IKE U1BT FOREIGN iNTELUGENCL PLOT AGAINST THE KING. Premi-r Ralliand Bit Colleagues Said to Be Planning to Overthrow tht Dynasty. The Berlin correspondent of lha Daily London Mail says: "From a ltussiau source comes news of a conspiracy against Klnc aeorge, of Greece, far mora deeply rooted than was supposed. There Is indubitable evidence thai Premier Italli aud tils colleagues in the Cabinet are are gravely implicated in a plot to overthrow the dynasty. 'The Cologne Zeltung nays that Greece will have to pay a large Indemnity. to reduce tier army to ao.OOO men anil to give up her fleet." The correspondent of the Time at Con atautlnople says: "The Hullau has ordered the official oeusora to suppress any sym pathetic allusion to, or anxieties concerning, the Greek royal family, or to mention the Improvement In Greek lumls. Tile police In the (ialnta section of the city have lieen ord ered to arrest all persons dealing In Greek securities." An Athens telegram says: There appears to lie little Inclination here to accept the au-cu.tttti-jiiH agin list the royal fumily made in certain of the newspapers auJ the mainten ance of order Is fully accused. Crown Prluce Constantin has rocelved nu invitation to attend Queen Victoria's !la raond Jubilee next month. The opportunity for kuch n visit on the part of the Crown Prince ha given rise to much discussion. The Athens correspondent of the Standard says- "King treorga paid a visit to M. Ouou, the lliissian Minister, and af:r a two hours' Interview sent a long telegram to Emperor Nicholas, urging him to intervene on behalf of Greece." A dispatch to the Times from Cnnia, Isl and of Crete, dated Sunday, suys that armed Mussulmans made a sortie from Candla Sat urday night, killing 14. The dispatch adds: "This is certain to havo a serious conse quence, ns It will Incense the Cretans, who will make reprisals." THE 6DSDHY CIVIL BILL Home and Senate Conferreet Agree Upon tht Amendments to the Measure. The conferrees on the sundry civil appro priation bill have nerved. The most import ant amendment to the bill whs that revoking the order of President Cleveland of February 22, 1"'J7, yetting apart -.'1,000,000 acres of laud as lorest reservations. The Senate amend ment hat beeu modified by providing that tlm President may modify or revoke the proclamation and It Is provided that the lands embraced In the reservations not dis posed of before March 1, lcWH, shall bo sub ject to operations of the order of February 22. or as they may be niodilled by the Presi dunt, The general provisions for the govern ment of the forest reservations are retained as provided in the Senate amendments. A provision is inserted allowing settlers to take other lands in the public domains. The appropriation (or Pearl harbor, Hawaii, iarcdiui'd to S10.0O0. The appropriation for a government exhibit ut the Omulia Expo sition is loft at tUOU.OOO, the (7J.IHI0 increase of the Senate being stricken out. The amend ment for investigation of sugar production remains In tbo bill. The appropriation for the Improvement of tlm Lower Mississippi river Is Increased to 82,!3:l,;i:l8 and is made Immediately available, by contract or other wise, in the discretion of the Secretary of War. 'I he net reduction from the Senate ainendineiils Is tMO.OOO. Tlio total of the bill as agreed to is W,WJ,II5I. AN INTERVIEW WITH WEYLER. Ha Says Reoognitloa of Cuban Hone Thieves Would Be Ridioulous. The New York Morning Journal prints, under dale of Cliufu'M'e'ubn, May ill, an luterview wlih ( apt. Gen. Weyltr. Speaking of the action of the senate in passing the Morgan belligerency resolution, Weylor suid: "I am not surprised, nor shall I be, if the house should concur in the senate resolution Ulld send it to the president. Your jingoes aremtno saddle, and evidently bent upon forcing the country into some serious foreign complications In order to ill-tract attention from the fast approaching internal crisis. The. few acatleilng bauds of Cuban dynamiters, railroad wreckers, horso and cattle thieves, plantation burners and high waymen, now in the Held here, who hold no I port and possess no seat of civil government, lave no right to expect recognition. Such distinction at President McKiuley's hands, issued in the face of my own proclamation officially declaring the greater part of the island to be already pacified, would hold the Washington executive up to the ridicule of European powers and prompt a healthy out burst of sympathy. BANK OFFICIALS 00 WRONG. Cashier and Teller Short in Their Ac count!. National Hank Kxutiilner ('banning Iling tain has sworn out warrants before I'nited states Commissioner Kirk;vrick, at F.aston I'a., for Ihe arrest of ".lohu B. Melxell, cashier, and Willis II. linen, teller, of the liouth llethlehem national bank, fur embez r.l'irueiit. The amount is not yet delluitely ascertained, but from what has been discov ered upon early examination it is stated authoritatively by several of the directors to be fi.OOD or 'J,0ii0, which amount will not materially Injure the bank. The entire loss will be made good from undivided profits and ny the directors. It is said that Cashier Melxell left town for parts unknown. 'I lie teller, after laaving the bunk apparently f,,r lunch, failed to re turn, and the examination disclosed that bis oash account was snort about S.UOO. al though it bud beeu correct the day before. Teller lloch returned and restored t.Hli) of the missing funds. It is euld that ( ashier Melxell bad been dabbling iu stocks. .Melx ell is 45 years of age, married and well connected. A CUBAN FILIBUSTER. Ont IiiuiN of Haw Supplies. It., are Lands! ea tht Island. A detailed account of the loading ot the tug Alexander Jones and her departuie with the schooner John D. Long on a Cuban fili bustering expedition was given out at Wilmington, N. C, by member of the orew of the Alexander Jones, which returned to port several days ago. Ills story substanti ally Is as follows: On Thursday night, May IS, the Jones took on a cargo of rifles, machetes,rapld-flr guna and ammunition at the wharf of the Wilming ton, New Hern A Norfolk railway. In the southern limits of the city. Before she had entirely finished her cargo a report was start ed that officers were approaching and that the revenue cutter Morrill was gettlug up steam. Taking alarm at this, the Jones puli- ea out, auu started uown the river at 10:44 p. m., and In a few hours crossed the bar and anchored outside. The schooner John l. Long, having mean while bn loaded with coal and other mate rial at the Wilmington A Weldon railroad wharf, wis shortly afterward towed out to sea by the tug Jacob lirandon, going past the revenue cutter Colfax. On the schooner were General Nunez and another officer of the Cuban army, a Cuban pilot and Captain jonn u linen, oi tne iilibusterlug tug Daunt less. At the sea buoy they went on hoard the Jones, auchored nearby, aud Captain O'Brien took charge of the expedition. A hawser was made fast from the Jones to the schooner, ami early Friday morning the tug steamed to Ihe south with her tow. The Ja cob lirandon returned to Soutbport. On the way down the coast uo uort was entered, but off I'nlm Beach, on the coast of Florida, 62 Cubans were taken on board. The Jones then towed. the schooner to the Ilahamas, and iu the vicinity anchored in Ihe open sen on Tuesday May 18. On Thursday, May '20, the lllibuster linuntleas hoved iu sight, and came alongside the Jones and schooner. TORTURED. Armed Men Earned a Man's Hands and Feet and Firs His House. Shortly after midnight three heavily armed men forced tbuir way into the home of Henry Forsythe, an aged aud wealthy baoh elor, living on Phillip! pike, two miles back of Bridgeport. Henderson county, W. Va., and awakeniug the old mau duinuuded money. He gave them all he bad, but they were not sntlslled and demanded tiiOO more,wbicb he had been paid durlug the week for cattle. Falling to make him turn over this amount by threats, they bound him, saturated his feet and bands with oil, set him all re and, standing by, slowly poured the liquid upon his burning body as tuey repeated their de mands. Forsythe dually fainted, when the Mends, thinking him securely bound, left the building to search the barn. When the Injured man camo to his senses he found himself aloue, with the bonds burn ed loose, and be managed to crawl out of the house Into the woods. Later in the night the miscreants returned, aud to conceal their crinio they tired the building, which was en tirely consumed. The tire aroused the neighboring farmers, who hurried to the scene. They fouu I F'orsythe in a frightful condition, both hands being burned to crisp and his feet entirely consumed. ONLY THE OILT SI0N LEFT. Two Blind Pool Conoerns Fail in Hew York The sign of '('. T. Smith A Co., Invest ment agents, stocks, bonds, grain and pro visions bought und sold," Is still up In gilt letters on the door of au otUca on the fourth floor of the Syndicate building, Liberty and Nassau streets, Now York, but the ofllce Is empty. The furniture was sold last Thurs day to satisfy a chattel mortguge. C. T. Smith A Co. advertised that their discretion ary syndicates paid customers over (i per vent, a week. One of the firm was F. A. I'hllllps, Jr., a member of the Consolidated stock mid I'o troleum exchange, who failed in that ex change a few weeks ago, aud whose connec tion with C. T. Smith A Co. is now under in vestigation Ho hud loft the concern before he failed. Tho agent f the Syndicate building said that the rent had beeu paid for this mouth, but that the whereabouts of Mr. Smith or other members of the llrm was unknown. 11. M. Hamlin another dealer in discretion ary syndicates, who bad his office at 115 Broadway, has ceased operations. He omit ted on departing to pay his April rent. POWER OF THE PRESIDENT. Supreme Court Deoidei That He Can Remove Officeholders at Any Tims. The l ulled States Supreme oourt render ed au important decision. Among them was one adverse to the claim of L. K. l'arsons, late I'nited States district attorney for the Northern district of Alabama, l'arsons was removed by 1'resldent Cleveland, but set up a claim that be was entitled to hold the office for four years. The court ruled that the ap pointment might be terminated atauytiuie at the discretion of the 1'resident. This is an important decision, as It confers upon Presi dent McKlnley the power to remove officials whose terms have not expired. Another decision was tlm. a national bank has no right to purchase or subscribe to tho stock of another banking corporation, and that this want of authority can be urged by the bank to defeat uu attempt to enforce against It the liabilities of a stockholder. The case of Blytho vs. Hinckley, Involving th "state of the lute Millionaire ltlvtho, of California, was dismissed for want of Juris diction, The elTect Is to leave the property In the possession of Mrs. Hinckley, daughter of the millionaire. AN AWFUL COLLISION. Fatal Railroad Aeeldtat ia Idaho in Whloh Hint War Killed. A collision between a freight and a pas sengertrain at American Falls, 25 miles west of Pocatello, Idaho, caused the death to tar as known of nine men and the serious injury of eight others. Two of the Matter will die. It was the worst wreck that hat occurred on the short line In many yean. The west-bound passenger train was wait ing for the freight at American Falls, stand log in front of the station. The freight com ing east ran away on the bill It Is thought the airbrake was tampered with. The freight, runuing 60 mllea an hour, crashed Into the passenger tram, which was already backing up right in front of the station. Two men were on the station platform, of whom one was killed and the other fatally Injured. The station building was shatter ed. Both engines were converted Into scrap iron aud 20 freight cars piled up In aheap. Eight sheep shearers and tramps were crushed to death. SHOT FOUR MEN. Brother Of Ont of the Viotimt Then Killed the Murderer With A Gun. The little town of Oak man, Walker county, Ala., was the scene of a desperate shooting affray. The following are the dead: Isaac Appllug, aged 60, mayor of Oakman, aud leading merchant of the place. Charles Williams, aged 80. a machinist. Andrew Richards, clerk in the store of Appling Bros., shot lu the head; will die. Montgomery Appling, brother and business partner of Mayor Appllug, shot in the body; wound not fatal. William liiincan, an Englishman, shot In the head an back: will die. The two Apnllngs, Duncan and Richards were shot by Williams. The latter was slain by Montgomery Appllug. Williams was a traveling machinist, who recently came to Oakman from Mississippi to secure work at the coal mines. While intoxicated he enter ed the store of Appling Bros., the largeit business bouse at Oakman, and became bois terous. Mayor AppllDg, after ordering him out. was about to call the police, when Williams drew a revolver aud opened fire on Appling, who fell dead at the llrst shot with a bullet in bis heart. Montgomery Appling, who was stand ing behind the couuter.only a few feet away, snatched up a Winchester rifle and began llrlug on the murderer. Williams received two rille balls in his body, but after he had fallen continued llrlug until he bad emptied bis pistol. Andrew Klchards, a clerk, was shot in the head by Wllllami while trying to escape from tho place. William Duncan, who has been prospecting lu Walker county, was shot in the leg and back. Montgomery Appling was also wounded. It Is thought both Duncan and Klchards will die. SILVER MEN SHUT OUT BANE TAX IS LEGAL The Pennsylvania Aot of 1831 is Constitu tional. The constitutionality of the legislative act of lrt.il of Pennsylvania regarding tno taxa tion of national hanks was affirmed by the l'nit"d states uupreme court. It wusthu case of the Merchants A Manufacturers' Na tional bank of Pittsburgh against the com monwealth, and the opinion of the court, which was handed down by Justice Brewer, affirmed the docisiou of the supreme court of the stute. This case Involves ubout (20,000 In taxes due the commonwealth, nud the Third No tional, the First National and the Peoples' National hanks of Pittsburgh are also inter ested In the decision. '1 he ease was argued at Washington, D. ('..about three weeks ago, with Deputy Attorney General Elklu for tho commonwealth and Judge .lore Wilson, of Washington, for the bank. This settles the litigation, and the stute treasury will soon receive back taxes to the amount stated above. Bulleti Prevent Elopement May Campbell, a variety actress who came to St. Louis from flDciunatl, hid In a clothes oloset In Maud Devere's room and listened while her husband aud Miss Devere arraugod fur an elopement. Then Mrs. Campbell merged with a revolver and put five bullets into her husband and onu into Maud Devere. She then walked to the F'our Courts and gave herself up. Campbell was taken In a dying condition to the City Hospital. When a de leotlva brought lu his wife and asked him to identify her as bis assailant be refused to do o and kissed her uffoctlountely. A New Triok. A new swindling game has come to light which deserves special mention in order to put rural friends ou their guard. Some time ago a mau cume Into tbo neighborhood of Vienna, Ohio, aud claimed to be selliug car riages, having three or four along. He hail sold several and was on his way to deliver them. In order to avoid jading his horse with nn unnecessary loud, he asked Frank Booth to allow him to store one of the vehicles in his barn until he returned, which would lie the following day. This was allow ed, but the man failed to return until last week, when ie returned demaudlug pay on the claim that he hud sold und delivered the carriuge. Booth demurred aud the matter has been taken luto oourt. Steel Fenoes For tht C. and P. R. R. The Cleveland A Pittsburg division of the Pennsylvania lino is to be proiectei from cattle by steel fences. One thousand steel posts have been ordered from the Bond Steel Post company of Adrian, Mich., and they are to be put down at once. It Is understood that woven wire steel fences will be attached to the posts. Such fences are very hand some aud durable, aud easily kept iu repair, and are rapidly laklug the place ot other kinds of of fauces. BRIEF MENTION. The Nebraska Prohibition state convention omitted a money plank as au olive branch to the free silver prohibitionists. The large grain elevator at Kndford, III. owned by Wllker A Snell. was destroyed by fire. The structure bad Just been rebuilt A Ht. Louis millionaire and bis secretary were arrested in New York for attempt lug to smuggle (3,000 worth ot jewelry into the country. An engine on the Jamaica railroad ran Into a trolley car In a tunnul killing three persons aud Injuring four others at Kingston, Jamaica. No Room in Rational Bepublioan League Convention. The National Republican leainie has aerv. ed notice upon the league In the Western silver States that the delegates to the Nation. al convention In Detroit in July must be In accordance with the party platform. The .r.jUuu cuuiuimen oi ine league met iq make urrungements for the coming conven tion. The condition of the league lu the Western Ktutes where tbo party veto was nearly wiped out but fall was brought up through the presence of John A. Deweese, of Denver, who said hu represented the Repub licans who voted for McKlnley, and he waul ed to know what the convention proposed to do lu the way of reorganizing the Republi cans who stood by their party in the Silver States. He disclaimed being a place hunter, but, ho thought the league should recognize tliut the leaders iu Colorado had deserted the organization last fall. He suggested the league be reorganized iu that State, The Executive committee delegated to President Woodmausee and Seeretury Dowllng tho duty to appoint a provisional organization lu Colorado aud any other State lu which It might appear that the old organization is uo louger lu control of Republicans iu accord with the party. The basis of representation to the July convention was made four for each congressional district and 10 at large in each State. A TENDENCY TO IMPROVE. President Thomion, of the P. R. R, Talkt After an Inspection Trip. President Thomson, of the Pennsylvania railroad oompany, has returned from an In spection trip over the lines between Phila delphia and Pittsburg, and the Pennsylvania company's lines west of the latter city. Mr, Thomsou said: "I am very much pleased with the general conditlou of the property, notwithstanding the enforced economies of the past eight or uine months. In Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Cleve land, Louisville, Indlauap.dis aud Chicago I foiiud the tendency toward improvement strong. The universal opinion lu the west is that tho crops of the coming season will be unusually heavy. "As soon as we find that the trnfflo Is In creasiug and other conditions warrant It, we are prepared to expend the usual amounts for improvements. The commercial depres sion has been felt most severely lu the iron aud steel business, aud us the Pennsylvania system passes through the districts most directly interested iu that kind of traffic, we naturally feel the depression more keenly than some of the other roads. However the teudeucy toward Improvement U strong," SIX MILLION FOUNDS. BIG STRIKE OF MINERS.- Vatioaal Exesntivs Beard of TJalUa Xtmt Worktn Decide to Tako Astitr. One of tho biggest strike to tho history of tho eoal Industry it about to begin. This hat been decided by tho national executive board of tho United Mlno Workert ot Ameri ca, It will be tho climax of a series of long struggles, and the Pittsburg district will bo the center ot operations. With tho minors in the Pittsburg district, tha'diggert in Ohio and West Virginia wilt also go out When tho order to strike go into effect in a tow days, more than fiO.000 men will begin a grand struggle to get higher rates for the production of coal. It will bo a strike against a strong combi nation of coal interests, which by reason of business opportunities has been formed. It was tot organtzed with any concerted action or understanding. AU ot tho largest opera tors went into the scheme to get control of the business, and if the mines were kept run ning during the lake season tbey would be masters of tho situation, as far as tho price concerned. This year the conditions lu the lake markets are entirely different from what they were in former year. Time was when the smaller operators could market coal on the lake front, but thlt year all has beeu cbauged. Now tbey cannot dispose of any coal unless it goeo through tbo hands of one of 13 coal companies. While the miners in the Pittsburg district have been battling against a reduction ot 64 cents a ton the operators have been quietly at work on the lake fronts. Every toot of dockage is now In the hands of one of the 13 companies. With coal mined at 54 cents, they would lie In virtual control of the mar ket and need not (ear inroads by any ot the smaller operators. KITES AS WEATHER PROPHETS. Tbo Foreotttt to Bt Improved By Beadingi From Aloft For tome weeks the weather bureau liss been experimenting with kites tent up from one or two miles above tho earth, and at a result the officials believe that they will toon be able to forecast the weather for at least 10 hours longer than at present aud with greater accuracy. Dally readings have been taken at three altitudes, and the fact bat been established that shifting of the wind occurs at a mile level above the earth's sur face from li to 16 hours before the tamo change ot dlreotlon occurs on the surface, Thlt It doe to the same forces which operate to cause wlndshlftt to produce a storm, one condition being dependent on the other. The moat Imperfect part ot weather forecasts now it the prediction it to ral i or snow. Meteorologists for the past 10 years have been Impressed with the fact that future da ta at to storms must come from a knowledge of upper air conditions. The aeroplane iu vestigatiout have reached that point where It can be sufely Mated that within six months the government weather bureau, for the llrst time in the history of auy meteorol ogical service, can construct u telegraphic synchronic chart based on air conditions one mile above the earth. This chart will cover the conditions between the Alleghen les and the Buckles at the outset. Powtn Deoidi This tht Highest Hark for Indemnity. "The dispatches which the government has received from the representatives of Greece abroud all Indicate that the peace ne gotintiens have taken a turn mora favorable to Greece. Turkey's proposal to occupy Thessnly no longer receives any considera tion owing to England's attitude, while the proposal to abolish the capitulations lu the case of Greek subjects In Turkey Is rejected and the suggested extradition treaty Is ap parently set aside. "The powers havo fixed 1'6,000,0U0 as the highest limit ot indemnity and will allow only Buch a strategic alteration of the fron tier as will not Involve the subjection of any Inhabited district to Turkish rule. Ger many's demand for an Internatlonar control of Greek finances has not been favorably re ceived, as the government hopes to raise a loan abroad on the guarantee of England. Bussia and France at low interest, to pay the indemnity, conceding certain revenues but not accepting tho principle ot foreign control." ABSCONDER MADE RECEIVER. A Runaway Cathier Oott Work at Cripplt Creek. Harry Clark, the cashier ot the Bridgeport O., National bank, who abscounded two weeks ago, It In Cripple Creek, Col. Within a week after hit arrival at Cripple Creek ho waa appointed receiver for a fallen bank there, the name of whloh It unknown to hit friends, who were appraised of tho taut In a long letter received by Mrs. Clark. LESSENED RAILWAY PROFITS. - Report of Directors of tho Peuniylvania Company. The board of directors of the Pennsylvania company, operating the Pennsylvania rail road system west of Pittsburg, met In Phila delphia aud adopted the annual report which will be submitted to the meeting of the stock holders. The Income acoount of the report shows a net nroilt for the year INtNi, after paying all expenses, Interest, rentals, advauces, etc., of t23H,2t6. This amount has been placed to thecredit or the profit aud loss account The detailed expense account shows losses for tbo year in operating leased lines as follows: Pittsburg, Ft. Wavue A Chicago, (jlS.K'.Ki; Erie A Pittsburg,(321,755; Massiilou A Cleve land, (x,773,nud New Castle A Beaver Valley, (US7. The profit from operating the Cleve land A Pittsburg railway was (37,302. President Thomson, iu a general summary, states that the operations of the tatlways em braced iu the system west ot Pittsburg, in cluding the Northwest und Southwest lines, clearly rolled the depressed condition pre vailing in the Industries of the country durlug the past year, the doorcase iu tonnage upon the entire system having been 0,1 12, 0S tons as compared with lM'.lj. A SUIT FOR $1,000,000. Nephewi ot 8amuel Cos Want a Share of tho Property. A suit for a 111, 000 000 has been begun lu the I'nited States court at Hartford, Conn., against Mrs. Elizabeth Colt, of New York, by James B. Colt, of Washington, D. ('., and Norman B. Colt, of Seattle, Wash., nephews of Samuel Colt, who died in lstli The suit is the revoking of legucies to the plaintiffs by Samuel Colt, who made a fortune out of the manufacture ot firearms. lu the com- tlalut, wnioh is sworn to before Charles W. loeuker, notary public, Washington, by James B. Colt, eldest ton of James Colt, the brother of Snmuel Colt, It Is charged that Mrs, Colt influenced her husband to revoke certain codicils to his will which gave to the plaintiffs a certain share ot his estate. She also Induced Samuel Colt to believe, It Is al leged, that letters ooutulnlng scandalous matter were written and sent by James B. Colt or his wife or someone acting under his direction. It Is further asserted that Samuel Colt desired a reconciliation with James B. Colt, but that Mrs. Colt prevented it. CUBANS FOUGHT ONE ANOTHER. Binds of Castillo aud Delgado Had a Fra trioidal Quarrel. It Is officially reported that between Ojo Agua and Uabiuey, Province ot Havana, in surgents of the bauds under Castillo und Delgndo fought among themselves, with the result that five were killed. According to the same authority, the sur render of armed Insurgents continues, and it is said that a band ot insurgent negroes, numberlug 300 and well armed, was surpris ed by local guerrillas, assisted by Spanish regulars, nt Han Dimus, l'lnar del Bio, and compelled to retreat with heavy loss. The guerrillas lost two lieutenants and 35 pri vates, lu Matnuzos 1C armed Insurgents have turrendernd. WAS A SERIOUS AFFAIR. Report From tho Cathedral Firt at Pita Show Nino Killed. The official report of the disaster at the cathedral In Pisa, Italy, upon the occasion of the unveiling of an Image ot the Virgin, when a candle fell, tetllug fire to the build ing aud causing, a panic, shows that nine persons were killed aud 21 others seriously injured. Most of the victims were women, and all ot them residents at Pisa, Dithonett Nstivst. Lord Barstook, Secretary of the Society for the Christian Succor of India, has received a letter from the Rev. J, O. Denning, an American clergyman at Narslnghbur.relatlve to the dishonesty and Incompetence of the natives who are administering the famine fund. Mr. Denning aayt that owing to the action of the Hindoo members of the Local District Cotnmittoe not a tingle half-penny hat reached the poor Hindoot. Ue adds that the members of tbit committee opposed all relief of children on the ground that the only orphanage It Christian, and that to help tbo children would be helping tbo Christians. EBSfCO:i!i:EjEllClFlllL . i FREIGHT RATES. Can't be Fixed for f atara Uee by tho Iator ttate Commission. ' Tho Cnlted State tupremo court decided two cases, holding that tho United State interstate commerce com mission hat no power to prescribe railroad ratea whloh may control In the future. The cases were those ot the commission agalntt tbo Cincinnati A New Orleana railroad company and the Florida A Wettern company. The decision of the court is construed to mean that the Interstate commerce commiasion baa no flower to past upon ratea before they are put nto effect, being oimply empowered to de termine tno equity and justice ot the estab lished rates. The expected decision of thesupreme court In what Is known at the Nebraska maximum freight rate case was not rendered, and, at the court adjourned for the term, a deci sion cannot be anuounoed before next autumn. When the court crier announced the final adjournment for tbo term there were appar ently 3) cases on the docket undisposed of, but there were actually S6S casea, 31 having already been argued and submitted. This is a smaller number than the records of the court have thown for thirty year. At the conclusion cf the term ending a year ago there were C33 cases undisposed of, and since then 284 have been added, makiug a total of 817 contained In the docket for the year. Of this number 437 have been finally disposed ot and the prinolpal labor done lu 21 others. Included in the 21 cases which have been argued, but in which no opiniona have been rendered, are several of considerable import ance. Among them are the Nebraska maxi mum freight rate case: the controversy be tween the Bayden Power Brake and West iughouse Airbrake Companies as to the val idity of the letter's Investion; the Alabama Midland case, Involving the validity ot tho long and short haul olause ot the Interstate commerce act; the Southern Pacific land case und two or three important private land grant cases. MINISTER TO COLOMBIA. Editor Hart, of Whttling, Nominated by tho President. . Cbarlea Burdett Hart's nomination for minister to the United States ot Colombia was tent to the tenate by President McKln ley. Charles Burdett Hart, who bos been nomi nated by President McKlnley to be minister to Colombia, is edltur-lu-chief of the Wheel ing Intelligencer and one of the foremost leaders of tbo Republican party In West Virginia. He is a warm personal friend ot President McKlnley, and his paper was one of the first to advocate McKiuley's nomina tion. Mr Hart was born In Baltimore, June 10, 1850, and is ot English ancestry that emigrat ed to thla country before the revolution. He was educated in the public schools of New York and Brooklyn, and In F'renoh and En glish academies of the latter city, and grad uated ut Trinity Hall, Maryland. lie read law with Benjamin Harris Breweter.of Phila delphia, but turued his attention to journal ism, and was connected in various capacities with the "Chronicle," "luqtilrer," "North American" and "Press," of Philadelphia. While an editorial writer on the Philadel phia Press, In 1882, be purchased an Interest in the Wheeling Intelligencer and succeeded A. W. Campbell as editor. From the start he took a lead lu Republican politics. Uu led the state delegation at the Minneapolis convention in 18U2. Mr. Hart has never sought nor held a publio office. He is nn ac complished linguist, being especially pro: tlcieut iu Spauish and French. Riotoui Legislators. The obstruction which has characterized the proceedings of tho reiohsruth at Vienn, culminated Mondny In an unprecedented scene. i he president became so much ex cited in anticipation of trouble thnt he laiut ed before the session opened und the vice president bail to take the chair. For hours the members of the opposition hud recourse to every parliamentary device for obstruct ing business, and Dually, when these were exhausted, they overturned the desks, smashed inkstands, flung books in the faces of the speakers, Indulged in coarse Invectives and Dually came to blows lu a general riot. Mutt Pay Duty. A difficulty confronts the government In Its plan to aid distressed Americans iu Cuba. Spain will not remit duties on supplies sent to the IsUnd, iu spite of the Spauish govern ment's promise to aid In the work of relief. The Spanish government does trust the American consuls, except Lee at Havana, and Hyatt at Santiago, and fears the aid of distressed Americans will be perverted to as sistance to revolutionists. The new compli cation may cause a further trouble in the re lief measures. The government will not abandon the purpose to purchase supplies iu this country, und Commissary General Sullivan will set bis officers to work. Gtntral Synod Endtd. The general synod of the Iteformed Pres byterian church, which has been iu session for the past week in the Euclid Avenue church, East End, Pittsburg, finished its work Wednesday, with a celebration ot the two hundred nud Dftieth anniversary of the adoption of the Westminster Confession of Faith. The next meeting will bo held in Philadelphia. Instructions were given to aecept (500 for famine relief in Iudia. The report of the treasurer of domestic missions showed a to tal contribution of (3,778.73, nearly all of which bos been expended. TERSE TELEGRAMS. Theodore Durrunt will bang June 11. llenlto Lopez, aged 70 years, was faangod at Folsom, t al., for the murder ot George Washburn. The Turkish government Is not altogether satisllod with Dr. Angell, the nowAmerlcun minister assigned to the porte. Tho waters of the Bio Grande began to re cede Hunduy, but 600 families, numberlug 3,000 persons, are left homeless. The sultan is playing a double game by preteudiug to be conciliatory when he it se cretly inciting the public to opposition. An uprising of Iudlans took place In Man itoba, and three members of a posse ot citi zens and police wore killed In a light. The British sailing vessel Rarkhurst Is thought to have beeu burned at tea ou her way to Panama. She was loaded with coal. The 1G fishermen who went astray from the schooner J. P. Johnson in dorlet on the New foundland banks were picked up by a pass lug vessel and safely landed In Boston. The United States Graud Jury at Indian apolis fouud nine indictments against John F. Johnson, president ot the Stute National bank at Logansport, Ind., for violating the banking law. Before the Amalgamated association at Detroit closed a change lu the constitution empowered the wage committee to meet the manufacturers and make scales regardless of the action ot the convention on the mat ter. A form ot libel was presented at the synod ot the Reformed Presbyterian church of North America, In session at Beavor Falls, Pa., against Rev. Dnvld McAllister, editor ot the Christian Statesmau, of Plttaburg.who I charged with heretical teachingt In hit pa per. Reports ot assessors to tbo auditor of tho state tbow a total lost In Iowa by epldemlo bog obolera last year to be I33,300,000,repro tenting that 3,830,000 hoga died from the tlheaae. - - BUTLTTTuiiJ: aeh latiMM BiagBttt lln. T It. Q. Dun A Co.'s wet', savs: ' '7 Piople are actually doia than thaa nallM rv but these are'muoh lower "t01 l vioua year ot proep.rtt.1; M margin for profit most at much busing. vMttiil yeart of greatest prop,ritv7 Increase in populatlOB i" J, material expansion tht il dUKJouraglng. The ri,?.1 hesitating and gradual bat" 1 done on the whole in iliir th returna ot April show thi i only 10 percent tm,uer beet year heretofore, ,, It. work every week w'T! waiting because of poM.b,ii,,iul,1, ton, who ought to be hiiio.Tl ' labor and tbo products of tj, cveuis dto proved that th. going out Is much large, t?. ' markets expected, and the W,J : ior ore win were au per , , I last year, while AtlantiV exl'rf for four weeks G.415.:ii;t eluded, against 4.SW8 777 u.."""1 i season actual receipts eul m ' Drediotlons. and th. ,..1.?n"" WH try has exported au extra, ,,, H ot wheat and flour, and y" , 4 spare mai we nay option bu lv a cent for the .i 1, " corn larselv taking 11,'. ..u"1 'H etgn consumption, is f., b.,0'!H or expectation. m V Manufacturers have espe? i lav owlrnr to the ..n.,r"' c,1eJ foreign goodt largely TbM has been no sethiteli 1.. ..'. ''t1 ton goods are dull ..i.,. ... ! wbt1 aud print clothes are at the Vat Is evident that production'. , ll consuming demand has fut,T,i into a waiting attitude. i.j(tll:" 1 drviMiodn Is at th. ' WiJ cooler 77. The woolen mill, are produc',.J tbev have dune rn.v.,.. .l M thin (h. eo..l,l . ' " , '. UmW 4 the wool market though sptculttiJ ! j the sitlea Isrire The Iron manufacture Ksimi,tt. oioslng of some furnaces. TbeptuJJ " -i tiU) aim U JkJ decreasing, while the cousudiwu J - " "e, m tjurt several structural contract,. Failures for the m,..L i,l. 1,. . United States, the smallest In u. J mpimiiiwr, iojo, against aa'J lul ,J , isiuai j last ywr, BOOTH-TUCKER COHVlCTn Found Guilty of Msintsminji J,, House at the BirritU Frederick Do La Tour Uooth-TuetJ mender of the Salvation Army inn, States, was convicted 1,1 ,,..:.... orderly house at the hl , West Fourteenth street, New Vert J hw jiuivuucii uuiu June s,iaili mander was liberated on the Hutu, bad been under, ( omnium, ... - residents of the neighborhood 0! gj racss. woo auegeu that tbey tan J disturbed by the singing an I buii at the Salvation Army meeting nl those that lasted all uight. BwitM was aeienueu uy ex-Mayor A. Hum I who quoted from the Scriptun-jtoiiJ Miritm wot the flrst lialMuiali laJ that trumpets, cymbals, liar nil cornets auu ninoreis were in j cieni iieorews in tno worship of Oae. judge's charge was unfavnmWe tottj leuuaut. ine jury was out tlwloia HUNDREDS DROWNED OH El Paso, Texat, Flooded by the Imd a Levee. The levee of the Rio (inin lt broke Paso, Tex. Not lees tlmu UlboM swept away, nnd several huulwlmal work on a new levee. The splash of the house as thnlaj mingled with the affrlghtcil em 0! t and children who are .Invn Ira homes. Several hun lreJ fsxiliaiM housed in cars. The ritiuing of tnebrl saved the lives of many is asleep, Ignorant of their inng- r. Bayard's Truit Extcutti The Bradford manuscrlp. bistort i new Plymouth colony, wlnoh u iq to ex-Ambassador liayard I y theoossa of London, was delivered lolb-sui tborities by Mr. Bayard. Ineiwo presentation took place lu a joint toH of the Legislature, at nni'ii not and the executive council werepwttl ator Hoar made an addrrs. in wtlel lated the value of this history of the hi fathers and bis own effort lo ting Massachusetts. Mr. Ilari upmn Pleasure that he was able to deiiwri priceless document, liov. Woi'ottH the book and pledued the faith ol uionwealth "that for all timethe mucq should be guarded as uiw uf 4 treasures. A Texai Duel The neighborhood wasH-n'iulWHi cliureb. eiubt miles from Swtri"Bt, 9 lu observance of Decoration lay. I"IJ meu, Will Lewis and Vit llo-wura. among the number. l!a i Uo l between them. They alks. iwijM crowd together aud stoppwUfWlW distance, nppeuring to talk th iLi.. 1 1, j 1 f to ifie.i very ennui, uiuuuiii'u -the other d'rew a revolver. Tlwoltw1 ed and both llred about the same am continued until their revolver Both were dead when their '"end M them. Woman Elder Kecogniial Women scored a point t .un,io. 1 1,1 . ,,i,..rU,ill 'rvtbytew. oiuiuii sa auw vs" - - .1. was on the questiou a t MWrL Hgulres, of Kansas, should be row a ruling elder. Mrs. Squires tot w before tho Judiciary commit:. 1-1 ... . !, ,.,n,.rt wis Ke r'.'x:".i .. 1" hi. 1110 vuuruii mvors m rr men at ruling elders. C. t....i Killed. Two men were instantly "'"'J others seriously Injured by ' ""i a boiler In a sawmill of JfJTJ Hazel, Elk county, Pa. ' J lam Jonnson, tne nreniau, --.. 14 Sohaffer, both of lti'r""IJ.,,1l,Jl the explosion, were Injured b I JJ 1 no accident 11 supponeu v -by a defective boiler. an.. Ti. Plata ScsJ The Tin Date Woe ComM't ond report made an averak" scale of 10 per cent on o " work, 'ine tteei wsg ' r' ugt submitted It about ine The rail ttralghteners ll,JnPi n . .11.11,,,, ...ie. aoillDJ other departments the m'"'u"j'j. li In nnlr,ii last Vlf .4 . J...1.1...1 . ..iiniirn o' ji liuw uvea ueciueu No opposition present officers At a matt meeting of the or, IlL, it wat deolded to V. ji tcale offered by tne op- : d em Illlnolt dlttrlct, Mu,.Z,f rite of 6ai oentt per field with a differential of 1 I of the La Salle and Vrli'Zi, practically endt thotuep'o'J district where 12,000 tnH") W against tne rr--- 1 has croppeuj; I ."unii Worfc V
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