SENG Bt SRE DEATH BRER BIG STOCK YARD BLAZE Explosion Destroys the Armour Re- finery in Chicago—Twenty-Nine Sightseers Are Injured. During a fire Friday at Chicago which destroyed the lard refinery Armour & Co., in the Union stock yards, 17 people were injured, four of them in a manner which will probably cause death in a short time. The loss of the company is estimated by its officers at between $750,000 and $900,000. There was a number of accidents, but the larger number of those who were hurt met their injuries by the falling of a hog-runway upon which they were standing to obtain a better view of the fire. The lard refinery had just been completed, and was considered by its owners the most complete establishemnt of its kind in the United States. It was five stories high and 250x300 feet. 1t was filled with new and costly machinery, and during the day 2,000 people worked within its walls. The night shift numbered 700, and all were in the building when the fire broke out. It is thought that all escaped in safety. The fire originated with an explosion of three lard tanks on the fifth floor. There was a score of workmen in the immediate vicinity, and a number were burned by the scalding lard, but none seriously. It as not a minute after the explosion before the fifth floor was in a mass of flames. All the workmen in the building made a fantic rush for safety, and all | reached the open air, The flames | spread through the building, and within an hour all the walls, with the exception of that on the south, were lying on the ground. That portion of the Forty-fourth street viaduct close to the burning building was densely packed and suddenly about 200 feet of a hog runway, extending from the viaduct to the plant of Armour & Co, gave way, precipitating fully 1,000 per- sons to the ground. The firemen abandoned their work on the building and devoted their energies to saving the peeople. All were taken from the wreckage within a few minutes and placed in an improvised hospital in § N10 CROWD IT FRE] of | the plant ofthe German-American Provision Company. It is said by the police that the number of those in- jured by the fall of the viaduct is | greatly in excess of the number re- ported, as there were many who. were but slightly hurt, and, being able to go to their homes without assist. ance, no knowledge of them was oOb- tained by the authorities. Wu-Ting-Fang's Recall. An imperial edict has heen issued | in China appointing Wu-Ting-Fang, | the Chinese Minister at Washington, | and Sheng-Shin-Peng to prepare a code of Chinese laws on modern lines. | Wu-Ting-Fang will probably soon be | recalled to China to undertake this | work. | { | AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. The training ship Topeka: has] started from Port Royal for Port-au- Prince, Hayti, to protect American in- terests. J Rhine Russell Freed, of Montgom- | ery county, Pa., has been nominated by the President for coiner of the | Henry Clay Evans, ex-Commissioner | of Pensions, tock the oath of office as Consul General at London Wednesday. He will leave for June. President Roosevelt has received an | invitation from ‘Teddy's Terrors”. of Los Apgeles to attend a round-up. | "The request to gtiend was burned in- to-a calfskin. Andrew C. Bradley, one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, died Thursday from an abcess on the brain, follow- ing an attack of grip. Heywood 8. Leavitt, of Nebraska, told the Senate Committee on Rela- tions with Cuba that the Sugar Trust had reduced the price of sugar in the mint at Philadelphia. | his post early West to destroy the beet sugar in- dustry. Prof. Fessenden, the wireless tele- graph expert of the Weather Bureau, was in Washington Saturday. While here he saw Prof. Moore, Chief of the Weather Bureau, but said nothing about resigning his office. The President Friday sent to the Senate the nominations of Herbert Goldsmith Squiers. to be Minister to the Republic of Cuba; Edward S. Braggs, Consul General at Havana. John Gardner Coolidge, secretary of legation at Pekin. Secretary Hay, Thursday, sent to the Senate agreements with the Min- isters from Colombia, Costa Rica and Nicaragua covering the rights to be acquired by the United States for the construction of either the Panama or Nicaraguan canal. John Gardner Coolidge, of Massa- chusetts, has been selected for ap- pointment as first secrewary of lega- tion at Pekin, succeeding Mr. Squiers, who is to be United States Misister to Cuba. Mr. Co ge is a great- grandson of Thomas Jefferson. Lieutenant B. B. McCormick, com- 3 Fort de France, Wednesda and 16 ve royed. Sur- rounding vil habitable. Isl- and cove truction. Ashes within de France. Fort r 50,000 refugees extra stores. Juan.” an nandant . . Boardman, formerly of! the T jeth Infantry, in his testi-| mony before the Senate Philippine | Committee, said that the natives in Batanga where he was stationed, became very bold and threatening after t! Balangiga massacre and in- timated ‘that troops would be served likewis It needed an order such as General Smith gave to make the natives realize that the United! States meant business. yitants St. Pierre | | dent McKinley. | chusetts, | fixed for voting on the bill, but failed. | Mr. Dubois, Idaho, said the minority { under in {| new ships, Mr. CONGRESSIONAL NOTES. iew Conference Committee. The Senate Wednesday appointed Messrs. Warren, Mason and Teller as the new conferees on the omnibus claims bill, after Mr. Hoar had insisted that the Senate should drop the bili rather than yield to the House de- mand for the rejection of claims for vessels constructed during the Civil War. The rortifications appropria- tion bill was amended to provide for payment of $35,000 to the Bethlehem Steel Company and continues its con- tracts. Mr. Proctor, Vermont, of- fered an amendment that no money should be paid for disappearing gun carriages, and discussion on this con- tinued until adjournment. Senator Spooner, from the Committee on Pub- lic Health, reported the bill agreed on by the marine hospital service and the health authorities of the States. The name of the service is changed to the Public Health and Marine Hos- pital service. In the House Wednesday the naval appropriation bill was taken up and Mr. Dayton, West Virginia; spoke in support of it. He declared that the crucial test of naval strength was the battle line made up of battleships, and | that our battle line was not equal to that of England, France or Germany, despite efforts to revolutionize naval methods by submarine boats, dyna- mite cruisers like the Vesuvius and rams of the Katahdin type. Mr. W. W. Kitchin, North Carolina; Mr. Fitz- gerald, New York; Mr. Maynard, Vir- ginia, and Mr. Metealf, California, fa- vored the construction of warships. by the government in its own navy vards. To Bar Maclay’s History. The Senate Thursday, after pass- ing the bill for a union railway sta- tion in Washington and the fortifica- tions appropriation bill, with an amendment making the acceptance of disappearing gun carriages condition- al upon tests, took up the Philippine bill. Messrs McLaurin and Spooner consuming the time in debate until adjournment. In the House Thursday the Philip- pine bill was the chief object of dis- cussion. Messrs. Vandiver, Missouri; Smith, Michigan; Landis, Hill, Con- necticut; Grow, Pennsylvania, speak: ing. Mr. Mudd, Maryland, gave no- tice of an announcement to the naval bill prohibiting the use of money for the purchase of Maclay’s history, the animadversions in it against Ad- miral Schley being responsible, in his opinion, for the court of inquiry. If the history had been clear of parti- san feeling, he said, and had the his- torian accepted the high-minded thought promulgated by Schley that there was ‘glory enough for all,” the American nation would not now be the butt of criticism among naval of- ficers of the world. Refunding War Taxes. In the Senate Friday Mr. McLaurin, Mississippi, continued his speech in opposition to the Philippine govern- ment bill. Mr. Deboe, Kentucky, supported the bill in a speech in which he said that it was a continuation of | the wise and patriotic policy of Presi- Mr. Lodge, Massa- endeavored to have a day was not seeking for delay, but wished the discussion should be exhausted before the vote was taken. The debate in the House Friday, while the naval appropriation bill was consideration, was: by turns amusing and bitter. Mr. Cannon, Illi- nois, called attention to the numer- ous naval establishments centered at Newport. Although he admired our navy and supported the building of Cannon said one of the dangers of our navy was in the fact that one-third of the 1,700 officers were not on salt water, but on dry land. Mr. Williams, Mississippi, made a sar- | castic speech at the expense of Rear With mock beginning The Admiral Crowninshield. gravity he read a poem, “Who is Crowninshield, papa?” concluding lines of the poem “Great Crowninshield, the greatest tar that ever stayed ashore.” The House passed the bill turning over to Porto Rico all public lands of the isl and ceded to the United States by Spain, except sites designated by the President for naval and coaling sta- tions, military posts and other United States purposes. The bill re- funding the tax on legacies paid under the war revenue act by religious, char- itable, art and educational institutions, was passed. The motion to instruct the conferees against including the Selfridge board awards in the omni- bus claims bills was passed. No Money for Maclay History. The Schley-Sampson controversy came up in the House Saturday, when Mr. Mudd, Maryland, offered an amendment to the naval appropria- | tion bill that no portion of the appro- | | , sent the follow- | i | | priation shall be expended for Ma- clay’s history of the Spanish War. After a debate in which a large num- ber of members expressed thein- selves on the subject, the amendment was adopted without a dissenting vote. Sampson Left $22,500. The will of Rear Admiral Sampson leaves everything to the widow, save $4,000 of life insurance, which is left for equal division among the four daughters. Mrs. Sampson, who is named as sole executor, says the ad- miral died possessed of stock and other securities valued at $8,500 and the Morman Hill farm at Manchester, N. Y., valued at $10,000. Will Not Yield. Delaware and Hudson stockholders had their annual oting in New York and r ected all the Tuesdz out-going directors. President Oly- phant made a brief address in which he said that no further concessions would be made to the miners. Bears McKinley's Name. President Roosevelt laid the corner stone Wednesday of the McKinley Memorial College of Government, of the American University, a few miles | outside of Washington, D. C were |’ and stands in the SOUFRIERE VOLCANO EMITS DEATH HASTENING RELIEF. Piles of Corpses Found in the Streets of St. Pierre as Far as Explored. The horrors of the volcanic eruption in the Island of Martinique grow as the details are made known. The latest reports confirm the appalling loss of of life. At least 30.000 are known to have perished and 50,000 more are homeless and destitute. All the gov- ernments of the world are hastening relief as fast as steam can carry it President Roosevelt is taking a per- sonal interest in pushing forward re- lief supplies and the War Department is drawing without reserve, on the army stores at San Juan, Porto Rico. A correspondent visited St. Pierre, Martinique, by the relieving steamer Kenneth. The destruction there is appalling. The streets are two feet deep in ashes and cinders, which cov- er thousands of dead bodies, scorched black and shiny as if they had been plunged into boiling pitch. Many of the dead were never touched by the volcanic fire, and some of the houses and woodwork destroyed show no signs of burning. The Soufriere volcano on the Island of St. Vincent, Martini- que was still in destructive eruption Wednesday. A terrific cannonade could be heard 100 miles away. The reports are followed by columns of smoke, rising miles in the air. Im- mense balls of colored fire also issue from the crater. Lightning was play- ing fiercely in the upper sky and the whole northern part of the island was one mass of traveling flame. nt was impossible to reach the burning district by land or sea, and there were no means of estimating the destruction wrought to life and property. The search parties which are removing the dead from St. Pierre have discov- ered safes and molten precious metal in stores and dwellings of the town. No one is permitted to penetrate into St. Pierre beyond the street running along the sea front, and a cordon of soldiers has been placed around the town. The St. Pierre cathedral is all down with the exception of the tower, and of the theater the walls alone are now standing. The convent which contained 200 girls and 36 nuns, has disappeared, as has the college, where 70 boys and 22 priests and professors were domiciled. RAIN OF FLAMING NAPHTHA. Twenty-Five Killed Outright Over 300 Injured. Three explosions of tank cars con- taining naphtha and refined petroleum in the yards of the Panhandle Rail- road in Sheraden a borough located a short distance outside the Western limits of Pittsburg Monday evening, killed 25 people, injured over 300, many of whom will probably die, and deluged a portion of the village with burning oil, setting fire to a number of houses. At the same time another explosion caused by the burning oil and naphtha running through a sew- er, occurred at Corks run in the Bor- ough of Esplen. At the latter place 17 people were injured, the side of a hotel was blown in and the traction bridge across Corks run demolished. Three explosions at Sheraden created scenes of the wildest excitement. The hillsides above the yards were crowd- ed with people watching some burn- ing cars set on fire by the first and second explosions, when a third ex- plosion sent a deluge of fire over men, women and children. Some were killed outright. Others fled with burning clothing and blackened hands and faces. When night closed on the scene the entire borough was plunged in mourning. Many of the injured were sent to the hospitals of Pitts- burg, where they were cared for and all the knowledge of medical science employed for their relief. and THE HEROES OF WAR. indiana Dedicates a Lofty Monument in Honor of Her Dead. The Inidana soldiers and sailors’ monument was dedicated at Indianap- olis, Thursday, in the presence of 50,000 persons. Ex-Secretary of | State John W. Foster delivered an oration and General l.ew Wallace pre- | sided. Governor W. T. Durbin made a speech of acceptance. James Whit. | comb Riley read a poem. The mon- | ument cost $598,318, is 284 feet high heart of the city The crowning feature is a bronze statue of Victory. The shaft is dec- orated by army and navy astragals in | bronze and by large stone groups of Peace and War, The balcony, 2281; feet above the street level, is reached by elevator and from it tourists view the city of Indianapolis and miles of the country surrounding. MUST PAY FOR STOCK. Verdict Against Louisville Brokers in Northern Pacific Deal. A jury in the United States District Court at Louisville, brought in a ver- JACK HAS A HOME. Naval Branch of the Young Men’: Christian Association Opened at Brooklyn. The naval branch building of the Young Men’s Christian Association Brooklyn, New York, was dedicatec Thursday and Miss Helen Gould, ir behalf of the Women's Auxiliary, for mally presented the building to the international committee of the Y. M, C. A. Admiral Dewey paid a high tribute to the men of the navy, *] speak knowingly,” he said, “and think, after much thought, that we have in our navy the best men in ali the world.” Secretary of the Navy W. H. Moody followed. To the Women’s Auxiliary and the interna. tional committee he extended the con gratulations of the Navy Department and then paid a tribute to Admiral Dewey to whom he referred as the “greatest living naval commander in the world.” The Secretary cited the Admiral as authority for his convic tion that we “have as good ships and as good officers as the others and the best enlisted men of any navy you can name. The navy,” he continued “is to be increased, both in ships and in the number of men who handle them. I hope it will be made sc large that once the increase is ac. complished war will be impossible.” Mr. Moody further explained the work that has been done by his de partment to relieve the distress in the Windward Islands, saying: “For the navy has a task in peace as well as in war.” President Roosevelt sent a letter of regret in which he said: “Every encouragement should be given to our soldiers and sailors tc live up to the high ideal of their call ing, and I take genuine pleasure in extending through you to those who have so generously interested them- selves in this noble effort my hearty congratulations and my best wishes for the continued success of the great work so auspiciously begun.” LATEST NEWS NOTES. Scientists predict another volcanic eruption in 3t. Vincent. All concerned deny that Civic Fed eration will interfere in miners’ strike Foundry iron producers have begun systematic work to relieve the short age. President Roosevelt has accepted the invitation to speak in Pittsburg July 4. Dissatisfaction with the steel plate pool has revived agitation for consol idation, Former President Sam, of the Hal tian republic, was forced by rebels tc embark for France. Seventeen-year locusts have made their appearance at several points inp the United States. A saw mill boiler blew up at Perry station, Ontario, killing one man and injurying two others. The body of General Rosecrans was reinterred at Arlington Cemetery with imposing ceremonies. Bridget McCormick died at Flush ing, L. LN. Y,, at the age of 105 years. She was born in Ireland. John Jacobson, his wife and an in fant were burned to death in a fire at their home at Laurel, Neb. Sdward Boatman and Caroline Gar nier were drowned by the capsizing of their boat at Menominee, Mich. Jacob Sleeper, of Massachusetts, hag been selected for appointment as first secretary of legation at Havana. A passenger train on the “Soo” line collided with a through freight near Pembine, Wis., injuring four men. Joseph Staley and William Martin were killed at Clay City, Ind.,, by be. ing struck by flying timbers in a heavy gale. It is reported in New York that the Pennsylvania Railroad will not renew the contract with Western Union Tele graph Company. Count de Rochambeau and the other mebers of the French delega: tion to the dedication of the Rocham beau statue spent Sunday in New York. it iz reported at Rome, Italy, that Bishop Charles McConnell, at Brook lyn, N. Y., will be the successor of the late Archbishop Corrigan, of New York. Robert A. Williams, aged 77, who was chief of the Chicago Fire Depart ment during the great fire of October 1871, died Sunday. There have been 960 cases of chol era and 762 deaths in Manila and 2.888 cases and 2,092 deaths in the Philippine provinces. The National Association of Stove manufaciurers ended the session in New York without doing anything to ward forming a combine. Report of committee on revision of the Presbyterian confession of faith submitted to the General Assembly in session at New York Friday. The Pittsburg Reduction Company has secured the right to use some of the electric power at Massena, N. Y., where a powerhouse is located. The Board of Signal Officers have recommended the installation of the dict in favor of the plaintiff for $81.- 000, the whole amount asked for, in the suit of C. I. Hudson ‘& Co., brok- ers of New York, against George T. Wood & Co. brokers of Louisville, at which time Hudson & Co., bought in for Wood & Co., 100 shares of Northern Pacific at $600 and 100 shares at $500. Three Drown in the Pembina. with four sons ana a nephew, while crossing the Pembina river near Neche, N. D., were thrown into the water by collision with a sunken log. Three of the sons were drowned. er, Potter Palmer's Millions. By the will of the late Potter Palm- er, of Chicago, his widow, Mrs. Ber- tha Honore Palmer, succeeds him as head of an estate conservatively es- timated at $8,000,000. The case grew out of the deal in| Northern Pacific stock on May 9, W. M. Synington, a prominent farm- | wireless telegraph stations between Nome and St. Michaels, Alaska. The President has decided that he cannot interfere with the shipment from Port Chalmette, La., of cattle tc the British army in South Africa. The will of Sol Smith Russell, the actor, was filed at Minneapolis, Minn The estate, mostly real, is valued at | $150,000. The only heirs are the | widow, Mrs. Alice Adams Russell and two children, Robert and Alice. The General Assembly of the Pres byterian Church in session in New | York elected the Rev. Dr. Henry Van | Dyke, of Princeton University, Moder i ator. Redmond and Devlin, | Teague representatives, | large meeting in Washington, at { which Senator Hoar spoke for free Ire | land. The Rock Island railroad official | admits plans to build to Galvestor | from the Red river by way of Dallas { Tex. the Iriskt addressed @ BAILETON COLLIERIES BRE SILENT ANTHRACITE STRIKE SPREADS President Mitchell Opens Headquart- ers at Wilkesbarre—Gov. Stone . Appoints Special Police. Mine workers in the anthracite re- gions for the past 18 months have been looking forward to the strike that is now upon them, and saved their money and are considered to be in better shaps to-day for a fight than they were in the great strike of 1900. That struggle ended in the mine owners giving the men a 10 per cent. advance after a six weeks’ suspen- sion. The operators are on record as being unalterably opposed to grant- ing the men any concessions and they have personally - informed the mine workers’ leaders of the fact. The workmen fear that the present fight may mean the destruction of their organization because they believe that the mine owners are bent more on wrecking their union than they are in opposing the demands for higher wages and shorter work days. Senator Hanna says the anthracite strike of the coal operators has passed beyond the jurisdiction of the Civic Federation and there is no further step the Conciliation Commit- tee can take at present. Until both parties are willing to submit their grievances to arbitration there is nothing more to be done by the com- mittee. Senator Hanna reviewed the work of the Civic Federation in its efforts to adjust the differences between the operators and miners. The men were at all times willing to leave the matter to arbitration, but the opera- tors refused, The miners were at last willing to drop all demands but that of a 5 per cent. increase in wages all along the line. The operators declined to grant this request because it will increase the cost of coal. All steps consistent under the constitu- tion of the Civic Federation were taken to prevent a strike. As to the probable outcome of the present strike Senator Hanna has no opinion. Nothing definite has re- sulted from his conference with Pres- ident Gompers, of the American Fed- eration of Labor, and Secretary Eas- ley, of the Civic Federation. It is evident that the operators in- tend forcing the issue to a finish and already notices are going out to such! miners as occupy houses in the prop- | erty owned by the operators to quit the premises. Some say that room is wanted for non-union men, but thus far the operators have refrained from offering to hire anybody, and they say that the mines will remain closed un- til the trouble is over. Every colliery in the Hazleton dis- trict is as silent as a tomb. Outside of pumpmen, engineers and firemen | there is nobody around the mines, and {n the little settlements that surround the mouth of each shaft there is a sort of holiday appearance, the men all be- ing home and the women arrayed in bright colors. Right about here are the great col- lieries of the individual operators. Coxe Bros. & Co, have over 3,000 men on their payroll at Beaver Meadow, Drifton, KEckley. Oneida, Derringer and Gowan, G. B. Markle & Co. em- ploy 1,800 in the mines at Jeddo and Eberville. F. Pardee & Co. had 500 at work in the Cranberry mines, Cal vin Pardee & Co. 1,000 at Lattimer and Harwood, while the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company’s mines at Janesville, Yorktown and West Hazle- ton employ probably 2,000 persons. Sunday all of them were idle. From statements made by the min- ers in the district a strike at this time was thought unwise. The dele- zates were instructed to vote for peace if any concessions were offered. Fail | ing to secure anything the strike | vote was cast, That trouble will | come in this district seems almost | certain, for it is said operators are al- | ready planning to open the mines | within several weeks and the first | importation of non-union labor is like- | ly to bring on a clash. | The question of providing for the miners was taken up by President Mitchell. He said that supplies will be bought and distributed. and that the fear of starvation will not be a factor. Every colliery was guarded Sunday by the Coal and Iron- police. It is said that the plans for protection are elaborate, and that when it is decided to import labor the recruits will be so well guarded that they will be per- fectly safe. The district leaders, who have charge of the strike details, say that the pumpmen, engineers and firemen will not be ordered out just now. It fs said that the engineers could not be induced to quit. while the pump- men and firemen know that their places can be filled, and it is doubtful whether they would strike if ordered to do so. Rev. James V. Hussie, at Hazleton, Sunday, asked all the members of the parish to take an oath abstaining from the use. of intoxicating liquors | during the period of the strike. Very few, if any, refused. At the principal service at 10:30 a. m. every person in the church, which was crowded, stood up and took the oath. At vespers the oath was administered to | those who were not present at the morning services. Father Hussie de- livered a strong sermon. He told the miners that now that they have struck they must stand together for the cause. The strike now enters upon its second week. The week just ended was the first, it is said, in the history of the hard coal trade that no coal was mined in any part of the region. President Mitchell said that he could not yet say when the special national convention to be called for the purpose of considering the advisibility of involving the Dbi- tuminous miners in the anthracite strike will be held. He has not yet received the consent of the two dis- tricts still needed to make up the uve that are necessary under the rules to call a special convention. TORNADO. IN TEXAS. Town of Goliad ~ Almost Swept Off the Earth—At Least One Hun- dred Lives Lost. The worst calamity that has been experienced on the Gulf coast since the great hurricane of 1900, which en- gulfed the city of Galveston, visited Southern Texas Sunday. A dis patch from Goliad says. that 150 or more persons-have been killed and injured by thé tornado which passed over that ‘village. A terrific rain and wind storm, assuming the shape of a tornado at places, swept over a huge stretch of territory, leaving death and destruction in its path. The town of Goliad was practically wiped out of existence. Considerable damage was also done at Beeville, Tex., by high winds. Both towns are closed to the Gulf coast, and all tele- graph wires by two routes are down. A heavy windstorm followed by rain visited Mineola, Tex., Sunday. Hun- dreds of shade trees were blown down, several homes blown from their foun- dations. and the roofs of several stores were badly damaged, causing heavy losses in stocks of goods. There was no loss of life, The territory immediately to the west of Austin, Tex., was badly damaged by the high winds. ‘Walters Park, a small ham- let 14 miles northwest of that city, was damaged; three score or more houses being:blown down and many trees unrooted. A terrible wind and rainstorm swept over San Antonio, Sunday, damaging property to the ex- tent of not less than $50,000 and prob- ably $75,000. The wind reached a velocity of 72 miles an hour and con- tinued at that rate for nearly 20 min- utes. NEBRASKA HAS A SCARE. Scientists Say Alleged Volcano Is Caused by Water in Limestone. According to dispatches from Pen- der, Mt. Iona, Neb., a miniature vol- cano has been for two days sending up smoke and steam. The volcano is situated on the Missouri river in Ce- dar county, about 150 miles above Omaha, and has been practically dead for 30 years. Reports say that all the settlers in the immediate neigh- borhood are preparing to move. Geo- logists have said the smoke is caused by water from the Missouri river seep- ing into the limestone rock formation of the mountain, but the people are fearful of an eruption. CABLE FLASHES, The farewell reception given to General lloyd Wheaton at the Amer- ican Club at Manila, was attended by over 2,700 Americans. The Pope, at Rome, Italy, has con- tributed 20,000 lire to the fund being raised for the relief of the sufferers from the Martinique disaster. A dispatch from St. Petersburg says that Balschaneff, who assassinated M. Sipiguine, the Russian Minister of the Interior, April 15, was executed May 12, . The United States special envoy to the coronation of King Alfonso, of Spain, Dr. Curry, presented Thurs- day President Roosevelt's letter to his majesty. King Alexander, of Servia, has ac- cepted the resignation of the cabinet. M. Pasics, formerly a radical, has been entrusted with the formation of a new ministry. It is reported at Panama, Colombia, that General Alfaro, former President of Ecuador, is preparing a revolution- ary movement against bresident Pla- za of that republic, Earthquakes are reported from the southern part of Portugal, but no fa- talities occurred. The disturbances are supposed to be connected with the upheavals in the West Indies. It is announced in France that Theobald Chartran, the artist, whose portraits of Mrs. and Miss Roosevelt were exhibited at the Old Salon this year, wilt be Y.egion of Honor. The fetes which mark the inaugura- tion of the new Cuban Republic opened at Havana Friday with a banquet in the Tacon Theater to Governor Wood and his staff was tendered by the vet- erans of the two wars for Cuban in- dependence. The Social Democratic party has de- creed a general strike in support of the suffrage movement. All its ad- herents throughout Sweden stopped work when the debate on the suffrage was commenced in the Riksdag. T.ord Kitchener has notified War Office, Ingland, Wednesday, that rep- resentatives of all the bodies of Boers throughout the Transvaal and Orange River colonies were gathering at Vereening for the. conference on terms of peace. Emperor William, of Germany, has authorized Colonel von Witzleben and Major Willmann, of the Grosslichter- feldt cadet institute, to accept the in- vitation to visit the military academy at West Point. These officers will leave for the United States May 24. A dispatch from Vienna, Austria, | says it is reported from Cracow, Gali- cia, that a million roubles have been stolen from the headquarters of the general staff there. Two generals and several staff officers have been arrested in connection with the rob- Dery. Tor some days past the atmosphere at St. Thomas, D. W. I, has heen heavy and misty. Thursday these conditions were greatly increased. and the hills of the island had a whit- ish appearance. It is supposed that volcanic dust is falling upon them. . ; Some apprehension has been felt since a slight earthquake was exper- ienced Tuesday, May 13. It is understood in England that indications of the attitude of the Boer leaders at Vereenigen has sufficient transpired to justify the assertion that peace in South Africa is absolutely wed. 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