FLOODS AND itUIN. Thoy Follow as a Result of Ter rific Snow and Rain Storms. Oblo, Prnna; Ivanla, Kentucky and It rat Virginia Toivian Sutrer Lumn tbat Aggregate Millions ol Dol lar* All It iter* Out of Tbelr llanht-Three Lltrs l<ont. Cincinnati, April 22.—There was more alarm yesterday throughout the Ohio valley on account of floods than at any period since February, when the Ohio river reached its highest stage of 71 feet and nine inches at this city. Pittsburg, April 22. —-Pittsburg and Allegheny are slowly emerging from ■the murky flood. At *p. m. Sunday the rivers were receding nearly a foot an hour. The highest point reached at Davis Island dam was 25.S feet at 3a. m. Sunday, which means 28 feet at the junction of the Allegheny and Monungahela rivers. The water remained stationary until about 3 p. in., when it began to fall. A conservative estimate of the total damage in this district is between $2,- 000,000 and $3,000,000. Fifty thousand workers are suffering from enforced idleness. I'arkersburg. \V. Va„ April 22. —The loss by the flood here is estimated at $250,000. The lower business district is under water and many small houses have been carried from their foun dations. London, Ky., April 23.—The snow which commenced last Friday has not ceased falling. The waters are higher than they have been since ls's.i. Great damage is being done by the drowning of live stock. The farmers are also heavy losers by hav ing all the soil washed off their fresh ly plowed fields. Many bridges have been washed a way. People living in the country have been unable to reach town for several days. Cincinnati, April 24. — While the Ohio river is reported as falling from Pittsburg to the mouth of the Big Kanawha, almost 300 miles, there is still much distress from that point to < incinnati, about 200 miles. Pomeroy, Middleport. Point Pleas ant and other places in that district have been badly inundated, with hun dreds of families driven from their homes. The depots at these places were under water and the telegraph ottices moved to higher ground as early as last Sunday. There was great alarm last night at Catletts burg, Ashland, Ironton, Huntington, Portsmouth and other lower points, where false reports were circulated about another rise. One of these re ports was that there had been a cloudburst up the Big Sandy serious ly affecting Catlettsburg, Ashland and other places. It turned out that the flood had caused the natural gas pipe line supplying these places to burst and they were left without light and fuel. With the Ohio river on the south, the Little Miami east of the city and the raging Mill creek west, Cincinnati is bounded by water on three sides and by hills on the north. Prom these hills a sea of water is in sight. The Big Miami, west of the city, be came so high yesterday that it washed away much of the Cincinnati, Lawrenceburg & Aurora electric road's track. Cincinnati, April 25.—At <5 o'clock last night the stage of the Ohio here was 57.5 feet, but since 3 p. m.the rate of rising was reduced from one inch an hour to almost one-half inch an hour. Although the rate of ris ing is gradually decreasing, the flood here will exceed the predicted limit of 58 feet. On the Kentucky side the interrup tion to mills, factories and business is not so great, but in proportion to the population, many more have been driven from their homes on the Ohio side. In the Taylor bottoms, between New port and Bellevue, Ky., the water is up to the tree tops. Dayton, Ky., is generally inundated and owing to a swell in the Licking river, about a square mile of Newport is inundated. Ludlow Lagoon, a summer resort on the Kentucky side, is tinder water. Coney Island, another summer resort on the Ohio side east of Cincinnati, is under water. At Huntington, W. Va., the river registered 57.2 feet at G o'clock and was still rising, with a heavy rain falling. Central City, an adjacent town, is under water. The school houses, railroad stations, freight houses and even the jail are utilized for the homeless. (iuyandotte is entirely cut off from the outisde world, with every street flooded. Cincinnati, April 26.—The high water mark of the flood passed down this part of the Ohio valley earlier last night than was expected, and the stage of water became almost sta tionary from 6 to 10 o'clock at frac tions above 551.1 feet and afterwards at 59.2 feet, when it became perma nently stationary here and at upper points, Great. relief is reported from Huntington, Catlettsburg, Ashland and ironton, where the flood was bad. f.arly in the evening the temporary rise in that district, caused by the Kanawha and Big Sandy, swelled the water at Portsmouth, but it was soon over and will lose its force before it shall reach Cincinnati. The river at 8 o'clock was stationary at Ports mouth at 58.5 feet and will remain stationary from that city to Cincin nati until this afternoon, when it will begin falling. A ItcniarUalile Surgical Operation, St. Louis, April 22. —Or. H. L. Nie tert, superintendent of tin" city hos pital, has just performed one of the most remarkable operations ever recorded in the annals of surgery. It consisted of taking three stitches in the heart of Philip Gunn, who had been stabbed in a saloon brawl. The point of the knife had entered the right ventricle and had pierced to the cavity of the heart. Luckily the knife entered the heart obliquely, and the result was that the opening between the cavity and the pericardium, or covering of the heart, was lip-shaped A>a both sides. A FRIGHTFUL HOLOCAUST. Score* of People are Killed by Ilia Oratriictlon of a 1 bemlrul Factory. Frankfort, April 26.—The (iries heim electro-chemical works near Griesheim exploded Thursday after noon and the factory caught tire. The explosion was audible here. The Frankfort tire engines, ladders and ambulances went to the scene of the disaster. The flames leaped across the river and several houses at Schwanheim were burned. Half a company of in fantry and many doctors were sent to the scene. The explosion, it is thought, occurred in the smokeless powder division of the works. The number of dead and injured is estimated at 150, but cannot be de termined until the list of employes of the chemical works can be compared with the survivors. The lire burned for hours, although the greater part of the Frankfort tire department and the troops tried to prevent its spread to the buildings outside of the fire zone. Hospitals were improvised in the vicinity. The flames apparently originated by the blowing up of vats of chemicals in the explosive depart ment of the works. They spread with frightful speed to the adjacent buildings and over the river Main to Schwanheim. When a second explosion took place, the fumes and masses of burning chem icals made it impossible to stay in the vicinity. The inhabitants of (ireislieim were ordered to leave their village, which they did, fleeing to Frankfort. Four sheds for dressing the wounds of the injured have been erected. The catastrophe originated in a smau fire which ignited several receptacles of acid, causing a terrific explosion. Houses adjoining the factory were partly burned and partly demolished by the violence of the explosion. It is still impossible to say definite ly how many victims there are. KILLED BY AN ELEPHANT. An Animil I Trainer l« Thrown to the Ilottom ol u tflver by u Vidotia Tusker. Peru, Ind., April 26. —Henry Huff man, a well known animal trainer with the Wallace shows, met a hor rible death here Thursday, being killed by "Big Charley." a monster elephant, while the animal was batli !ng in the Mississinewa river. "Big Charley" wound his trunk about Keeper Huffman and hurled him far into the stream. The man was unin jured and when he returned he said: "Why, Charley, I did not think that of you; aren't you ashamed of your self." The next instant Huffman was grabbed by the big elephant and thrown to the bottom of the river and held there by the forefeet of the anini al. Then with a great roar the elephant ran away. Several showmen shot at him with no effect. He broke down fences and roamed about in a big field, keeping everybody at a dis tance. Apples loaded with strychnine were thrown near him and he ate one. An hour later he laid down and was in terrible agony. A rifle shot settled him. "Big Charley" weighed over three tons and was val ued at SIO,OOO and in his lifetime had killed four men. SERVED THEM RIGHT. Til ree Filipino* are Sentenced to Dealb lor the Murder of un American Sol dier. Washington. April 26.—Copies of general orders emanating from the division of the Philippines contain the records of several court-martials of Filipinos charged with murder and arson. Probably the one of most in terest is a trial of three natives charged with the murder of Private Eugene Anderson, Company K, Six teenth United States infantry. An derson and another soldier costitut ed a guard for a casco that stopped near the town of Cabagan Nuevo, and Anderson went ashore to gather wood. He was seen to enter a near by copse with two of the natives who were afterwards accused of his mur der. He never came out alive and circumstantial evidence proved that he was stabbed to death with a poinard. The natives when they escorted the man to his doom were conversing with him in a friendly manner and apparently were altogether peaceful ly disposed. They were sentenced to be hanged, and (ien. Mae.Arthur ap proved the finding of the court. ON TEN COUNTS. Brand Jury Indicia Lawyer Patrick lor the murder ol Millionaire Kiee. New York, April 26.—The indict ment against Albert T. Patrick for murder in the first degree was hand ed up yesterday. Patrick is charged with the murder of W. M. Uice.There are ten counts in the indictment. Pat rick is charged directly with the mur der, Charles F. Jones, the valet being ignored altogether. In separate counts of the indictment Patrick is charged with killing Uice with chloro form, with mercury and with an un known poison; with chloroform and mercury together and again with all three of the articles. The indictment charging Patrick, Maurice Meyer and David L. Short with forgery was written out, but not handed np to the recorder. Pat rick is indicted on a charge of forg ing four checks. On the Patrick will, so-called, executed June 30, 1900, ali three men, Short, Patrick and Meyer, are charged with forgerv in the first degree. French Money to Pay liideninltlea. Paris, April 26. -The Courier Du Soir, which is often well informed on ministerial intentions, says that the settlement of the Chinese situation is a question of finance. The newspa per says that ltussia will advance China the sum required to pay the in demnities, and that French savings will provide Russia with the requisite funds. The Ruroper.il troops, ex cept the legation garrisons, will then leave Pekin and a fresh period wfl! begin during which Chinese patience will strive to tire out the British and German governments in their claims. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1901. YANKEE VS. TEUTON. I'licy Ho >ot Agree as (<> the liakru; of a l.iiard fur Ikr l.ute ot the Kun bidden ( Itf. l'ekin, April 24. —Many applicat io.t« have been made to Mr. Kockhill and Gen. Chaffee by Chinese of all de grees for the retention in China of tlie American troops until the general withdrawal of troops of all the pow ers. Many of those who are making this request think the withdrawal of the Americans will make the others remain longer. There are also peo ple who do not desire to see any of the soldiers go, fearing anarchy and an uprising against foreigners. The soldiers who return do so with all the honors of war. Field Marshal Von Waldersee made application that the gate of the For bidden City be guarded by (ierman troops after the departure of the Americans. Gen. Chaffee replied that American soldiers will continue to guard tin- gate. At this the (ier mans are indignant, saying this im pugns their honesty and that if the United States desires to do her share of policing the city she should leave behind enough troops for that pur pose; that to have a few men belong ing to the legations guards control the gate, which will be within the (ierman quarters, cannot be allowed. If (ien. Chaffee persists in this course, diplomatic representations will be made in the matter. The ministers of the foreign pow ers are meeting daily. I'licy do not «it present show a disposition to re duce the indemnity claims, which many think to be extremely reason able. .Berlin, April 24.—The German war office has received the following ad vices from Count Von Waldersee, dat ed Pekin, Aoril 23: "Patrols sent out for the Kalgan district found no gathering of Chi nese troops there. I.i Hung Chang informs me that Gen. Liu's troops re tired into the province of Shan Si last Wednesday. "The execution of the murderer of ('apt. Bartseli (of the Second infan try) will take place at the scene of the crime." In a second dispatch Count Von Waldersee says:"The columns un der lien, Bailloud and (ien. Ket.tler have arrived at the great wall, the boundary of the province of Shan without opposition." A COURT OF INQUIRY. Coll VCD cm at West Point (<> Anvestluate student*' Disorderly t'onduct. West Point, X. Y., April 24. A court of inquiry yesterday began the investigation of a charge of breach of discipline on the part of several cadets of the military academy. The cadets became disgruntled over the action of Col. Mills, the superinten dent, in punishing one of their num ber, Cadet Kalston, for his failure to report a breach of discipline in the mess hall while the cadets were at supper a few nights ago. The cadets are said to he almost in a state of in subordination. The breach of discipline which re sulted in the present investigation, occurred one night recently. The aggrieved cadets assembled on the parade grounds under cover of dark ness and indulged in hideous yells di rected at the superintendent. They also removed the sunset gun from its position at the north end of the pa rade ground and dragged it over in front of Col. Mills' quarters, but were prevented from firing it by the ap pearance of several sentinels, who promptly reported the incident. MORGAN AND HILL. They are Salil to tie Flouring- on Huy- Inu lCxtcimlve lllnes lit llrltiwli t'o- Itiinbia. Vancouver, 15. C., April 24.—Presi dent J. .1. Hill, of the Great Northern railway; .1. l'ierpont Morgan, and other New York financial men, are said on good authority to be back of a deal to secure the entire properties of the Dunsmuir collieries in British Columbia. .1. 11. Lynch, of Ntevv York, a repre sentative of Mr. Morgan, is here and has showed to several railway men letters of credit aggregating SIOO,OOO, with which he is to make the first, payment, closing a deal that involves nearly $5,000,000. Mr. Lynch had a conference with President Hill in Seattle last week. The Esquimault & Xanaimo railway, which is about 150 miles in length, and the Union Extension, Como and Wellington coal mines are included in the deal, be sides 300,000 acres of land. About 2,500 men are employed in the mines and on the railway system. ■torcmu* Is Acquitted. Chicago, April 24. —Abram F. Dore mus, proprietor of the laundry in which a number of employes wcru ki I led and a score injured by a boiler explosion, was released yesterday by order of Judge Hanecy. Doremus was held to the grand jury on a charge of manslaughter. In review ing the case the court decided that there was no evidence to establish the contention that a crime had beeu committed. Paftocd the Chandler Rill. Lansing, Mich., April 24.—The sen ate last night passed the Chandler taxation bill by a vote of 20 to 8. This bill was passed by the house about :| week ago and provides for the tax ation of railroad, telegraph, tele phone and express companies accord ing to the ad valorem system, instead of upon their earnings, as they ary taxed at present. .Missionaries are .llaMarred. X'ew York, April 24. —The Times says: News has just reached here of the complete destruction in Mara xion, Brazil, of the Roman Catholic mission established a few yews ago by the Capuchin fathers, by a band ol hostile Indians. The mission was situated in a desolate spot, but the missionaries had been successful in their efforts to evangelize the natives nnd had founded two orphan asy lums. Four of the Capuchin fathers, all Italians, seven Capuchin sistesv and more than 100 of their little charges were massacred. had faith in him. Senator 11011 l ver's Optimistic l.cetnr* to Asplrlnir Yonnj* Men Brought I.arfce fleturu*. The career of Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver, the mountain boy who be came a senator, is described by Cyrus Patterson Jones in Success. Of the senator's love for humor Mr. Jones says: "His wit is one of the most at tractive of his gifts. Tie can tell a story with wonderful effect. His keen sense of humor would have made him a comedian if nature had not cast his other faculties in a more serious mood. Therefore, his fun crops out 7 to 7 • - s \> - JONATHAN P. DOLLIVER. (Junior Unltfd States Senator from th» State of lowa.) only at times. When I asked him when and where he first began to consider himself famous, he said: " 'My first term in congress gave me my first sense of exaltation. The people up in the lowa hills had a little lake, and they named it after me. Then a new post office was named in my honor, and a colored woman named her baby after me. I began to think of engaging a niche in some temple of fame. But in my sec ond term I was disillusioned. A cli matic disturbance dried up the lake, free delivery wiped out the post of fice and the child died—and I found myself back in the very place whence 1 had started.' "A few years a;*o Mr. Dolliver was invited to deliver a lecture in St. Paul and Minneapolis before the Young Men's Christian association lyeeum. In each city the hall wherein hi; spoke was crowded, some 1,500 men attending. His topic was' Chances for Young Men.' " 'That,' said he to me, 'was a fa vorite topic with me. I believed in young men, and liked to talk with them, knowing full well that if one can stir them up to energy and am bition he is doing a grand work in the world. " 'Well, I have not changed my opin ion since the delivery of that lecture; but when I got back to Washington to resume my congressional duties a week later I began to hear from those particular young men. Letters began to pour in on me. They came in bunches of two nnd three; then in dozens, and finally in basketfuls. Every St. Paul and Minneapolis young man who had heard me declare this is the young men's age wrote that ha fully agreed with me—and asked me to get him a government job!'" THE GAME OF RIPA. Miniature Lottery Scheme YVlitch Is u Prime Knvorite in the Towns of the Philippine Group. The game of "Eipa" is a lottery played with 20 cards, each having two figures, 40 wooden hemispheres having figures corresponding with the cards, and a bottle-shape bamboo IMPLEMENTS FOR RIPA. (Bottle Is Eight Inches Iligli, Other Tools in Proportion.) wicker basket. The cards in the game measure 1 by two inches, have uni form backs with blue dotted paper and are made of Spanish playing cards cut to size and having white paper pasted over the faces, on which are pasted two small disks of paper, inscribed by hand, each with the con versationalized suit marks of two of the Spanish playing cards. The pack from which they are taken is the Spanish pack of 40 cards, in which the eights, nines and tens are omitted. Each of the wooden hemispheres, three-quarters of an inch in diameter, has a corresponding disk bearing the device of one of the 40 cards pasted upon its face. The cards are sold to the player for one copper (I 1 /, American cents). The bottle is shaken and one of the hem ispheres is thrown out upon the ground or table, and is taken up by the holder of the card bearing the corresponding figure. The player who first receives two hemispheres bear ing the figures corresponding with those on his card takes the pool of 20 coppers, or less, according to the number of cards sold, paying the dealer one copper as his percentage or commission. This game is an old favorite in the various cities of the archipelago, but ia rarely played in the rural districts. WOOD STOLE A MARCH. Governor •! Cuba Tells His Viewa Regarding Cuba to Secretary Koot Before the Cubau Envoys Had a Chance to be Heard. Washington, April 25. —The five delegates to the Cuban constitutional convention, consisting of Domingo Capote, Petro Betaneourt, Bafael Portuondo, Diego Tamayo and Pedro Llorente, which was sent to Washing ton to confer with the president re garding Cuban relations with this country, arrived here Wednesday. Arrangements for their visit to the president will be made through the war department. Gen. Wood, mili tary governor of Cuba, also arrived. Gen. Wood reached the war depart ment shortly after 9 o'clock and after a talk with Adjt. Gen. Corbin was shown into Secretary Boot's office, where a conference respecting Cuban affairs was held. Senator Piatt, of Connecticut, chairman of the commit tee charged with the care of Cuban affairs, was present, as also were As sistant Secretary Sanger and Admiral Bradford. The hitter's presence was desired as the location of coaling sta tions in Cuba is to be made upon his recommendation. (ien. Wood entered into a thorough exposition of the complicated Cuban situation. He was perfectly informed as to the desires of the visiting com mission and apprised Secretary Boot of the nature of their errand. It is gathered that, next to the subject of coaling stations and the right of the United States to intervene in Cuba in the interests of peace and order, the Cubans attach most importance to the subject of sugar duties. The com mission will try to secure a remission of the United States duty on Cuban sugar. It is suggested that if this cannot be done at once, then the duty may be removed gradually, reducing a certain percentage each year until the sugar is duty free. The president cannot grant this re quest, as it involves a change in the tariff' laws, and therefore application must be had to congress. This may take the shape of direct joint legis lation by the two houses, or it can be accomplished by the negotiation of a reciprocity treaty. The Cubans, it is believed, prefer the latter form. Tobacco is another subject which the secretary of war will be obliged to discuss with the commissioners and on that point he wanted advice. The Cubans are extremely desirous of securing a considerable abatement in favor of their own tobacco of the extremely high tariff imposed by the Dingley act upon all imported to baccos. A REIGN OF BAYONETS. Au l-lngllshman Tells of the Outrage* Committed In Cu|>e Colony I uder military Itule. London, April 25. —J. X. Merriam, the former treasurer of Cape Colony, speaking yesterday at a meeting of the League of Liberals against ag gression and militarism, said military law was established in Cape Colony. The newspapers had not heard of the treachery and espionage going on. Respectable people were committed to jail on the evidence of natives alone. They were brought up and fined for harmless observations, called seditious, and the town guards harried them. These things created greater indignation than actual vio lence. The press was deliberately stopped and four editors had been sent to jail. Mr. Merriinan detailed instances of the punishment of the Dutch under military law, usually on the testi mony of natives and employes. lie mentioned an instance of a "cheeky girl" being fined for saying things against the town guards. The mar tial law and the censorship through out Cape Colony prevented the peo ple of England from knowing the hardships of the Dutch. As an Eng lishman he viewed the policy pursued in South Africa with the blackest dis may. If persisted in South Africa was lost to the British empire. .1. W. Sauer, the former commis sioner of public works of Cape Col ony, said the camps in which the Boer women and children were kept were guarded by sentries with loaded rifles and fixed bayonets. BACK TO THE CRYPT. Keuiainw of Abraham Lincoln arc ito placed In the National Monument at Springfield, 111. Springfield. 111., April 25.—The re frains of Abraham Lincoln and the other members of his family, which have been entombed in the national Lincoln monument,were yesterday re placed in the crypt of the monument. They have, since March, 1900, when the work of rebuilding the monument at a cost to the state of Illinois of SIOO,OOO was commenced, been repos ing in a temporary stone vault near the monument. The ceremony of' returning the remains to the monu ment was witnessed by Gov. Yates and other state officials, the members of the Lincoln Monument association, the surviving members of the Lincoln guard of honor, Judge Humphrey and other federal officials, city offi cials and probably 200 citizens. The temporary vault was so tho roughly cemented that it was 5 o'clock, three hours after the work of the removal commenced, that the remains of the former president, which were the last to be removed, were placed in the marble sarcopha gus in the crypt in the monument, where they were sealed up and where they will probably remain for all time. The casket was not opened, nor was even the leaden casket ex posed to view, A llattle In a Court lliiom. Chicago, April 25.—After Magis trate Prindeville had adjourned court yesterday in the Harrison street po lice station a shooting affray arose, resulting in the fatal wounding of two men. The injured persons are Willia-a Messenger, a policeman, and Richard Houghteling. The latter, who had been drinking, had an alter cation on the street with Messenger a short time before the shooting. Houghteling entered the court room and tired twice at the officer, who fell mortally wounded. A dozen ixh licemen rushed upon Houghtelin|f, MR. CONGER RETURNS. a i >nr ninlilrr to < bin* i.and* In *lag I'ranrlii o Hp lh»riiMP« the ( lilnesa Problem. San Francisco, April 26. —Edwin If 4 Conger, United Slates minister to China, accompanied by his wife, daughter and Miss Pierce, arrived from China yesterday on the steamer Nippon Maru. His arrival was await ed with considerable interest, not only on account of his connection with events in China, but from a po litical standpoint. There was a great desire to know what position he would assume with regard to the coming gubernatorial nomination in lowa. Mr. Conger when asked if lie cared to make any expression on the sub ject said: "L do not wish to make any public declaration at this time. 1 have not yet had time to read the correspondence which has met me here. So far as lam at present ad vised, I see no reason to change my position as expressed about two mouths ago. I'efore I left ( hina I received two telegrams from the Uni ted States. One asked mp if I were a candidate for governor. I answered lam not. The other telegram asked if I would accept the nomination if tendered me. 1 replied that 1 would accept if the nomination came to me, but I was in on sense a candidate. "I do not care to, nor will I, say anything further in the matter until 1 reach Pes Moines. I do not know what the situation in lowa is and do not care to say anything definite tin till lam fully advised. My intention and desire is to return to China and finish my work." Touching events in China, Mr. Con ger turned interviewer and was anx ious to know what had been done by the powers in the matter of indem nity. He was asked for his opinion as to the amount of indemnity China could pay. "Three hundred million dollars," he replied. Concerning events in China, Mr. Conger said that there was nothing new to be said,as everything that hap pened had been told fully, together with many things that never oc curred. Tales of brutality had, he thought, been exaggerated. Of course there were cases of outrage by individual soldiers that were not sanctioned by officers. These were but incidents of war which found some palliation in the fact that the Chinese had killed 40,000 native Chris tians and 100 Europeans. Asked in regard to his future plans. Mr. Con ger said that at the expiration of his 60 days' leave of absence he intended to return to China. Chicago, April 36. —A special to the Record-Herald from San Francisco gives the following expressions from Minister Conger, with reference to the alleged looting by missionaries in Pekin: "Dr. Anient is the most lied about man in China, unless it is my self. The stories of looting by mis sionaries and their collecting indem nities by force are absolutely false." A CLOTHING COMBINE. t hlcaKo Manufacturers Deride to Join Hands Willi l'.a»lem Tlakers. Chicago, April 20.—Chicago manu facturers of clothing representing an aggregate capital of from $15,000,000 to $20,000,000, met yesterday and decided to form an association which will combine with similar bodies throughout the United States. The step was taken as the result of a visit of eastern delegates who for years have been trying to effect a combina tion of the large houses in the United States. The leaders deny that any effort to regulate nrices is contemplated, yet the combination will be more powerful and will represent more capital than almost any of the recog nized trusts. Already the Xew York association has a total capital of more than $100,000,000, and with the factories of six other eastern cities in the union, another $100,000,000 Iss added. The Chicago merchants are the first westerners to join. Their decision, it is said, will bring the houses of Milwaukee, St. Louis, Cincinnati and other cities into the national associ ation. Later San Francisco's co-op eration is to be sought and the south also will be visited. SHE SAW IT BEAT. The X ItuyN are I «i d to Convince «* tilrl tliut Her Heart l» Not Out of l>i'«r. Chicago, April 26. —Miss Peters, who lives at No. 34 Walton place, saw her own heart beat yesterday and was convinced that she was not suf fering from a fatal malady. Miss Peters is IS years old and has a strong constitution, according to her physician. She was afflicted with sinking attacks and felt sure that at . such times her heart ceased to beat. She visited Dr. J. li. Message, who saw that her heart acted regularly. The difficulty was to convince the girl. Finally the physician adjust ed an X ray tube, darkened by a cloth, behind her back. The fiuro scope was placed over her heart and a heavy blanket thrown over her head to shut out any light that might find its way into the room. The girl then held a mirror directly in front of her heart. As her eyes became accustomed to the darkness she began to discern the outlines of her heart. Gradually it. developed until she saw it clearly. For several minutes the girl watched the pulsating organ, and then, turn ing to Dr. Message, she said: "I guess, after all, it isn't my heart that bothers me." Seed* to l>e Inspected. Washington, April 2(l.—Secretary of Agriculture Wilson has awarded to the Phillips Heed and Implement Co., of Toledo, the contract for furnish ing seeds to the government during the next season and has made a radi cal change in the administration of the seed distribution service by plac ing the entire work in charge of Prof. 15. T. Galloway, as director of the bureau of plant industry. The Phil lips Co.'s contract calls for abotft $1 HO,OOO. Under the new plan trained scientists will make a thorough in spection of the seeds. 3
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