tXlXG EDWARD PIT OF DANGER felt Doctor Report Very Satisfactory Prop-ess. fcJlPSOVEMENT MAINTAINED AT NIGHT. T frai Occasionally Cause! Discomfort tat Alarm It attached to this Symplon The Kaaf Has ttea transferred (rom his t4 to m heeled Coach Also Sits Lp for Time a ad Contianea Bright and Cheerful. I-cYmluti (By Cable). King Edward's ryricians announced in the latest bul letin that the royal patient's progress Xmaa entirely satisfactory. Sunday night passed with less inci bent at Buckingham Palace than any arsKtT night since die operation was pcr 'Zwrmcd on King Edward. There were fewer watchers outside the palace, the joWic apparently having accepted the Ecil announcement that the King has passed the point of immediate danger. CINQ EDWARD VII. Sunday w again a day of interces- throughout the kingdom X .1. r I.' : tt.i 1 T w me in.uvcijr ui mug iuvt.tiu. u i lie morning a vast crowd of the gen- i arral public gathered at St. Paul's Cathc-i , n., . . "lTil- lh"e wa also Preicnt a rcPre-! tentative gathering of government and; volonial officials and uniformed colo- j tub! officers. The Duke and Duchess f Connaught and their children and 1 Hori and Lady Lansdowne sat under 1 toe dome. Quern Alexandra, the Prince of Wales and almost all the other mem- I Iwrs of the royal family now in London ! emended a similar morning service in : Marlborough House chapel, while , there w3 a large gathering of peers i ad peeresses at a service held at noon in the Chapel Royal at St. James' Pal-) see Official Bulletins. Tollowing are the official bulletins of f3:e King's condition, which are signed by Lord Lister, Sir Frederick Treves, Sir Thomas Smith, Sir Thomas Barlow oi Sir Francis Laking; Saturday ao.4S A. M. "The King had a good igM and his improved condition is maintained. We are happy that we are aXle to itate that we consider his Maj esty 1o be now out of immediate dan cer and the general condition is satis factory. The operation wound, how arrer, still needs constant attention, and fencb concern as attaches to his Majes ty'a condition is connected with the wroond. Under the most favorable con ditions his Majesty's recovery must, of necessity, be protracted. The 2 P. M. fcallrtin will be discontinued." 6 P. M. "The King passed a very comfortable day and his progress con tinues to be quite satisfactory.'' II P. M. "The King has passed a comfortable day, and his strength has ices well maintained. The wound oc casionally causes discomfort." Sunday, 9 A. M. "The King feels feteoEger, in spite of some discomfort from the wound. Nothing has occurred o disturb the satisfactory progress the SCiag is making." 4 P. M. "The King's progress is in array way satisfactory. The local dis comfort has decreased." M P. M. "The progress of the King 5 entirely satisfactory." May Be Crowned la September. London (By Cable). A dispatch to "Sit Daily Mail from Copenhagen says Sim Qncen Alexandra has invited the deputation of Danish Hussars to return London at the end of September for lit coronation 01 the King. This is particularly significant in that it indicates the Queen's assurance of the complete recovery of King Edward and &. ability to undergo the ordeal attend ant upon the coronation festivities three months hence. lias So Or(ioic Trouble. Washington (Special). A cable mes auge was received at the State Depart ment from Mr. Whitelaw Reid, head of -the special embassy to the coronation, Hiv'iny a most favorable account ot the condition of King Edward VII. He -5, ..... ...c p .ysic.ans aitenaing t ne j & iiut.j,niv uia layjiu iciuvcij. .Mr. Jieid says among those entirely t'amil- i iar with the case it is well understood a'fcat there is no foundation for alarming reports that the King has cancer or Bktijr serious throat or stomach trouble. .According to Mr. Reid, the strength, nerves tnd sound blood of the King are au) in his favor. A most favorable syasptom in his case is that he has been taking solid food. EipWsioa Shake Alfonso's Pa'.aca. Uadrid (By Cable). A gunpowder magazine at the encampment of Cara IjdcIioI, five miles from here, exploded. 7wo men were killed and 14 injured. The shock was felt for miles. Scores 4 bouses were damaged, the doors of rhe rqjral palace were thrown open by hr' force of the explosion, and many windows were smashed. The King ac companied by the members of his tiouwhold, joined the crowd which Jutrned to the scene in order to ascer tain the extent of the damage. MiaaiaaarUf Not Safe in China. Telia (By Cable). The viceroy of ?e province of Sze Oman has notified the government that the American and Jtritish mission buildings at Tien Ku "Chao have been destroyed by a mob, uwi that a missionary has been mur lered. Hit name and nationality were mxA reported. An imperial edict, just wsard. deprives the local magistrate m4 1 ien Ku Chao of his rank and or--afcrt the extermination of the rioters. VScvtral of the leaders of the outbreak awe reported to have been beheaded. Ap arentljt this was aa anti-indemnity ris- 1 "" j , ' - r & I I - . -i SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS. Domestic R.A. Lancaster, banker and broker, of Richmond. Vn., widely known in fi nancial circles throughout the country, died at his home, in Bath county, Va. He was 73 year old. Death was caused by heart failure. An unsuccssiul attempt was made to rob the Newport (Del.) National Hank. The burglars were frightened off while forcing an entrance. At the International Sttnday School Convention in Denver the benefits de rived from use of uniform Sunday School lessons were dwelt upon. Interesting and satisfactory tests were made near Cleveland with halha niite, a new explosive, the invention of Prof. . M. Hathaway. The Supreme Court of Missouri or dered that testimony be taken on ques tion whether meat packers are in a combine. A New York bicyclist was so hadlv frightened by the collision of a fellow- j rider with a street car that he fell dead. In Chicago Charles V. Gale tried ' twice to shoot a barber. Gale fell dead j when police broke into his office. The strike of car cleaners of the Pull- I man Company in Chicago has been de- I clarcd olT. the International Sunday School Convention at Denver elected Rev. Dr. B. It. Tyler, pastor oi the South Broad way Christian Church, Denver, presi dent of the association. Governor Montague, of Virginia, is sued a proclamation calling the I.cgisla-r.-e into extra session July 15 to put tin- np"- Constitution into effect. Articles of incorporation of the As sociation of Manufacturers and Distrib uters if Eood Products were filed in Trenton, N. J. The American Association for the Ad vancement of Science is in session in Pittsburg. The American Steel Foundries, capi tal $40,000,000, was incorporated at Trenton. Melvin L. Youngs, a prominent Ma son, of Milwaukee, is dead. Anth ony S. Sherman, cashier of the Merchants Bank in Newport, R. I., who shot himself last week because of a heavy shortage in his accounts, is dead W. II. rakcr. vice-president of the Postal Telegraph Company, announc M''"n' l"' p" jf' " ' R t sl,ot himsclf last week because" a ; 1 .. 1 . : i t y mioii.iki: in ms accounts, is ueau. II. Baker, vice-president of the P!1s.,al 'I elcgrapli Company, aniiounc- ed that a contract had been agreed upon with the Pennsylvania Railroad Com - pany. Major Robert F. Mason, a member 01 yen- 'itziiugn Lees stall during tne v-vii war. ana a oasning soldier, dieu at his home near Charlottesville, Va. There was a bad freight wreck on the Norfolk & Western Railroad, near Roanoke. Thirty-three box cars were destroyed and a white tramp was killed. Formal announcement was made ot the incorporation of the American Steel Foundries, under a New Jersey charter, with a capital of $40,000,000. The Virginia Constitutional Conven tion adjourned sine die after a love feast. There was a big banquet in Richmond. Forcifn. Arguments were made by counsel for the Russian and American govern ments before the Dutch arbitrator, Dr. Asser, in the sealing controversy. Fighting was reported at Cape Hay lien between the opposing factions, and the situation there is said to be ex- tremcly grave. The Cabinet of Sweden has resigned and Eri': Gustav Bostrom, the former ' premier, has consented to form a new j one. S. F. Edge, an Englishman, won the : James Gordon Bennett cup in the auto- : mobile race from Paris to Innspruck. ; Uueen Alexandra received Mr. and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid in farewell audi ence at Buckingham Palace. Patrick McIIugh. the Irish M. P., committed for contempt, was taken to Holloway Jail, in London. The American yacht Uncle Sam won the Kaiser's gold cup in the regatta at Kiel. ... , , ; j were rci.ei cu announcing tne 1 sate arrival at Adis Abeba. capital ot j Abyssinia, of Fitzhugh Whitehouse, ot Newport, R. I and Fred H.ndl.p, who are exploring the Lpper Nile. casion of a vote of confidence in the government, and the French Chamber of Deputies sustained the government by a vote ot 493 to 74. , Hoodlums in the provincial towns of England, irritated because cheated of , their coronation festivities, indulged in mamcking, requiring police interier ence. The latest bulletins from the sick room indicate that King Edward's phy sicians consider him out of danger, un less unlooked-for complicatinos inter vene. A rupture is imminent between Co lumbia and Nicaragua because Presi dent Zelaya has sent coal and munitions of war to the Colombian insurgents. Pre-ident Loubet of France has sign ed a decree closing .10 religious estab lishments which have not complied with the Law of Associations. The American and British mission buildings at Tien Ku Chao were de stroyed by a mob and a missionary was murdered. The first consignment of Boer pris oners sailed from St. Helena for South Africa. During the past year the emigrants to Siberia numbered 128.700. The American yacht Uncle Sam. owned by I. R. Riggs. of New York, , ray, the last of the Murray midgets, won the first of the international cla-s 1 who tourod the country some years races, the Stars and Stripes crossing the ' ago, was sent to the poorhouse on Kan line eight minutes ahead of all other j dall's Island by Superintendent Merwin, llags. . , the Outdoor Poor Department. Mur- Kmperor William wired Prince Henrv rav and his two brothers, also midgets. in London, onering to come immediate- 1 ly 11 nis uncle, tne King, was m any immediate danger. Prince Henry sent a reassuring message in reply. Financial. The Atchison's May gross earnings increased $7.1.010, net increased $.(i..)H. The principal movement of money in dicates that the New York banks have gained thereby $i. 6 19. too. The, New York Cotton Exchange makes the amount of cotton brought into sight for the week 52,776 bales. The New York Subtreasiiry state ment shows that the banks have lost $i.?52,ooo during the week. The City Council of Scranton, Pa., is considering the question of issuing $140,000 viaduct and bridge bonds. The Electric Storage Battery Com pany has declared the regular quarterly dividend of if-4 per cent, on both com mon and preferred stocks payable this week. The directors of Tffe Oregon Rail road & Navigation Co., have declared a regular bemi-annual dividend of 2 per cent, on the preferred stock, payable this week. The Governing Committee of the New York Stock Exchange has re fused to interfere in the United Rail ways of San Francisco matter, as it is a "curb" proposition and it is up to the courts to settle any dispute in con nection, with the 4 per cent, bonds. COAL TRUST DENIED BY THE OPERATORS Presidents of Hard Coal Roads Say No Illegal Arrangement Exists. ANGRY AT THE TALK OF INQUIRY. Report that President Roosevelt Will Investl. fate the Situation (lives Mine Work:rs New Hope Operators say tliey ar per fectly willing to submit to any Examination the President or His Advisers Think Proper. New York (Special). President Roosevelt's reported order to Attorney General Knox to make an investigation of the anthracite coal situation, with a view of learning whether an agreement exists among the operators to regulate prices, prevent competition and limit wages in violation of the Fedcrcl anti trust laws was met by the presidents of the hard-coal roads with a fiat denial that any combination exists. J. Picrpont Morgan is the dominant factor in the production of anthracite coal. On the basis of the division of production agreed upon for the purpose of ending the war in prices the produc tion is divided as follows: .1. P. Morgan interests, 59.05 per cent. Other railroad interests, 37.45 per cent. Individual operators, ,1.50 per cent. This division is the one agreed upon by the operators who are interested in the settlement of the present strike. That the operators are angered by the President's order they do not attempt to conceal. Possible interference from Mr. Roosevelt has been feared from the first. They deny that there is such a thing as a coal trust or any combination of the kind prohibited by the United States laws. The operators say they are per fectly willing to submit to any exami nation the President or his advisers may : ! ""IT"''"- ?'""!?. 7Ar? ,c."h,Le"! n 'X, . h, CT.i """ .. - . ceeinngs. W hile they say they do not object to ; an inquiry, the mine owners regret a report of one at this time, because it j will encourage the strikers to remain I out longer in the hope that the Presi- i rlent w ill aid them. They believe the : 1'resident s reported order will be used to persuade the men that if they hold out a little longer the Government will weaken the operators and give the strikers the victory. Carroll D. Wright, United States Commissioner of Labor, the operators say. received from them during his in vestigation ample data to demonstrate that no trust or illegal combination in coal exists. PLOT SUSPECTED TO KILL PRESIDENT. During His Recent Visit to Boston Anarchists Flocked to that City. Boston (Special). It is said here on high authority that Anarchists flocked to this city from various sections of New England the day before President Roosevelt's visit to Boston and Cam bridge, and it is hinted that the presence of the red flag followers was in conse quence of a plot to do bodily harm to the Chief Executive. There is no positive proof that a plot to attempt Mr. Roosevelt's life existed but in police circles the arrival of a lot of anarchists from such places as Prov- idence, where riots have been frequent c,f lalc: :, t ic fame time the President cam,e ls looke.d "Pon with suspicion. 1 ' M'"' ' " "" came from the secret Service men at Washington, who wired the Boston po lice, asking what the anarchists here were doing. The reply was given that little was known about the doings of this class in Boston. An armed bodyguard came on from Washington with the President, and he it m 1 1 uiu ui men MKIH. 111111 plain clothes men from the Boston in- slH.ctor-s department were ordered to k,tp close at hand thlril hjs st , aml' ,he dctail o police Something over oo men. was considered unusuallv large. LABOR LEADERS ON INJUNCTIONS. S:crtlary Wilson, ot Miners, Points out Re sults if Lejal Proceedings Continue. Indianapolis, Ind. (Special). "If the courts continue issuing injunctions against us, there will be but one propo sition open. Some one will have to furnish the 400.000 mine workers of this ! country with balloons in which they ! can hold meetings privately or publicly, 1 and not disobey the mandates of the courts," said W. R. Wilson, secretary and treasurer of the mineworkers' or- ganization. when informed that Federal 1 Judge Keller, at Fairmont, had enjoin- ed him, Chris. Evans. "Mother" Jones ; and others connected with the organiza : tion from interfering with the miners. ! No papers have been served on Mr. Wilson. He said he had not been in i Judge Keller's district, but if business ' calls him there he will go. He declared ' that if he has been enjoined from hold ing a private conference that concerns i the organization he will disobey the in j junction. Midget does to Poorbouse. New York (Snecial). James Mur- were seen for several years in the vaude ville houses. James is 3 feet 3 inches tall. His two brothers died a few years ago. Petee'i Poison World W lie. London (by Cable). London medi cal men and other scientific specialists say that the tremendous outpour of deadly gas from Mount Pelee which killed .10,000 persons has lowered health conditions all over the world. Pelee's gas was absorbed into the world's at mosphere, they declare, and is thus dis seminated everywhere. Thousands of cubic miles of it arc being blown about over the surface of the earth. As it is heavier than the air it is necessarily breathed wherever it is wafted. This is held to account for the popular be lief that volcanoes breed epidemics. Trial of Jess Morrison. Eldorado, Kan. (Special). Jessie Morrison, on trial here for the third time for the murder of Mrs. Olin Castle in tins city in June, 1000, was found guilty of murder in the second degree. 1 he jury was out u hours. The case may be appealed again. The first trial resulted in a disagreement. At the sec ond trial Miss Morrison was found guilty of manslaughter and given a five years' sentence. She spent two months in the penitentiary, being released on bond on the day her case on appeal was taken up by the Slate Supreme Court. She was granted a new trial last Febru ary. r LIVE NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS. South Climhlni to the Top. The Census Bureau has issued a re port on the combined textile industry of the United States for I'joo. The branches included in the industry fol low : Cotton manufactures, including cot ton goods and cotton small w arcs ; wool manufactures, including woolen goods, carpets and rugs other titan rag; felt goods and wool hats: silk nianulacttires, hosiery and knit goods; cordage and twine, linen goods, jute goods and dye ing and finishing textiles. The census shows a capital of $1.04.3,-997-577 invested in the 4,?ii establish ments reporting for the industry. This sum represents only the live capital utilized and the value' of the lands, building, machinery, tools and imple ments. The value of the products is returned at !), 1 .404.566 to produce which involved an outlay of $.23.289, 16J for salaries of officials, clerks, etc., $joo.022.447 for wages, $'tf.iJ2.gt6 for miscellaneous expenses and $52t.,145. 200 for materials ucd, mill supplies, freight and fuel. The report says: "The sudden spring ing of the Southern States into prom inence in the cotton industry is shown strikingly by the totafincrease of capital from $-o.4l'.V4l4 in 1SH0 to $62.62,1729 in 1K90, and to $1.17.172.561 in 1000. Ten years ago, and also in 18S0, Georgia was easily the leader among the .Southern States, but it has now been surpassed by both South Carolina and North Car olina, in each of which States the value of products was not much less than in the States of Maine and New Hamp shire, where the industry has been es tablished for half a century, and in the number of hands employed both North and South Carolina surpass both of these New England States, The growth m Alabama has heen also very great, the amount of capital having almost exactly quadrupled in 10 ten years." Roosevelt In New Quarters. President Roosevelt held his Cabinet meeting in the old residence formerly occupied by Gen. Winficld Scott on Jackson Place, fronting on Lafayette Square, which will serve as his home until the repairs to the White House are completed in the autumn. It is the first time since the White House was built 87 years ago that a Cabinet meeting in Washington has been held outside of its walls, although President Roosevelt has had frequent conferences with members of his of ficial family at the residence of Senator ilanna which practically amounted to Cabinet sessions. The new home of the President was fully prepared for hint when he returned here from his trip to New England. The policemen who guard the grounds and the lower Moor of the old mansion had been trans ferred to the steps and sidewalk of the new home, and during the entire day there was an air of activity about that section of the square. Cost of the Census. An official resume of the twelfth ccn- fus. just issued by the Director of the Census, shows that the total expendi tures to date approximate $12,000,000. The total maximum number of employ ees of the census was 59.373. The cleri cal force reached its maximum in 1900 "ftli 3554 persons employed here. There were 2648 special agents in the field collecting statistics. The bound volumes of the reports on population, manufacturing, agriculture and vital statistics arc being shipped from the census office at the rate of 1000 per day, and shortly will be in the hands of the public. There will be over 100,000 volumes, aggregating 10,000,000 printed pages of statistical matter. There has been a series of bulletins issued during the work, numbering in all about 250, involving 5500 printed pages. Arbitration Board. The labor committee of the House considered the bill creating a national board of arbitration to deal with strikes, &c, which was introduced by Mr. Mc Dermott ( N. J.) because of the contin uance of the coal strike. Chairman Gardner called attention to the prostrating influence of a long continued strike, which he said might be more serious than a national panic. It was the general view of the com mittee that a legally effective compul sory arbitration measure would be im possible, but that one which would se cure investigation and publicity of the merits of a controversy would exert a strong moral influence, backed by the National Government, in adjusting strikes. Payment for McKinley't Doctors. The Senate agreed to the conference report on the isthmian canal bill and the general deficiency bill, the last of the big supply measures, was passed. A slight protest was made against the apropriations of $500,000 for the Buf falo Exposition and $160,000 for the Charleston, S. C, Exposition, but fi nally they were included in the bill. The measure also carries $45,000 for the payment of the expenses of the last illness and death of President McKin ley, That amount including the pay of the physicians. Census on Pens and Panclls. A Census Bureau report on the man ufacture of pens and pencils in the United States for 1900 shows a total of $3,671,741 invested in 55 establishments. The value of the products is returned at $4.22,149. Capital News in General Mr. E. G. Ra'.hbone, who was for merly director general of posts of Cuba, and who was convicted in Cuba of charges involving maladministration of his office, petitioned Congress to order a congressional investigation of all his acts in Cuba. The petition was pre sented by Senator I tiler. Congressman Bell, of Colorado, in troduced a resolution asking for an in vestigation into the disposition of the surplus flowers from the government gardens. In his testimony before the Senate committee Admiral Dewey testified that Aguinaldo was a figurehead a tool in the hands of men far stronger than he. The House adopted resolutions de claring the seat occupied by Mr. Butler, of Missouri, vacant, on the ground lliat there had been no valid election. The Morgan Panama resolution went to the calendar without action. It Will take a vote of the Senate to get it up. The Secretary of War has directed the preparation of a general order for the establishment at Washington Bar racks of an army war college in Wash ington for the most advanced instruc tion of army officers. The proposed college will be under the immediate di rection of a board of five olhcers detail ed from the army at large. ' The President named William Mu hone for collector of customs, district of Petersburg, Va. Robert Smalls was named for die Beaufort (S. C.) district. The House Labor Committee rendered a favorable report on the bill empower ing the President to appoint Federal ar bitration boards. PLANS AMNESTY FOR FILIPINOS If Senate and House Agree on Philip pine Government Bill. FREES ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS. It It Hoped that It May Be Issued on the Glorious Fourth, and It Will Be if the Phil Ipplne Civil Qovtrnment Bill If a Law on That Day Troops now In the Islands Will Remain. Washington, D. C. (Special). At the last meeting of the Cabinet the terms of an amnesty proclamation to the F'ili pinos, which it is contemplated to issue on the Fourth of July, were agiecd upon. The War Department for some time has had under consideration the draft of a proclamation and has found it necessary to make a number of changes in its text. In its modified state it was agreed to by the Cabinet and Secretary Root will cable it to Acting Governor WrigTit for his inspection. If it meets the hitter's approval nothing will icmain but for the President, if the Philippine Civil Government bill is a law on that day, as it is now expected it will be. to issue on Independence Dav a formal proclamation setting forth terms of am nesty for all political offenders .in the islands, including Aguinaldo and those held at Guam. The proclamation is based on the gen eral objects of the Philippine Govern ment Bill, namely, to restore peace in the archipelago and substitute a civil for a military administration, That bill is now in conference and the proclamation will not be issued until it has been agreed upon by both houses and the President has affixed his signature to it. The proclamation will declare that a state of peace now exists in the Philip pine Islands, save in the parts of the archipelago where the Mindanao or pa gan tribes arc giving the United States a great deal of trouble, and will declare in effect that with the transfer of the government of the archipelago from a military to a civil status all those arrest ed and held for political offenses shall be restored to liberty, granted full amnes ty and allowed to take part in the civil government that it to be inaugurated on the islands. While the proclamation is subject to changes in text, the general language of the document is pretty well mapped out. There was a discussion by the Cabinet of the treatment that should be accord ed the political prisoners of the islands. There is no intention, it is stated, to release those prisoners convicted of other than political offenses, criminal ,orTcndcrs being left to the action of the proper authorities under the coming civil government. The purpose is to demonstrate that motives of humanity and generosity dictate the American course toward the F'ilipinos. When the islands are turned over to the civil au thorities they will not be left without adequate military protection, as no more troops will be ordered home for the present and every precaution will be taken for the military safeguarding of the islands. THE DRIEBL'ND IS RENEWED. Treaty Prolonging the Triple Alliance Signed At Berlin. Berlin The treaty provid ing for the prolongation of the alli ance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy (the Drcibund) was signed in Berlin by the imperial chan cellor, Count von Buelow ; the Aus trian ambassador, L. von Szogyeny Marich, and the Italian ambassador. Count Lanza di Busca. The alliance was renewed in its original form. The announcement of the signing of the document did not cause surprise, the renewal of the Dreibund having been taken as a foregone conclusion since Count von Buelow's conferences with the Italian and Austrian ministers during the Easter holidays. The Ger man officials have never evinced the slightest concern at the many reports emanating from Paris and other diplo matic centers representing the prospects of a renewal of the Drcibund to be gloomy and they knew all along that Italy's flirtation with France was not intended to be disloyalty to her Teu tonic allies. The officials here regard the signing as preparing the way for a renewal of the commercial treaties between the three countries, although emphasizing Germany's determination to keep political and economical ques tions apart. GREAT 0UN COMPLETED. It WLI Throw a 2,010 Pound Project le I Twenty-One Miles. j Albany, N. Y. (Special). After four ! years the 16-inch gun which has been in the course of construction at the Watcr vliet Arsenal is completed. TMc death-dealing monster is the larg est fcim ever made, and if it proves a success more of the same style will be made for the seacoast defense. It is to he shipped to Sandy Hook as soon as its carriage, which is being made at Washington, is finished, and when it is proved the artillery experts of the world will be present at the trial. It is claim ed the gun will throw a shot 21 miles. In order to discharge it it will require l.oco pounds of powder and a 2.000 pound projectile. Its mechanism is so simple that it can be operated bv a child. After some deliberation it has been decided to put the gun on a dis appearing carriage at Fort Hamilton, 'i he gun weighs joo.ooo pounds. A Somnambulists Crime. Nashville, Ind. (Special). While walking in his sleep, John Snyder, aged 18 years, living near Brent's Grove, eight miles south of this place, seized an axe and fatally chopped his brother Grover aged 20 years. The victim is terribly lacerated about the body and legs and his recovery is considered im possible. John says he was dreaming burglars were in the house and that he was beating them off when he seized the axe and attacked his brother. Killed By a Tunnel Blast. Altoona, Pa. (Special). John Mc Kenna, proprietor of the Gallitzin Ho tel, and president of the Borough Council, was instantly killed and Thos. Killespie seriously injured by the firing of a blast at the new (init-yi,, t,,..,..,! ni the Pennsylvania Railroad. McKcnna and Gillespie were sitting on the porch of the hotel directly in front of the opening of the tunnel when the blast was set off. A huge piece of rock struck McKenna on the head, crush ing his skull, while Gillesiiie'n iaw wn broken by a smaller stone. MORE PAY TOR 103,000. The Steel Trait to Advance Ita Wares Ten Per Cent. Pittsburg (Special). What is said to be the largest voluntary increase ever known in the wages of loo.ooo men has been decided upon by the United States Steel Corporation. The men will receive an advance of 10 per cent., which will increase the annual pay roll of the corporation by $4,000,000. i ho advance applies to union as well as non-union men. Strictly speaking, it npplics to non-tonnage men of every constituent company in the corporation. 'I his decision has just been reached by the executive committee of the cor poration after conferences with the high est officials of the underlying concerns. The first men to profit by the increase were those of the Carnegie Steel Com pany, who were not already working un der a private scale. The next advance will come to the employees of the Amer ican steel and wire plants. In the Pittsburg district something like 30,000 men are entitled to the in crease. Chief among them are the blast furnace workers, "day men," laborers and maihinists. The wages of the fur nace workers at the Edgar Thompson and Homestead Steel works and all the furnaces operated by the Carnegie Com pany were advanced without notice. Men working under a private scale will be debarred from the advance, as well as coal miners, coke workers, rod men and tube workers. Out of the total munbct.of employees of the corporation, about one-third are paid 011 the tonnage basis. It is expected that the largest independent s'eel and iron producers of the country will grant their day men, laborers, machinists and blast furnace workers a similar advance. SEVERE STORMS IN MANY PLACES. Two Killed by a Tornado In Texas Unusu ally Heavy Rain In Chicago. Wallis, Tex. (Special). A tornado which struck a Bohemian settlement near here has killed several persons and injured many others. Many houses were blown to pieces, and the crops were laid waste. Several negroes arc also reported killed. Louisville, Ky. (Snecial). A tele phone message from Charlestown, Ind., 30 miles from here, states that that sec tion was visited by a .severe windstorm, causing several thousand dollars dam age. Chicago (Special). For 24 hours Chicago was in the grasp of one of the heaviest storms of the year. Much damage was done to truck farms near the city, and the continued wet ha caused heavy loss to florists, many of whom will be compelled to plant their flowers ove'r again. The flower beds in many of the parks have been ruined. Edwardsville, III. (Special). A ter rific coudburst swept over the greater portion of Madison county, doing much damage to the crops and washing away bridges and railroad tracks. The Illin ois Central track, cast of Poag, was washed out. The damage to crops can not be estimated. In the bottoms whole fields of wheat stacks have been swept away. Farmers from Wanda and Poag came to Edwardsville and offered high pay to laborers to assist in saving their grain. Louisville, Ky. (Special). One man was killed and several thousand dollars damage Was sustained as a result of a windstorm which occurred in the north western section of the city. STORM WRECKS A TUO. The Craft Blown on End and Five Men are Drowned. Washington, N. C. (Special). With a fearful burst of thunder and lightning one of the hardest electric storms ever known visited this city. The average velocity of the wind was about 45 miles an hour, though it came in flaws as hard as 50. The lug J. L. Patterson, belonging to the Kugler Lumber Com pany, was towing two schooners run by E. B. Moore, the fish dealer here, and when the squall struck the wind turned the boat on her side and she took water. The boat was turned on end and the pilot house was entirely torn away, car rying with it two persons. Five persons were on the boat. All were drowned. The United States buoy tender Violet was in port, and it took on two subma rine "divers and went to the scene oi the disaster. Several tugs are assisting in the recovery of the bodies. Thirty-Five Were Injured. . Marlboro, Mass. (Special). In a head-on collision between two heavily loaded cars on the Hudson Division of the Marlboro Street Railway, Motor man John H. Harris received injuries which caused his death and about 35 passengers and employees were injured, several of them to such an extent that they were removed to hospitals for treatment. Motorman Harris was ter ribly crushed and died while being taken to the F'ramington Hospital. Motorman Moore also received severe injuries about the head and body. Con ductor Felix Sawyer, although appar ently only slightly injured, went into convulsions shortly aiter the accident and is in a serious condition. Were Probably Murdered. Manila (By Cable). Though there is no positive proof that the four Ameri can teachers of Celni, Island of Cebu, who have been missing since June 10, when they started on a dav's outing, have been killed, there Is litile doubt that they were murdered, as members of the constabulary who killed a man ior resisting arrest found on his person the revolver, watch and chain which had belonged to Mr. Thomas, one of the teachers referred to.. ODDS AND ENDS0HTHJ NEW j. The winter car barns of the Richmond (Va.) Passenger anil Power Company were burned. Mayor Holden, -of Zancsville, Ohio, was fined $100 for contempt of court by Police Judge Reed. Terrell Tipton was shot and killed while sitting in u barber's chair in Ehr mandalc, Ind, An elaborate ceremony attended the .presentation by Robert 5..lcCor mick of his credentials to Emperor Francis Joseph us Ambassador of the United States to Austria-Hungary. The Ameer of Afghanistan lias mar ried his daughters to six prominent chiefs, including the conimunder-iii-cliici of the Afghan forces. " City Councils at Council Bluffs, Iowa, have granted an tight-hour day on all city work. It is stated upon the authority of a leading director of the Amalgamated Company that the directors will declare a dividend oi , per cent, next month, the same rate as three months ago. The House pasted the Philippine Government Bill by a party vote, eavc that one Republican voted with the Democrats, PENNSYLVANIA BRIEFLY TOLD. Special Dtfpstchcs Boiled Down for Quick Healing. CENSUS REPORT ON STATE FARMS. List of Patents aid PensloniOranlcd Nearly Lynched for a Klsn National Guard Stand. Ing P. R. R. Gels Steel Plant-Hurled Fifty Feet by Cvnamlle Esploa on Old Trunk Meld 5,000 In Bonds. Patents grnnted: Alfred M. Acklin. Pittsburg, conveyer, also flight for con veyers; Richard Barr, Ravine, combi nation measuring instrument; Thomas. A. Dicks, Wilkinsburg, changeable speed and reversing gear; George II. Caughcrty, Mil vale, hose coupling; Vrank W. Garrett, Johnstown, trolley for electric railways; Charles L. Hus ton, Coatcsvillc, cover plate for boilers; Patrick R. Kecfe, Sharpsbiirg, beer tapping apparatus; Bert Kelly, Du qucsne, dumping apparatus; Henry F. Mann, Allegheny, plate metal car wheel; Frank G. McPheron. Beaver F'alls. mandolin attachment; Frank A. Merrick and E. W. Stull. Johnstown, control of electric motors; James S. Taylor, Fnirplain. union clipping ma chine; Francis H. Treat. Pittsburg, cover mechanism for pit furnaces; John J. Tuilncy, Pittsburg, lubricator. Pensions granted: Jwhn Carter, Bea ver, $6; Clarence N. Gcsin, Cherry Tree-, $6; Joseph Teeters', Ruffsdale. $14: John Harrison, White Deer, $8; Uriah Trcssler, Summit Mills, $10; William MahafTcy, Beltzhoover, $12; Lewis Simniins, Sugar Grove, $12; Joseph Williams, Moriah, $10; Wm. II. Stover, Strattbnville, $12; Johr Eckel, Johnstown, $10; Eli F. Miller, Huntsdale, $10; Charles T. An .tin, Wcllsboro. $8; George VV. Powell, New Brighton. $S; Joseph Mcllvcnny, New Castle. $8; Potter Tate, ricasant Gap, $10; James G. Covey, Coudersport, $6; William Turnbaugh, Altoona. $12; Henry Swords, Mt. Joy, $8; Richard 1 Whitmeycr, Pine Summit, $10: Ho ratio H. Lamb, Mansfield, $12; Eliza beth W. Harry, Unionville, $12; Sarah A. Boyer. Mt. Pleasant Mill. $12: Mar garet Frick. Dravisburg. $8; Mary E. Williams. Pittsburg, $8; Ann K. Par sons. Gillct:, $8; Cynthia M. Madison, Silvara, $12; minor of Robert N. Pais ley, Sharon. $10; Eliza Vanarde, Bea ver Falls. $8; Mary D. Rankin, Plum ville, $8; Margaret E. Norris, Upper Middlctown. $8: Sarah Allen. Washing ton. 8; William D. Taggart, Girard, $H; Thomas Dravton. Russell. $8; John T. Cavanaugh, Sharon, $6; Walter R. Col lins, Braddock. $10; William Richard son, Callery. $12; James M. Crawford, Canonshtirg, $10. The National Guard order rela'inp; to the spring inspections was issued by Ad jutant General Stewart. Company I, Thirteenth Regiment. Easton, stands at the head of the division with a general average of 98.87. In the batteries, A of Philadelphia, ranks first with 91, ami in the cavalry Philadelphia First and Second City Troops head the list witlr 36.71 and 96.14, respectively. Next to Easton, Company I. Eighth Regiment,, of llarrisburg, and Company E, Fourth- Regiment, of Pottsville, are tied for second place with 98. The highest companies in the other regiments are: K, First, 97.6; C, Second, 94.3; A, Third, 96.2; V. Fifth, 97.87; A. Sixth, C47: A. Ninth. 97-7: A. Tenth, 9362; B, Twelfth, 97.87: D, Fourteenth, 96.37; B, Sixteenth, 97.62; E. ICighteenth, C5.50. In the cavalry, after the First and second Troops, come Sheridan Troop, 95. and Governor's 'Troop, 92.14. Division B, of the navy, is first with 89.77. General Stewart says there is much improvement as compared; with the spring inspection of tool, but further improvement is expected. 'The census report . on agriculture iiv Pennsylvania, just issued, shows that the farfns of Pennsylvania, June I, 1900,. numbered 224.248, nd were valued at $898,272,750. Oi this amount 64 per cent, is the value of the land and im provements other than buildings. The value of farm implememsand machin ery was $50,917,240,. and live stock $102,439,183. These values, added to that of farms, gives $1,051,629,173 as the total value of farm property. The total value oi all such products, to gether with the total value of farnt products for 1890, was $207,895,600, of which 39 per cent, represents the value of animal products and 61 per cent, the value of crops, including forest pro ducts cut or produced on farms. The gross farm income for 1899 was $150, 851.830. The gross income on invest ment in 1899 was 14 per cent. While Reuben Bolinger'and Edward! Brodc, two 17-year-old boys of Coal mont, were sitting with a friend on a coal car at the foot of a steep grade leading up to Hickcs shaft No. 2, Hunt ington, some runaway cars rushed down the incline and struck the cars, on which they were sitting with tre mendous force. The cars were reduced to kindling wood and Bolinger and Brode were instantly killed. Their friend, who was sitting between them, escaped serious injury. Because he was alleged to have at tacked a 7-year-old girl, J. D. Sweeney, a Clarion constable, was placed in jail to prevent a lynching, a mob of 150 people having gathered about his house. Sweeney called the child into his store and admits that he kissed her, but says, he did not injure her in any way, Jolfn Young and David Ferry, em ployed at Duerr Quarries, Rcdington. were killed by premature explosion of dynamite. The bodies were hurled 50 tecs. It was given out in Pottsville that the Pennsylvania Railroad will control the Pottsville Iron and Steel Works, which will resume work shortly after an idleness of five years. It is said that the bulk of the structural work for the New York city underground terminal line will be dune at the local plant. A second mortgage on tlic mills, amount ing to $300,000, was lifted. Thieves broke into the postoffice at Mechanicsburg and stole $150 in stamps and money and seT-ra! hundred dollars' worth of merchandise belong ing to the store in which the office is located. 'The annual commencement exercises of the Nes(iiehoning High School graduating clasji were held in Metho dist Episcopal Church. 'The gradu ates and their subjects were: Alice Watkins, salutatorian; Annie Dixon, class historian; Kate McGorry, valedic torian, and Ced McDonald. Florence Edwards, the a-year-olJ daughter of ICdgar Edwards, of Mor ton, was almost burned to death. The child was playing near a pile of burn ing brush when her clothes ignited. She was removed to the Children's Hospital. There is little hope of her recovery.
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