of Germany and Brituitr nlso been noteworthy: Britain made 643,000 tons of steel in 187-1, and year tons.

362,000 in Germany mad yenr .000 In Britain made 0,054,000 ton.s ol. pig iron, Germany tons. Lusl they made 8,518.000 and tons respectively. In 1874 the world waj producing iionrly 14,000,000 tons of iron and 280,000,000 tons of eniil. Xo-w there is being produced 41,000,000 pig iron and 780,000.000 tons of conl "The work of a week fs now done day, but great is the contrast, her is one still greater.

There have beer- made nnd sold without loss hundreds ot thousands of tons of four-inch steel bil- lots at three pounds for pnnuy. TliinU of soiling three pounds of fm- om penny, with American blior the liighrai by 100 per cent, over Germany and Kn gland. If there is an interruption in i i industry it will be only temporary, Iml it will no', be surprising if it conn's re pass in view of enormous being turned out." Tho dispute concerning wtiges benvcon the shipbuilders of Belfast, Ireland, the Boilermakers' nnd Iron Sliipiiuild era' Society hns been f.ettled, being granted in the notices of tionn. Kour hundred female rubber are on strike nt New Haven, dm to a deinnnd by the euiployern for of i ln probatinic of Lord wllj tint ha in estate.