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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
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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nandant
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. 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
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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-
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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. A powerful factor in at-
taining this result has been the Brit-
ish generosity in the matter of farm
rebuilding, for which, it believes, about
$25,000,000 will be granted.
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