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The law to day exacted the extreme penalty from Elmer E. Barner for the murder of 'his brother in law, Isaac Miller. The man was execut ed in the. yard of the Dauphin county prison and died bravely, apparently unconcerned and without voicing sor row for the crime. Barner was executed abou't (eigh teen months after the commission of his crime, one of the most sensational in the history of the county.

He had a trial characterized by fairness and was adjudged guilty by a jury of men so deeply imbued with a sense of their responsibility that they offered prayer for divine guidance before taking1 a poll. A new trial was refused after an exhaustive! review of the and 'this judgment was affirmed by the State's highest court, appointed to weigh every grain evidence and to deliberate Si EI.MEU r. BARXEU (As he appeared when on trial. After his conviction he allowed his beard to grow and his face was covered when he dropped to death to day.) with the utmost calmness in considering a question of life. The Sta'de refused to interfere and to day a 1 Life was taken for a life.

Elmer E. Earner, aged 36 years, was hanged in the Dauphin county jail yard this morning at 10:10. Death was due to strangulation and came fifteen minutes and a half minu'tes after the drop fell. His body was cut down at 10:30. The crime for which Barner paid the penalty was the killingjof his brother in law, Isaac Miller, a well to do.

farmer, who resided near Halifax. He went to his death with a remarkable display of nerve, 'assisting his executioners in arrangnig his beard and placing the rope beneath his chin. He made no statement ifter leaving his cell, and as he walk led through the lines to the. gallows ooked about him with a smile on his ace. He walked up the steps in the It ear of the scaffold with.

aJ steady tep and with a military precision Iplaced his feet together, buttoned I EXPERTS AT WORK. 3'hey are Prfparintr Plans fr the Im protcmi'iii oi Ml arrishu ri. Warren H. Manning, the expert on ttreets and parks; Mr. Sherrard, the xpert on filtration, and Mr.

Fuertes, he expert on sewers, are hard at vork on the plans for the betterment bf Harrisburg. They will be ready to eport to the contributors to the ex lert fund about the first of Septem er, and the committee of eleven hope to have the matter ready to report to the people before the No vern ier election. This is what is most lesired. There should be no delay getting the improvement question quarely before the voters. Most of he outside work has been done, the levations have been secured and sub stantial progress has been made.

'ity Engineer Cowden is giving valu ble assistance in the preliminary vork. Kxlanl. Application will shortly be made to me of the judges of the Federal 'ourt at Philadelphia, for the release the Raymond brothers, who were ent to the penitentiary for wreck ng the Middletown National Bank. is claimed that they can be freeded under the Palm commutatm law, a act, althoug convicted of an iffense against the Federal Gov rnment. IHttrn ly His Own Dos.

Several nights ago when Joseph filler returned htlre to his home at Marvsville his large Bernard dog umped at him. biting him at three luces on the left, arm. The wounds tave been slow to heal and this morn ng the man came to the Harrisburg llosi'iltai for treatment. V. 13 ar fe J', FILLER AVENGED Condemned IVlan Went to Death With Few Words and With No Sign of Repentance for His Crime.

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ESTABLISHED 1331, rVlURDER OF his coat, aranged his tie, brushed aside his beard, which has grown since his incarceration, and without the least sign of fear signified hip desire to have the execution proceed. His death was severe, and the movements of his body at times showed that he was slowly but surely strangling to dealth. Throughout the execution the crowd of spectators was well behaved and at the conclusion Sheriff Reiff thanked them for the orderly manner in which 'they had conducted themselves. He then requested the spectators to pass out quietly. When all but the jurors and physicians had left the jail yard the body was take ndown, an inquest was held and the remains were given in charge of the undertaker, who will prepare it for burial at Barner's Church, near Liverpool, to morrow.

Barner arose at 5:30 this morning, having passed a very good night. He went to sleep about 9 o'clock and did not awake until after the other pris oners were up and about. He was served his breakfast about 6:15 and ate heartily, after which he read his Bible until the Rev. I. W.

Bagley arrived. A't times he was a little nervous, which was only noticeable when he was observed closely. Df. Bagley came about 8:30 and received a cordial greeting from the prisoner. The latter said he was feeling good and was ready for the end.

One hour and fifteen minutes were spent in devotional exercises, the prisoner participating in the singing with the minister. Barner also made a fervent prayer after, which he read several passages from his Bible. He said he was in every 'way prepared to meet his God and would leave in the hands of the Almighty all who had wronged him in any way. Hz thanked Dr. Bagley fr his kindness in his behalf and said he was that he had not met him a month sooner.

He 'expressed a wish to see his brother Irwin, whom he had refused to see since' his incarceration, and had it been known that the brother was down stairs and could not get in, Dr. Bagley said he would have sent for him. Another brother, Curtis, who resides in Shippensburg, came in during the devotional exercises and after saj ing a few words and bidding farewell went away. While these scenes were going on in the cell Deputy Sheriffs George Mcllhenny and Edward Hummel were assisting in arranging the scaffold and rope. At 10 o'clock Assistant Warden Booser, Special Officer James McCann and the two deputies went to the cell for the prisoner.

Before leaving the cell Barner said good bye to all and gave 'Squire Booser three coins, telling him to keep them until he came back, and assuring him that he "would certainly be back." After making a request of Dr. Bagley to remain with him until the end and to see that his body was handled properly, also to be present at his funeral, he handed the minister his watch and handkerchief and a book and fan. The two latter he told the minister to keep and said the watch was his brother in law to be kept in trust until his son was old lenough to take care of it. A silk handkerchief he sent to his little girl, and all the clothing except the black suit he wore he ordered to be sent to his sister, Mrs. W.

H. Lyter. To the husband of the latter he assigned his insurance of $1,000. When the deputies reached his cell and an effort was made to place the handcuffs about his wrists Barner 1 Continued on Second Page. APPOINTMENTS BY GOVERNOR Announcements niacin of Honon Conferred on lie Governor' ittettiriiii.

Governor Stone yesterday put in a couple of hours at his desk at the Executive Department, attending to his correspondence and taking up some appointments that must be made, as the former commissions had expired. Colonel P. C. Boyle, of the Oil City Derrick, and W. B.

Gill, of the Western Union Telegraph Company, Philadelphia, were reappointed members of the Board of State Charities; D. B. Oliver, Allegheny, was reappointed a member of the Board of Managers of the Western Penitentiary; II. A. Grippe, of Tyrone, prominent in agricultural circles, was reappointed a member of the State Board of Agriculture.

Col. Thomas G. Sample of Pittsburg was reappointed Superintendent of Public Printing and Binding for three years. Mr. Sample was originally commissioned to serve an unexpired term, beginning February 1st, 185)0.

There are several commissions to be appointed by the. Governor which will be cared for when he gets back from camp. 'ew Siorajffi House. The new storage house at the High spire whiskey distillery is nearing completion. It will be seven stories high and have a capacity for storing 14,000 barrels, and will the most complete bonded warehouse in Pennsylvania and will include two large elevators for hoisting and lowering the barrels.

PETROLEUM STEAMER IS BLOWN UP Fifteen Loose Their Lives at Stockholm, Sweeden. AMERICAN SCHOONER AND CREW Captain Orr Had Been in Command of the Louise Adelaide for Thirteen 'Years. Stockholm, Sweden, July 23. An explosion to day of petroleum on board the American schooner Louise Ada laide, Captain Orr, which left Philadelphia April 24th and Portland, June 4th, for Stockholm, in the harbor here, resulted in the death of Captain Orr, ten members of the schooner's crew and four Swedish customs officials. Two of the Louise Adelaide's crew were saved.

The explosion set the schooner afire and the blazing petroleum enveloped the vessel and those on board. Philadelphia, July 23. The Louise Adelaide sailed from this port on April 24th with a cargo of 2,141 barrels of naphtha, 1,600 barrels of crude petroleum and 220 barrels of refined petroleum, a total of 206,188 gallons. The Louise Adelaide sailed from here as a barkentine, but soon after getting to sea, she encountered a hurricane and on May 14th she was' towed into Portland dismasted. There she was re rigged as a schooner and then she proceeded on her voyage.

Captain Orr had been in command of the veswel for about thirteen years. He hailed from Portland, where his widow lives. TROOP IN GOOD QUARTERS HARRISBURG CALVARYMEN HAVE BEST CAMP ON GROUNDS. State Guardsmen at Camp IHiieee Are lu tiood Health WUta One Kzcpptinn, Mt. Gretna, July 23.

General Gobin has put his foot down on speak easies so effectually that they will no longer flourish in this camp. Thirty men were excused from duty yesterday on account of illness, but with one exception the cases are simple complaints. The one serious case is that of a private in the Ninth regiment, whose home is in Wilkes Barre, and who is threatened with, typhoid fever. Major George B. Hal berstadt, the surgeon of the brigade, thought the man had better, be removed from the camp, that in case he became afflicted with typhoid there voul be no scare.

Accordingly he was sent to Wilkes Barre on an afternoon train. The Governor's Troop and Battery occupy the best quarters in the camp. They are on the left flank of the camp, as they should be according to the best authorities on military tactics. Governor's Troop has a Lieutenant Major, something of which no other command can boast. Major is the last name of the first lieutenant, but when he is addressed as Lieutenant Major in the presence of officers of other commands, they in variabry turn about and make no attempt to restrain their feeling of disgust than any one should know so little of military matters as to address an officer as "Lieutenant Major." Battery has with it as its first lieutenant William F.

Fulmer, chief of police of Phoenixville, and the order is good in that camp. In fact, the order of the camp has been excellent. Major Farquhar, the provos marshal, has been having an easy time of it. A provost guard has been established in the park, and no noncommissioned officers 'are allowed to leave the camp for Lebanon without showing their passes at the railroad gate. As yet it has not been found necessary to send a provost guard to Lebanon, as has been the case in former years.

Mrs. Heintz, of Heading, the widow of Lieutenant Heintz, the first officer of the Fourth Pennsylvania, who died during the Spanish American war, was one of the visitors Sunday, and had the misfortune of losing the watch which had been carried by her husband. The loss of the watch affected her greatly, and she was the happiest woman in camp yesterday when the watch was returned to her. It was found by Private J. F.

Deppen, of Company of the Twelfth regiment, of Sunbury, who promptly turned it over to Major Miller at headquarters, who had been told of Mrs. ILeintz's loss. To day was devoted to hard work preparatory to getting the camp in readiness for the reception of Governor Stone and Major General Miller and their staffs Friday. SUBWAY WORK. Excavations Rcsnn Under the Pen sylvituln Tracks Yesterday Afternoon.

Excavations under the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks at the Market street subway were begmn yesterday afternoon and rapid progress has already been made. The cut under the Reading tracks is almost finished and additional props have been placed under the "stringers" which uphold the tracks. Both the Reading and Pennsylvania Railroad trains are run at a greatly reduced rate of speed past the crossing. The nature of the soil that the men are working with at the present time is very troublesome, consisting mainly of lightly packed gravel and sn.iall stones, which are exceedingly hard to dislodge. The old gas main and sewer pipes are being broken off as the work progresses.

ORDER AT RESERVOIR. It Will be Maintained at Alt ISazastrds by the Inrl Authorities. Twelve Hoys Twelve boys were lined up before Alderman Caveny at noon to day to answer numerous charges preferred by the Reservoir Park authorities and others living in the vicinity of Reservoir Park. For weeks, in fact for the last two or three seasons, a crowd of boys has been misbehaving on the park grounds. They have been scolded by Superintendent of Grounds Hassler and by Special Officer Mc Ginley but have never paid the slightest attention unless it was to increase their racket.

There' were many complaints from the patrons of tle park and on the 17th of July sixteen warrants for as many boys' arrests were sworn out. A few of the boys' names were stricken from the list and at the hearing to day only twelve boys were present. On the night of July 16th there was an unusual amount of noise about the Collins' restaurant and loud singing and swearing were only the slightest of the offences. It was then decided that it was time to make an example of a few of the boys. At the hearing a large number of witnesses testified and a.

good deal of amusing evidjnee brought ut. Alderman Caveny decided not to send the boys to court and after a settlement was made, reprimanded them in terms they will not soon forget. GOVERNOR STONE AT FIRST BRIGADECAMP Interesting Ceremonies Attend the Chief executive's Visit to the (Inardtsmen at Perknsie. Camp Egbert, Perkasie, July 23. Governor Stone spent the day at Camp Egbert, where the First brigade, of the National Guard of Pennsylvania is lencamped.

When the Governor arrived at Perkasie, at 10.40 this morning, there were awaiting him Colonel William J. Elliott and Majcr Lewis E. Beitler, representing the division staff, and Major J. Campbell Gilmone, representing the brigade staff. The First and Second City Troops had been sent down from Camp Egbert to act as the Governor's escort, and as soon as greetings had been exchanged the cavalcade started up the winding hillside road to the camp, trailing vast clouds of dust behind them.

When the head of the line came in sight, the old brass Napoleon began to belc hforth the salute. Major General Miller and his staff and General Schall and staff were drawn up to meet the Governor, while an extra guard detail stood at present arms. CAPITOL HILL. At the Executive Department this morning it. was stated that while the matter of appointing the new Capitol Commission has been given some consideration, yet the Governor is not yet ready to take7 up the list of names suggested for the purpose of making a selection, and there will be no announcement of appointments for some time.

The Governor has a number of commissions to appoint, but it is said that there no great necessity for their reappointment at once, and they will lay over for a while. Adjutant General Stewart is at the National Guard camp at Perkasie with the First, brigade. He will remain there until the arrival of the Governor and will accompany the latter to Camp Magee. The State Board of Medical Examiners of the State Medical Association will meet here on Wednesday and will have over three hundred applications from medical students who desire to practice in this State. These applicants were examined in Philadelphia and Pittsburg last June, and are mostly graduates of the larger medical colleges.

It is said the examinations this year were quite severe, but there is no intimation of the percentage of failures. The announcement of the lucky new M. will be made known on Friday. Governor Stone and Mrs. Stone, with Secretary of the Commonwealth Griest, and Private Secretary Ger wig, left for Perkasie this morning over the Reading Road to visit Camp Egbert, where the First brigade is under tents.

The party will return to night at 11 o'clock. Owing to the hot weather, he has postponed his visit to the Third brigade encampment at Mt. Gretna, until Friday. The Governor has approved the joint resolution providing for the printing of additional copies of the roster of Pennsylvania troops engaged in the Spanish American war. This will give to each soldier from Penn sj'hania a copy of the book.

THE NEW BANK. Men Interested in the Enterprise Con aider Sites and Oecade to As'" The gentlemen interested in the newly organized "Comercial Bank of Harrisburg" held a meeting last evening at the residence of former Councilman Jacob Hess, on North Third street at which some important business was disposed of. The committee on location reported several available sites among which was the propertj' at Sixth and Verbeke, mentioned in the "Telegraph;" a site on Sixth street, near Calder; a property Third and Say ford avenue, 1217 North Third street, and several other less desirable sites. The question was discussed at length but a decision will not be made until a future mee'ting The committee to procure a charter reported that an application had been duly made and tiled and that notice had been given in the "Telegraph" and dt her papers The committee appointed to secure a cashier also reported progress. The reports of the various committees were adopted and the committees were contiivued until the completion of their work.

Another meeting will be held at the residence of Mr. Hess next Monday evening. SCHWAB MAINTAINS SILENCE More Stationery Firemen Re turned to Work To day. NO DEVELOPMENTS AT READING Vice President Voorhees Has Arranged for Conference to be Held To morrow at Reading. New York, July 23.

President Schwab and the officers of the United States Steiel Corporation declined today to discuss the steel strike. Wilkes Barre, July 23. A great many of the stationary firemen returned to work this morning. All the collieries of the Delaware and Hudson Company are in operation with the old hands in the boiler rooms. The Lehigh Valley Coal Company, however, is still holding out.

The officials say they will not employ any of their old firemen if they can get new men. Shamokin, July 23. Notwithstanding the refusal of the Reading company to reinstate their striking firemen, all of their colleagues at the mines in this region returned to work this morning. The Reading com 1 pany's fire rooms are manned by nonunion men and all of the company's collieries are in operation. Wilkes Barre, July 23.

At a meet inir nf the striking machinists of this city to day, the strike at the shops of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Com nnnv a fnvtnn and Wilkes Parre was officially declared oft'. A scramble for situations followed, the superintendent of the shops was flooded T.rJ V. onrliri irnsr from old PmnlnvftS I 11 tjri.i who wanted to be re instated. Ap nlieations will be considered in the order in which thev filed and if there are any vacancies the old hands will be given employment. Reading.

Julv 23. Then? was no de velopments whatever to day following the conference of the Reading Railway officials and a committee of th men. which lasted until midnight last night and which resulted in nothing definite, except that the employes told the! other side that they woiua not go back to work unless they se cured better terms. Philadelphia, July 23. First Vice President Voorhees, of the Philadelphia Reading Railway Company, stated to day that he has arranged for a conference with a committee of the men employed in the shops at Reading.

The meeting will take place in the office of Superintendent Prince, of the shops in Reading at 10 o'clock to morrow morning. Easton, July 23. The strike of the bricklayers and plasterers has been declared off and some are at work today and others will return in the morning. FRY APPEALS TO CHRISTIANS. Governor Stone Will.4j?.in Re A sited for Itespite lor Hinberlaiirt tount.v Slnrder.

Carlisle, July 23. Martin Fry, the condemned murderer of Edward Collins, his brother in law, who is to be hanged on July 31st, has given out this appeal: "To the ministers and Christian people of all the churches in Carlisle: I humbly ask you to hold a special meeting in the churches within the next five days to appoint a committee for the pWpose of praying the Governor of the State of Pennsylvania to respite my death sentence until after the next meeting of the Board of Pardons." A petition will be presented to the Governor, asking the Evecutive to( grant the prisoner another leave of life. It is thought if Governor Stone grants the request he will never sign another death warrant, Fry having been twice respited. THURSDAY'S CONCERT. Steelton Band Will Present Fine Pro srnm ul Hie KenerTOlron TiJiirstlny.

The following programme has been prepared for the concert to be given by the Citizens' Band, of Steelton, on Thursday at the Reservoir: Programme, 5 to 6.30 "Kansas Citv Star March," Liberati; "Concert Waltz," Bailey; "Mazurka Character istique, Navarro; (a) "The Black Prince," Dalby; (b) "Varney's Ideal," Stimson; medley overture, "The Corker," Mackie; "A Hunt in the Black Forest," Voelker; selection from "Maritana," Wallace; (a) "Salome," Loraine; (b) "March of the Bensaglieri," Eilenberg. Intermission. Programme 7 to 9 March, "The Eighteenth Regiment," Panella: overture, "Morning, Noon and Night," Suppe; "The Dying Poet," Gott schalk: (a) paraphrase, "Im Teri'en Keller," Lovenberg; (b) intermezzo, "Cavaleria Rusticana," Mascagni; "Barnvard Scene," Lovenberg; "Reminiscences of the Plantation," Chambers; overture. "The Bohemian Girl," (a) "Hearts and Flowers," Tobani; (b) Patriotic Patrol," Dalby; "We Won't Go Home 'Till Morning," Dalby. COAL SHED ABLAZE.

A spark from a locomotive set fire to Kelley coal sheds, on State street, near the old canal basin. A bucket brigade extinguished the flames 'before the firemen were in service. Damage about $25. A society for the protection of husbands from drunken wives has been formed in London. 00 NOT ENCOURAGE SMOKING.

Gettysburg; College Professor at a J.ot to Know Keatoufor the lers3 iiiiiii" Attack. Gettysburg, July Th3 story that the Rev. John Weidley had caused a stir in the Lutheran Ministers' Association in Tittsburg by saj ing that he had been informed that one of the professors of Gettysburg College not only was adicted to the smoking of cigarettes but advised the students that cigarette smoke would do them good, has caused some commotion here also. The story is emphatically denied so far as advising the students to smoke cigarettes is concerned. The members of the faculty are at a loss to know the reason for the Rev.

Mr. Weidley's attack on the institution. MRS. NATION FINED $100. She Mnst Also Serve Out a Sentence of Thirty Iys In Jail.

Topeka, July 23. Mrs. Carrie Nation was fined $100 and givien thirty days jail sentence by Judge Hazen in the district court, for disturbing the peace and dignity of the city by a Sunday "joint" raid last March. There is no appeal and Mrs. Nation must servie her time in prison.

REPORTERS PUT OUT OF COURT Becanseof Article Published ewt paperinen "Mere Debarred from l'osbtarsh Trial, Pittsfield, July 23. At the opening of to day's session of the Fosburgh manslaughter trial, Judge Stevens excluded from the court room four men and two women, representing three New York newspapers, because of articles published in those papers bearing on the case, which were objectionable, to the court. The sheriff requested the correspondents to leave the court room and those representing the papers named by the judge went out in a body. ELKS AT MILWAUKEE. ORDER NOW HAS OVER SEVEN HUNDRED LODGES.

Grand Exalted ISuler Fisher Presents ills Report Which Gives linconr ing Figures. Milwaukee, July 23. Members of the Beiiievolent and Protective Order of Elks crowded Pabst Thealter today when the Gand Lodge convention was called to order." Mayor Rise welcomed the guests to whom he extended the freedom of the city. Jtidge Jerome R. Fisher, Grand Exalted Ruler, responded.

Grand Exal'ted Ruler Fisher presented his report which showed that during the past year 113 new dispensations had been grantecT and that there now are 725 lodges, having a membership 96.000, an increase since last convention of 33 1 3 per cent. The order contributed $17,041 to the Gaveston fund. The financial statement showed a balance in the treasury of $30,000. LIGHTNING'S STROKE TOOK HER SPEECH Altoona Couple Were Rescued from Their Rnrninar Home Just Time. Altoona, July 23.

During a severe storm last night the home of Adam Fishel was struck hy lightning. Mr. and Mrs. Fishel were rendered unconscious by the shock. Mrs.

Fishel is still in a precarious condition, having lost the power of speech. The tmconscious couple were rescued from the burning house just in time to save their lives. The homes of R. V. Ayers, C.

Demanee and William Klink in the same neighborhood were struck, and the occupants were all shocked, Mrs. Klink seriously. MXTST BE CALLED ALEXANDRA Kdward I'rescrlbtrn Formality in Aidresins' llii Consort. London, uly 23. It is i said that among other signs of King Edward's growing distaste for anything which seems to detract from his own royal prerogatives the most marked is his insistence that his royal consort shall not be addriessed ceremoniously as Queen without affixing her Christian name.

Word has been passed around in court circles that she must be referred to evien in conversation as Queen Alexandra, and never merely as the Queen. KKtGEK SEEKS BtEI.lEF IX WORK Ilitt Health I'tianfected Despite Death's eri ibie lilon, Amsterdam, July 23. Former President Kruger, of the South African Republic, is very depressed as the result of the death of his wife, but his. health is unaffected. On the contrary, he lias 11'rown himself into his work with more than his usual energy.

Mrs. Kruger was buried at Pretoria yesterday afternoon. OTHER TRAGEDIES. I.eo Boflinh Sot ttic First Person Hilled in Woods, Tlicy The Carlisle Herald refers to the place where Leo Bodish's dead body was found Sunday last as "The Bloody Angle," and says other tragedies have occurred there. On Sunday evening, July 6th, 1856, nn old man named John Kissel was killed by Abraham Miller and "Black Matt." AVillis.

The latter committed suicide and Miller was sent to the penitentiary for eleven years. In 1S0O a son of Miller shot his wife and then committed suicide. This crime was committed on Wednesday, July 30th, and the wife died on Sunday. All these deaths, including that of Bodish, occurred in July and three of the four happened on Sunday. HEAT MAKES MARKETS UNSTEADY Weather Bureau Will Not Promise Any Relief.

FATALITIES IN WESTERN CITIES Reports of Corn Belt Rain in the American Influences the London Markets. Washington, July 23. The Weathe Bureau officials find nothing climato logical conditions to justify any prediction of change of temperature in the heated sections of the country. The principal weather bureau stations in the Middle Mississippi Valley generally reported somewhat lower temperature at 7 o'clock to day but the forecasters say that the change is in all probability only temporary and might have been caused by a slight variation of the wind. Omaha, July 23.

With a record of nine deaths and thirteen prostrations for Omaha and vicinity for the last thirty six hours, to day opened with a clouded sky and the mercury registering 82 at 7 A. M. St. Louis, July 23. i During the past twenty four hours eight deaths from the heat and many prostrations have been reported.

Chicago, July 23. Opening scenes in the grain pits were wild to day. Especially among corn and oats traders was. the excitement notable. A selling movement in the corn market was launched by nervous longs at the tap 'of the gong with which the session started.

They seemed to have a desire, amounting almost to a panic, to secure their profits, owing to scattered rains west, and in consequence there was a wide range ol prices. September sold simultaneously from 59 cents to 54 cents, the latter figure being five cents under the closing price yesterday. September oats, sympathetically with the yellow grain, sold at the opening SCgSJi lower at 35. September wheat was 1 cents cheaper than at the close yesterday. At these declines prices steadied, largely under buying, for country account.

As to the crop situation, there was nothing' to change pessimistic views as to corn and oats, as it was alleged that the showers were far from sufficient, but wheait bulls were rendered uneasy by reports of more favorable for spring wheat in the two Dakotas and Minnesota. Wall Street, New York, July 23. The London market this morning gave evidence of some distress on the part of the shorts in the American grangers due to reports there of rains in the corn belt. Advances extended to as much as 4 Vi in St. Paul.

There was a rush to buy here at the opening in consequence, St. Paul running up to; the London parity. Five thousand shares of Union Pacific sold at 00 to 98Vg, compared with 96 last night, and 4,000 shares of Atchison at 71 to 71, compared with 67 last night. Pittsburg July 23. Five deaths and twelve prostrations are the result of the high temperature and excessive humidity of the past forty eight hours.

At Homes! ea 200 men were forced to quit work and four, who were prostrated, arie in a critical condition. SNAP SHOTS AT LATE NEWS Howard E. Case, an American prominent in Taris, died in Lancaster, England, to day. It is meported from Cape Town that General DeLarney has informed the Klerksdorp comando that they must light 'the war out to the bitter end as there is no longer any chance of Kuropean intervention. It is stated that the American Sugar Ilefining Comp iy will increase its sltock $15,000,000 in September.

The lawless element, at Beaudiett, has complete posssession of the town. President David Starr Jordan, of Stanford University, Califorina, has rekurned fro mthe Hawaiian Islands, where he collected 240 specimens of fish. The national convent iori of tne Young People's Union of the United Presbyterian Church, will open tomorrow at 'Winona Lake, Ind. The boys of. the Massachusetts nautical school ship Enterprise gave the Czar of Russia three cheers as His Majesty passed the ship, which was lying at anchor at St.

Petersburg, 'this morning Summary of City News The mercury registered 92 on Sunday on top of the post office. The Harrisburg Traction Company is replacing the tie plates on Walnut street. The painters are now at work on the rooms of the Federal building. The Citizens' Band will play at the Reservoir on Thursday. The Holy Name Society of St.

Patrick's Pro Cathedral is increasing its membership. Big casts are being made at Lochiel Furnace, the product being near the record. The fishermen are kicking because of the muddj condition of the Susquehanna. WEATHER REPORT. Washington, July 23.

Forecast for eastern Pennsylvania: Fair to night and Wednesday; light noriheviir winds, becoming variable..