Ep THE NEWS. As a result of the cancellation by Insurance Commissioner Fricke, of the Wisconsin Ticense of the Citizens’ Insurance Company of Bt. Louis, it Is reported that Insurance Buperintendent Orear, of Missouri, will re- taliate by revoking the licenses of all Wis- eonsin companies doing business in Missourl, It was again necessary to postpone the offical trial trip of the new gunboat Nash- ville. The Funderburg Mills, at Carlisle, O,, were fired by an incendiary and destroyed. Loss, £50,000, Natural gas, which promises to be superior both as to quantity and quality to any Pacific Coast wells, has been struck in Sacramento, Cala., and the total supply from the well is estimated at 100,000 feet daily. There has been no settlement of the differ- ence between the managers of Ashley & Bailey's silk mill, Paterson, N. J,, and the work people, who to the number of 800 went on strike, The strike, in addition to those who walked out, affects an equal number of people in other departments of the mill The strikers demanded an increase in wages. Pending action by the government on the request of the Hamilton (Ontario) tobacco men for alterailon in the tariff, the George E. Tuckett & Son Company has decided to close its factory. This decision will affect about 500 employes. The school ehildren of Rhode Island, who have been casting ballots for a State flower for several days, favored the violet by a vote of 10,013 out of a total of 42,200 votes cast, At a meeting of the creditors of Presi lent E. H. Capen, of Tufts College, the case was closed by assent. Recently the gtated that he found no property. President Capen became financially embarrassed on account of endorsing notes of his brother, the amount involved being £60,000, John Martin, a wealthy ¢itizen, died at his home, in Easton, from an attack of heart failure. He was 75 years old. In early life he was a junk dealer and amassed a large fortune, The Cleveland (0.) Cireuit Court dis- charged Editor Post, arrested, convicted and sentenced for contempt of court by Judge Lamson, of the Common Pleas Court, about six weeks ago. Post had written an editorial which was a stricture on court methods in general and Judge Lamson’s methods in par- ticular. The case was dismissed and Post was discharged. The ¢ New York Memorial Day exercises received a telegram from President McKinley accepting the invi- tation to come to New York and take part io the ceremonies. William Bramwell Carr, a San Francisco capitalist, mine and land-owner, and at one time a political leader of California, was found dead in his bed at his residence by his wife, dental asphyxiation. ymmittee in ¢harge of the CURRENT EVENTS. Maine has been contagious diseases so far this year, A Bluehill (Me.) young womam ably a improve the roads. The colored population of their own color is demanded, and been called from Virginia, The Ohio medical bus. It requires physicians t bave certificates based upon examination. The Chicago Board of Education has de cided to equip twenty school buildings with He furnish all other bulldings proof’ filters. with probably be built in the town Compton. The residents there have for use by the of the season. opening noted Americans, room has been placed a bust of Webster, the ington, a gift from H. C. Abbey, the American Revolution is to of the Centre Church, the house of worship State, This cemetery contains the dust of the founders of the Connecticut colony, and is every year visited by thelr descendents from all parts of the country. WASHINGTON NOTES. During Senator Wolcott's absence abroad Senator Chandler will be the acting man of the Postoflics Post Roads and Senator Burrows will act as chairman of the Committee on Privileges and Elections, relieving Mr. Chandler, who had been assigned to that chairmanship, Senator Warren introduced a bill granting land to the States west of the 100th meridian for Normal School purposes, The bill grants 100,000 acres for each Senator and member from the States affected by It. The President has recognized Chung Pao Hst as Acting Consul of China at New York and Alejandro Santos as Honorary Consul of Bolivia at New York. No formal applisation for the pardon of Proker Chapman, the recalcitrant Sugar witness, has been received at the White House, and Attorney-General McKenna says all the information he has on the sub- ject comes through the newspapers, Applications fot sppointment to offices under the Treasury Department have been filled .as follows: W. M. King, of Phelps, N. ¥., aa Deputy Auditor for the Postoffies Department; OG. H. Lufburrow, as Assistant Appraiser at New York; I. N. Moffatt, as Collector of Internal Revenue in the First district of New York. The secretary of the Treasury is informed of the arrival of 257 Chinamen at San Fran ¢ineo to take part in the Nastiville Exposition, Of this number only 21 ars needed to comply 3 terms of the contracts entered into Exposition Company and the re- will be returned to China. partment of State has been officially énformed that an international conference on hygiene and sanitary servize on railways and shipboard are to take place at Brussels fn September next. Committees on SEVEN MEN KILLED, Fall of Machinery at a Tennessee Mine Causes a Disaster Thursday afternoon the tipple at the Pink. ney, Tenn, ore mines, fell, killing seven men and badly wounding several others, Communication with Pinkney was cut off and full particulars could not be had, SUES FOR PEACE. ——— Powers Will Be Asked to In- terpose. TROOPS SENT HOME. Sultan ‘Opposed to the Annexation of Thessaly, and is Willisg to Accept a Reasonuble Indemnity and Several Strategic Positions in the Vicinily of Nezeros, The correspondent of the Assoolated Press at Athens learns on the very best authority that Greece has made a written application to the Powers through their representation at Athens with a view of obtaining media- tion. All the representatives have promised in their replies to use their best offices, ex- cept the German Minister, who has merely acknowledged the receipt of the note from the Cabinet, The Porte is inclined to support the Pow- ers, with a view to the facllistion of negotl- ation, but it declines to consent to an armis- tice on the ground that this would enabls Greece to reorganize her forces, As a matter of facet, Turkey continues to send troops from Salonlea homeward, and it is probable that Osman Pasha has returned to Constantinople from Baloniea, It view of both facts it thay be assumed that nothing serious is expected, but the continuance of a state of war Is regarded as the very best Don't Want Thessely. Without doubt, hopes have been ralsed in annex Thessaly and restore the old fron uncompromisingiy, and will not yield to the 3 sation of the Easter ha one as we vicinity of Nezeros. A dispateh from Lamia that Crown at Don at Almyros, Italian i Rave . 0kos, an Rie cotti Garibald! and the have arrived at Almyros The dispatch habitants from says that the exodus Domokos, Lamia and intry contin Greek torpedo-boats till patrol the Gul It is probable that more fighting gi, CABLE SPARKS. Disease continues to cause terrible ages in Cuba. Many priests are among the leaders « lutionists in Ecuador. undor insurgents wore nment troops, duras rebels have sur- @ ) government trod light earthquakes were felt in Rome and her parts of Italy on Saturday. ym in the f irom General Meunier died fire and panic at the charity bazar in Paris making 112 victims in all. Itis reported in Lima that Equiguren will be appointed minister to the United 8 Peru. The Spanish government has ordered the crew of the ( proceeded with immediately. Lord Rosmead, better known the former Governor Colony, arrived injuries injurni tates from tha the ecules Jlobinson, of of the vietims of the Paris fire were cele ated in Paris and London ceremony. his message at gentine Congress President In Uriburer sald United tariff law may be necessary. The Duc of apoplexy, on hearing of the death of his niece, the Duchesse d'Alancon, who burned to death 2 the Paris fire, Another battle Turks was fought near Velestino, in treated Turks, Lord meating of said that, as the result upon Volo, sharply pursued of the concert of foundation now than ever before, nn —— EXPOSITION A BIG SUCCESS. Large Attendance, A despatch from Nashville says osition showed an attendance ment the eighth day all axpectations, missions were registered during the day and night, several thousand more than on the opening day, making a total so far of 73,500, although the government building is not yet open to visitors and the pictures in the Parthenon were not all in place, With con- tinned good weather the coming week will show Increased receipts, for as yet the visi. tors have bean almost exclusively from the vicinity of Nashville, This will be a week of many meetings and assemblies at the Exposition grounds. The Mother Council will begin holding sessions in the Woman's Bullding. F. Hopkinson Smith, of New York, will open the sxercises with a speech. Kindergarten work will be filustrated by twenty children from the North Nashville Free Kindergarten, in charge of Miss Duncan. Mrs. Conwell will have charge of a model kitchen and free les- sons will begin, An equal suffrage conference will remain in session several days. The presiding offi. ou will be Mrs. Lyda Merriweather, of Mem- phis, Wednesday the Improved Order of Red Men, of the Tennessee Reservation, will eel- Shirase in the Auditorium Balint Tammany's ay. Ferd. C. Peck, Alexander H. Revell, El lott Durand and R. J. Thompson, Iilinols Commissioners, are arranging for the obser. vance of Illinois day. ——— Mr. David B. Martin, Manager of Passen- ger Traffe of the Baltimore & Ohfo Rallroad, has decided to secure an entirely new series ol soenie views of the line, He has secured the services of Mr. Wm. Dinwiddie, a noted photographer of Wasbington, whose skill in that Hine of photography is unexcelled, and Mr. Dinwiddie Is now engaged In taking the necessary observation before he begins the real work. A eaboose car will be fitted up for his use, and he will probably be kept busy all the summer. The new photographs will be used for advertising the picturesque B. & 0, and no expense is to be spared in getting the very best effects possible, more than surpassed PENNSYLVANIA ITEMS, Thieves have been making themselves at home in Berks County lately, Near Huff's Church they visited the farms of Augustus Reinert, J, D. Reifanyder and Willlam Reln- art, stealing clothing, vinegar, chlckens, eatables and many other things, At Plow- ville they broke into the cellar of Bamusel Lebo and took all they could lay their hands upon, They also broke into A. J. Derr's wheelwright shop and Mr, Mack's black- smith shop at Niantick. Himmelwright Brothers' mills near by were entered. The thieves used powder ln an attempt to blow open the safe. The safe door was wrecked, but before they could abstract any money they were frightened off by Jacob Huber, who heard the report. Charles Cammings , of Pittston, a young married man, employed as a laborer, made an unsuccessful attempt to commit sulcide by hanging himself. He worked all day and shortly after went to an outhouse, put a rope around his neck and stepped off a box, his feot nearly touching the floor, His wife heard his moans and called Belba Wagner, who lives next door. Mr. Wagner cut the man down and earried him home, The would-be suleide gave his rush act despondency A large barn belonging to Grant Titmas of Egypt Mills, was burned to the ground The fire is believe the work of an incendiary. The bullding was full © us a reason for «1 to have been { which was destroyed, to- There was no valuable lumber gether with farm utensils, slight insurance, Albert Cox young man of of Nanticoke, a well-kp of a pr sper 15 ily, was returning Var minent f 1 Ome with a hangiog take bh wire and {nstantly which laid bin ut which he died family Is who were toving wire, dared him to ed tho ins Road, iz hpi) as a driver ympany and had stopped at he sud } pass, w hen ver the tracks, be the and back and crushed *r between the tracks ame the gateman for raised while the train vd it a sult r damages will result acvt 21 1.25 nilors 1 pps ¥ t Fase gute to hifted, ar able is prot Vorhauer leaves a wile and six children, } years of he oldest age Mrs. Harry Bialr, visiting at the home t Mont i 1 iraville, put 6 baby carriage in t 3d Mrs . When thes y afterward they were hori find the baby's body banging o { the carriage and life extin ough the little body was still warm Ihe baby had wakened, and in attempting 2 tnd » *" ’ the + mas B to get out of the carriage be ame entangle from the { While attempting to escape 2 the fourth 3 county Home, Uniontown, Mrs, Nancy Lovett, an inmate of that institution, fell fifty feet, and was dashed to pleces She attempted the decenton an ised rope, made of bed clothing, but it broke, t descended far when home is at Brownsville, Her pt temporary insanity, can te ns in attemptiog 10 es satisfied with her jot Lawretioe Byan, aged 23 astudentat a business college at Bhenandoal, met with a fatal accident. He was a pole swing and in attempting to sit down lost his grip and fell to the ground. His bead struck a fracturing hisskull, He died without usness story of the ( impr bad She was * 8 seemed assignee cape, as she on 1 stone regaining consol ——— AR GE WEVYLER'SE MOVEMENTS Again Taken the Field, and is in Camp With the Spanish Army. Wevier de Las Yeras, thro Santa Lucia Spiritus, es- Captain General after a rapid march from Ban Juan Mantoaragun, F and arrived unexpected at Sancti corted by the Principe Regime He passed the night leagues from the city, an bad to wait a long while Garcia and Commande military beadquart eral is sald to be not his recent activity The Mallorca Battaiion Spiritus and Colonel Pintoa, with the Ara- pele and Pasrto Rico battalions and the Trevine Bquadron, from Arroyo Danco, ar- rived there later, General Obragon, with the Tarifa Bquad- ron and the Alfonso X (11. Battalion, has jeft Sancti Bpiritus with a convoy for Calbaguan and Arroyo Blanco Generals Bazen, have arrived, Yormer Civil Governor Porrua, who was replaced on April 30 by the Marquis Pal merola, salled for Spain with Delegates Mar- tinez and Carvajal igh mento it in camp about one d on entering Sanetd for Maj. Marcos minan to open the ye Caplain-Gsen- jeast fatigued by arrived at Ranotl Hy Hermandez and Velasco NO UNIVERSAL STAMP. The Postal Congress Decides Not to Adopt One The Outing of the Delegates, A despatch from Washington, says: The movement to secure the adoption of a uni- versal postal stamp by the Postal Congress has collapsed. There were too many diffi culties (the chief being that of currency fluctuations) in the way of adopting such a stamp, and the general committee, after con sidering the subject briefly, abandoned it as impracticable, and will make an adverse re- port to the Congress, Although the proposition that each county transport free of charge through mails has not yet come before the Congres, it seems practically certain that it will be defeated. Persia submitted the proposition, and itis favored by the delegates of the United States and some of the South American sountries, but the European States, headed by Bei- glum, which obtains large profits under the present system, are opposed to it, and its advooates will be outvoted. The committee had before it a proposition {0 give the British colonies in South Africa (Natal, Cape Colony, &c.)a consolidited vote in future congresses, but ss Great Britain already has several votes through her colonies (Canada, New Houth Wales, New Zealand, &e¢.), the proposition was warmly antagonized by the representatives of FURNACE OF DEATH. Thirteen Passengers Suffocated in a Steamer. THE FLAMES A BARRIER. Sn The Leona, of the Mallory Line, Takes Fire at Bea on the Becond Day of Her Voyage from New York on the Way te Gulveston-8he Returns to Port Almost Destroyed, A despatch from New York, says:—The Mallory Line steamer Leona, bound from this port for Galveston, returned Bunday night almost destroyed by fire, The fire made such rapid headway that beforo the passengers in the steerage could be awakened thirteen of them were suffo- cated and dled. Three members of the crew were also suffocated, The steamer left for She carried a general cargo of merchandise, Captain Wilder was in command, with First Maw Wallace and Second Mate Sweeny as- Chile! Engineer Taylor was on board, with three assistants and there was a sew of about seventy fi Galveston Saturday. Ve men, Viames Burst from the Steerage. Ameng the passengers was 8. V, Winslow who tells the folic - wing ry of the fire: “First Mate Wallace was pacing the bridge A. M. Bunday when het coming from the the companionway and about 2 ought he i forecastie, He went down to " ihe o- urst of flame steerage, there was ol which burned his f and rward watch ironed. ra on deck gave s f tells sls ised as {ui im to awake the ward and have } PANSELZOTS Ar kly ns without crealipg excitement r i went 10 each stale 1 BDL occupants, ‘There oon passengers “The stewns Was Dd Capt. Wilder's Desperate Bravery. k at the rt and and ie Lhe steerage deck with the ' @ h the t iA + sleerage, on the port side of t ¥ ‘Captain Wilder had rushed on de 3 i frst alarm, erst 1 ir eind nly in y BAR INeG ne rd 8 n t C8 Oraereq the « t { an und ar users, | mim at res passengers, nn the same we ship, a large $i ¢ ge juantity of ton bagging was arated from the steerage ard partiti The mals filled with |! red & slow wey Le steerage t caring furnace Phen It dawned on the off hat the unt probably be saw his ers and crew Sloorage were Captain Wilder riunales in prning to death crew driven back ionway and the realization low made him desperate, “He rushed to the stairs and boldly ate tempted to go below, but did not get ds wn more than half a d« steps when the in creasing yds of smoke d the shooting up around hin + him His face was scorched and his were b stood dazed and over come for a moment. Then he exclaimed “My God! N ean go through that i the from the fed i L0 mae e horror be ven flames back eyel rows ured, He man ut alive I A Death -Trap. “When the steward aroused me I jumped up hastily and dressed, [ran forward to see how extensive the fire was, The captain was companionway after his fruitiess effort to go below. I stood by and trie] to look down the hole, but the heat 1 smoke were po great that I was driven back, “When 1 looked hole the thought came had eaptain and crew, that there were helpless people below who rob. ¥ death. I triea to peer f ih i Lae down into that bh Yer me, rrible as It come over the were | that we wot way. “1 listened for sounds, but o« nothing save the roar of grew steadily In ve and round in the Was not a scream; life, “The horror of the situation was almost paralyzing. It seemed as if the men and women whom 1 had seen go into the steerage the day before were being cremated beneath my feet, The deck was getting blistering The flames began creeping higher and higher, through every outiet from beneath. The pouring of water down the companion way and through the ventilators had no effect except to send up the smoke in great pulls and cause angry spurts of fire to dart menacingly into the faces of the crew. “It was soon found that three members of the crew had also perished. Another Steamer Gives Help, We sent up signals and they were finally answered by the steamer City of Augusta, of the Savannah line, She towed our boat to New York and helped to fight the fire, which was finally gotten under control. The fire occurred near Delaware breakwater ™ 1id be able to reach them in some ak the flames rolled roan narrow quarters, There not & shriek; no sign of jame and MASSACRED BY THE TURKS, Heports of Horrible Atrocities to Greeks In the Villages of Epirus, The Athens correspondent of the London Dally Ceronicle says: “M. Ralli, the premier, showed me dis- patches aud reports from Colonel Manos and various civil authorities in Epirus, stating that fourteen villages between Toulour and Kastrosykia have been burned by the Turks, after all the women and obildren had been massacred, except a few who hid in the fast nesses of Mount Zalongos, famous during the war of Independence, and a few more who concealed themselves in the marches along the shore and finally managed to get aboard the Greek ships, half dead with han- gor and fear, “Not a stone of the village of Kamarina is the defense of tha women, who sought refuge in the woods and caves of Mount Zalongos, and, when chased by the Turks, jumped from preciploes w avoid capture and dis. hohor.” ISLANDS SHAKEN UP, Terrible Earthquake Shocks in Guade- loupe and Montrerrat, Earthquakes are shaking the Islands of Guadeloupe and Montserrat, of the Leeward Group, In the West Indies, The cable a few days ago reported that a number of persons had killed at Guadeloupe, Detalls were supplied by the Quebec Liner Madisna, which just arrived in New York from Lee- ward Island ports, When the reached Antigua, forty miles from loupe, on May 1, everyone in port cussing the shocks, The heaviest curred two days before, when people had been killed outright by being buried In the ruins of their houses, In a brick church a congregation of two hundred people were caught by the collapse of the walls, and fifty crushed to death, Those in the streets saw the houses sway back and the walls of brick structures been Guade- was dis. had oe fifty colored forth and crack, The report also sald that thirty had lost thelr Twelve brick houses in Guadeloupe had pean demolished, and scores of others | cracked and seamed by the cks., From Autigua the Madina steamed 10 Montserrat, arriving there on May 2. There, too That isisod April 50 ut no lives jost twenty-five or lives at Polut-a-Pitre, sh ustlate of terror existed Wis liken boat atl sea On Nix were destroved, | his island bef Dean note re the eart! i I. while the | lugs were | ehurches eRLrove | ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE. Bilas Young | Maine will be ni postmaster Governor York sharter ter which was u The Massac) tives has de General Banks in State House, an the purpose, Ex-Co ore ng REITDAY y government and riments were present Ihe German in with him, wherever he goes ver. His Majesty is a skilful Chesseur who accompanies bh 3 have received orders t insyre i Emperor | every morning to in working order. MARKETS. HOG lear 1 8 PRODUC XL als E Fancy ¥ hioess LOR State North Carolina LIYE THICKENS —Ilens Dacks, per Turkeys, per Ib POULTRY, TORACON TORACCO--MA, lnler's..$ Round common Middling Faury 28 400 700 120) i150 80) 60) . oN LIVE STOCK Best Doeves. .....3 420 @ 450 vibss sans 250 350 an 37 TURK AKD BRING, @ REEF BHELY Hows i 4 100 an 80 MUSLERAT. Basson Kev Fox... Funuk Biaek. . Op rum... .. Mink.....e00s Otter. conan 0 @ «0 XEW YORK FLOUR -Southern....... 8 WHEAT--No. 2 Red. ..... CORN-—-No. 2. OATR-No, 8. . BUTTER--8tate. . .. .. EGGS State. .......... a FHILADELIHIA - FLOUR--Bouthern.... ..8 WHEAT -No. $ Rad. ..... CORN-No. 5... 00 cvins BU EES NE Ee. Pesan annn THERA —— wo Ea A PICKING UP NUCCETS. A Woman Cathers $50 in Cold While Calling Her Husband to Supper. The tales told by Ed Thorp since his return from the Klondike have set Juneau wild. He says “The stories in circulation concerning the extraor- dinary richness of the recent discover in the Klondike district have not been exaggerated in Gold in good paying quantities has been found on a number of creeks above Bonanza, but interest entirely in that stream and Eldorado, its first and principal tributary, “The amount of many of the claims, which can be com puted with a reasonable ies the least centres almost gold contained in degrees of ac curacy by dozen or fifteen portions sinking a prospect holes in of Lhe pay sirea average of an 1mm be ! of as n one i remem 10 ry rich, what $4 $5 to Berry claim, almost incredible bered ths cents oil alu men that could Silk From Nettles, sped the nettie and mads All the nettles oy a1 woven in primi is of many oi that are in. then Chinee,” but into the market. John Bull hates to be beaten, and bas thoroughly investigated the netile question. The fact that the stalks must be stripped while green has hitherto presented the greatest difficul ty. where cheap hand labor is not to be had on the spot Something like sixty machines had to be made before the exact thing could be hit upon whick would break up and remove the bark, and press out a goodly portion of the resinous gum that sticks the fibres to- gether. Hut is was found at last, and now a fine and remarkably strong silk is spun from the commonest weed thai dots the roadside. never get however One of " Tom” Reed's Retorts. The newspapers are telling this story of Speaker Reed's latest bit of repar- toe: After listening patiently for a jong time to a number of ponderous Sena. tors, who were discussing with gloomy forebodings the advent of the breeny new Senator from Illinois, Speaker Reed turned to one of them and said, with the inimitable Reed drawl: “De = you think--Mason—will—stay --in ~the —Senate—loag—encugh-to—be- come—as~~ dull--as—the-- rest—ofy you?” + Blectric lighting will cost New York City $1.250.000 this year.