blir STEEL COMPANIES COMBINE | ~~ PecsSisc BC Root. GREAT FLEET WILL FOLLON HBG.) PEST IS SOT INUST ACGEPT OR QUIT THE UNION. VMs $50,000,000 CAPITAL. Union and Sharon Corporations Merg- ed—It Means a New Railroad to Lake Erie. An agreement has been entered into for the consolidation of the Union Steel Company, whose works are at I'onora, Pa., and the Sharon Steel Company, under capitalization of $&0,- 49,000. The proposed capital invest- ment contemplates, at no . remote time, the construction of an independ- ent railroad from Elk Creek harbor, on Lake Erie, to the works at Sharon, I'a.. 60 miles away, and thence to {ionora, over twice that distance from ¢ lake. To cover the present assets the two steel concerns and the im- nrovements already under way, $32,- Lud,000 in stock of the reorganized 1 i'niou Steel Company is to be used at once. The consclidation combines the two greatest independent steel concerns of the country, outside of the Jones & Laughlin Steel Company. The >ts of the two concerns, figured at £33,000,000, is regarded remarkably The two interests have in the sreat ore fields of the northwest pron. erties estimated to hobhd 70,000,000 tons of ore. This, figured as the United States Steel Corporation esti- mates its ore in ground, is alone worth $70,000,000. This ore lies in the Mesabi and the Old Range re- gions. he two interests have al- ready "included in their assets an im- portant start in an ore fleet on the lakes. In a recent purchase made of over 2,000 acres of ground at Elk Creek harbor in Pennsylvania, carry- ing with it a charter for a terminal railroad there, the Lake Erie Terminal Railroad Company, provision is made ior the most important part of a new lake line. Surveys have already been partly made for this. The new Unicn Steel Company will in the near future have in operation seven blast fur- naces, with aggregate daily capacity of 4,200 tons. To feed these monsters with ore, limestone, coal and ccke, and the stecl works with fuel, the new railroad will be an imnortant factor. Tlie two great independent interests have now arranged for terminal lines at their works and the railroad links from their coal properties, At Don- there is to be terminal raiircad system, with a kridge over the Monon- cahela river. For this new railroad from the mills to the lakes there are now only tentative plans. When con- struction is taken up the additional $17,000,000 of stock will provide ior the investment. The officers of the new company are Andrew W. Mellon, ‘president; W. H. Donner and John Stevenson, Jr., vice presidents; Rob- ert B. Mellon, treasurer. 1 Aer OW. ora AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL. The trial of the monitor Nevada, now under construction at the Bath Iron Works, Maine, will be set for the second week in December. lieutenant Colonel Jorn A. John- son, of the adjutant general's office. has tendered his resignation to Secre- tary Root, to take effect February 1, A meeting of the hoard of tras- tees of the Carnegie institution will be held November 25, when the scope of the institution will he decided upon. Minister Wu, who for more than five years, has represented ihe Chi: nese government in diplomatic capa- city at Washington, left Tuesday for San Francisco en route to China. A cablegram has from the Fhilippine commission stat- ing that the number of cases of cholera had gone down to tive a day, instead of 34 a day, as a week ago. Differences have arisen betwe-=n the state department and the Colom-! bian government which may delay an agreement upon a aanal treaty b:- yond the time in which it had been expected to conclude the treaty. Although the state department has not yet decided to turn Godfrey Hun- ter, who shot and kiiled William A. Fitzgerald in Guatemala, over to t Guatemala authcrities, it is thought that this action will be taken if it is learned upon further investigation that young Hunter was culpable. Justice Brewer denied the applica- tien for an appeal from the decision of Judge Caldwell for the appoini- ment of a master ‘in chancery to su- pervice the coming election in Colorado Fuel and Iron Company. The Philippine commission has ap- pointed John S. Powell judge of the court of the first instance in the Fourteenth district of the Philippines; Adolph Wislezenus, judge cf the same court in the First district, and James H. Blount, judge at large. Immigration Commissioner Tams, at New York, has received structions from the ment in Washington ordering thay the case of the 11 Cuban children de- tained on Falls Island be reopened. Mail advices received at the War Department indicate that during the in- closing days of September the chol- | era epidemic in the . Philippines reached its lowest stage for many menths., Secretary Moody has issued a for mal order directing Dewey to assume command of the Caribbean sea division in the coining maneuvers, and has instructed Rear Admiral Taylor, chief cf the burea: ot navigation, to accompany the ad n:iral as his chief of staff Clarence W. Mackay, President of the Ccmmercial Pacific Cable Com- pany, called on Attorney General Knox and explained that his company was ready tc prcceed with the work of laying the trans-Pacific cable, even to laying an independent American line from Manila to Hong-Kong, a dis- tance of 1,200 miles. . The War Department has been ad- vised by General Davis, commanding the Division of the Philippine Islands, of the death of Major Robert P. P. Wainright, Fifth cavalry, at Manila, November 10. cf cardiac embolism. been received | the | Wil- | treasury depart- | Admiral George | in Estimates of $31,000,000. Amounts in Detail, Secretary Root just completed his estimates for the next fiscal year and he has succeeded in effecting a marked reduction in the amount of money required for the support of the army and navy department. Exclud- ing river and harbor appropriations over which the department has little control, as they are directed largely hy Congress, the secretary says that the estimate for each of the last five fiscal years shows an average annual increase from the estimates of the previous year of about $44,300,000. The estimates for the next year shew a net decrease of $31,420,400 com- pared with the estimates submitted for the current fiscal year, and the decrease as compared with the cur- rent appropriations is $20,947,969. The estimates for the military estab- lishment, which include all items for the support of the army and the mili- tary academy, show a net reduction of $21,862,921 from the estimates for 1903. The pay of the army is re- duced more than $35,000,000 in conse- quence of the reduction of the force. The cost of subsistence is reduced more than $3,500,000, and the expense of barracks and quarters in the Phil- ippines is reduced a million for the same reason. The cost of army trans- portation has been reduced $9,000,- 000 as a result of the peacsful condi- tions now existing in the archipelago, It is explained at the department that the increase of $149,80¢ asked for the signal service is largely to <nable the signal corps to provide proper installations and maintenance oi ar- tillery fire control in our seacoast de- fenses. The increase of $1,400,000 for barracks and quarters is due to resumption of work on- new and re- construction of many of the old posts rendered necessary by the increase in the regular army. An increase of $750,000 will be required in order to provide a full year’s supply of cloth- ing and ecquipage during the next fiscal year. Increased estimates are submitted to procure an annual sup- ply of ammunition for target practice and to provide for an accumulation to meet emergencies which must be anticipated. The estimates under the head of “Public Works,” show a net reduction of $9,738,770, as compared with the estimates for 1903 and of $6.407,088, as compared with thy amounts appropriated for 1903. The more important items embraced in the appropriations that come under this general head are river and har- hor improvements, fortifications and searoast dcfenses and military posts. BENEFIT ORDER LOSES SUIT. Rule That All Funds on Hand Ares Subject to Taxation. The 1llinnis supreme court has de- cided that all cash ir. the hands of the treasurer of a benevolent insurance society is subject lo taxation regard- tess of whether a part.of the fund is subject to payment to heneficiaries, The opinion was rendered in the case of the State Council of the Catholic Kpights of lllinois versus the board of review of Effingham county. The treasurer cof this sceciety refused to list the money in his hands for taxation because there were outstanding or- ders payable to beneficiaries of de- ceased members. The supreme court says that the fact that orders have been drawn upon a benefit fund prior to April 1 to pay beneficiaries of de- ceased members does not exempt the fund from taxation to the amcunt of such orders. ii no part of the fund haz actually been paid out before April i. This decision will affect every fra- t-rnal insurance society with its heal j office in the state cf Illinois, | Sandow Reported Drowned. it is believed in IL.ondon, England, | net Eugene Sandow, the strong | man, was drowned in the wreck of | the steamer Ellingamite. which went ashore on Three King's islands a | eek ago. The strong man’s wife | wrote to friends in London by tire last e | mail saying that they intended to go Melbourne and since re- Zealand from the Tilingamite, news of them has been to New abcard then no ceived. Anti-Trust Cases Fall. pending in Texas against John D. | The indictments {or several years Flagler and members of the Standard Oil charging them with viola- anti-trust law of Texas, All efforts te serve | Roclefeller, Henry M. other Company, tions cof the | were dismissed. { the warrants failed through the re- | fusal of the governors of New York and Florida to honor requisitions. City of Camden Goes Dry. Mayor Mowrey, at Camden, N, J, in obedience to 2 writ of ouster issued hy the State Supreme Court, ordered {the closing of all liquor saloons with- in the city limits. The court recently declared unconstitutional the law cre- ting the city excise beard, and ail licenses granted by that body are void. | Blige ni nes Invests in Niagara Property. The Litz farm, on the Niagara river | in Tonawanda. New York, was sold i to represertatives of FH. C. Frick for $120,000. The farm contains only 100 ! acres, but it is reported that Mr, i Frick and other st-el magnates have | options cn nearly 1,000 acres. Loss of $450,000 by Fire, The Southern Pocific railroad depot i and on jhe Alameda mole at San | Francisco, Cal... were destroyed by | fire. Thirty-three passenger cars were | burned, and the total loss is estimat- ed 50.600, One work: , Victor Mother Dead. the “Blind Tom's” Charity Wiggins, } Flind Tom, ‘the negro musician at Birmingham Ala., died of dropsy ef | the heart. She was 102 years old. mother of DEWEY IN COMMAND. Most Effective Naval Force Ever As- sembled by the United States. Formidable Showing. When, about three weeks hence, Admiral Dewey steams into the Carib- bean sea with the four-starred flag of an admiral flying from the peak of the Mayflcwer, he will assume command of the most pewerful flcet the United States ever sent to sea. It will he more powerful than the combined squadrons which fought the battle of Manila Bay and Santiago. In fighting effectiveness it will be the superior of all the squadrons and single ves- sels that in the past fought the fights that made glorious the history of American naval achievements. The admiral will have six battleships of the first rate in his force and 13 cruising vessels. The tonnage of the former will be 66,471 and of the latter 59,334. Ameceng the cruisers will be the Olympia, which was the admiral’s flagship in the action which raised him from the grade of a commodore to that now held by him, and the Brooklyn, the flagship of Admiral Schley in the fight off Santiago. Dewey’s flagship during the maneu- vers which have tempted the admiral to again go to sea is the Mayflower, the luxurious yacht which at other times is the vessel reserved for tke use of the President. She is one of the large number of ships bought during the war with Spain, when the U'nited States avas acquiring every- thing that would ' float at enormous prices, In comparison with the squadrons which gave the American navy the fame it has the fleet which Dewey is to command is as a levia- than to a speckled brook trout or a six-inch rifle to a toy pistol. The squadron which Commodore Perry had when he defeated and captured the British squadron on Lake Erie wag of a lonnage not much greater than the smallest ship in Dewey's fleet, the torpedo hoats excepted. Perry’s ships had a displacement of about 1,200 tons. Captain Barclay’s ships had a tonnage slightly in excess of that of the American ships. But combined they had less than 2,500 Dewey will have the following ships, the displacement of each of which is in excess of the tonnage of the entire British and American squadrons in the battle of Liake Erie: PEattleships —Illinois and Kearsarge, 11,525 tons each; Iewa, 11,340; Indiana and Mas- sachusetts, 10,288 each. Cruisers -- Atlanta, 3,000; Albany, 3,437; Buffalo, 6,888; Olympia, 5,870; Chicago, 5,000; San Francisco, - 4,098; . (Cincinnati. 3,213; Dixie, 6,175; Prairie, 6,888, and Mayflower, 2,690. When General Grant went campaigning in Kentucky he took with him a ficet of 175 gun boats. The combined tonnage of those vessels was less than one of the new battleships. The fleet of Ad- miral Farragut when he passed the forts on the Mississippi was not equal to two of the battleships. The power of all the guns Perry, Grant and Far- ragut had was not equal to the guns on one of the battleships. And yet the fleet which Dewey is to drill is in- ferior to the channel squadron which Great Britain maintains in order to notify France and Germany that the tight little island is to remain so. INCREASE FREIGHT RATES. Central and Southern Railroad As-: sociation Agrees on New Tariff, At a meeting of the executive offi- cials of Central Freight Association lines the frunk lines and Aouthern roads, held at the Trunk Line Asso- ciation’s headquarters in New York, grain, provisions and kindred rates were generally advanced. An increas of 21% cents per 100 pounds on the! Chicago-New York basis for grain and | grain products was decided upon. A | corresponding advance in rates on! glucose, glucose syrup, corn oil, corn | syrup, etc, was made. The rate on dresed heef was increased 5 cents a hundred, both domestic and export, and 5 cents a hundred also cn pro- visions. SHERIFF FAILED IN DUTY. Official Removed Because He Did Not! Prevent a Lynching. Governor Durbin, of Indiana, noti- fied Sheriff Dudley, of Sullivan coun- ty, that his office was vacant and the coroner pecomes sheriff ex-officio. The Indiana law provides that a sher- iff shall vacate his office when a pris- oner in his charge is lynched, and the lynching cof the negro Dillard brought Dudley under its provisions, The sheriff has the right under the law to asx to be reinstated. but he must show that he was powerless to protect his prisoner. Septimus: Winner Dead. Septimus Winner, composer of “The Mockirg Bird,” and hundreds of other popular songs, died suddenly at his home in Philadelphia, aged 76, Agreed on Schedule. The American Federation and In- dependent Window Glass Manufactur- ors at Columbus, O.. have announced a schedule for the fellowing six months. A contract for 450,000 bexes of glass is to be filled and the present price is to be advanced at a per cent to be agreed upon by the manufactur- er and jobbers at the end of 60 days. Locomotive Exploded. By the explosion of a locomotive in the Thompson yard on the Pittsburg, Virginia & Charleston railrcad, one man was £0 severely injured that he died latir in the West Penn hospital, Pittsburz, and nine others were ser- ionsly injured. One cof the latter wiil probably die. The cause of the acci- dent is not known. Thieves robbed the Pelhurino bank at Lishon, Portugal, of $165,000. Eighteen natives were killed by an explosion of nitroglycerin at Cairo, Egypt. The Grand Trunk Railway Com- pany proposes to build a line across Canada. Negro Dillard was lynched in Ind- iana before troops could be moved to protect. Wages of about 500 Michigan Cen- tral railroad switchmen were raised voluntarily, Unknown vandals smashed portions of the statuary group in the Sieges Alice at Berlin. Big elephant Gypsy was killed in a Georgia cotton field after going mad and killing his keeper, A Danube steamer crowded with workmen sank off Orsova, Austria, and 30 were drowned. Herr Goldberger, of Berlin, Ger- many, writes of America as “Land of Unbounded Possibilities.” Wilson Hall, a young farmer, was shot and killed by Benjamin Chen- ault, colored, at Foxtown, Ky. Ohio and Michigan delegations to the next congress met and declared in favor of Cannon for speaker. German machinery for converting mine waste into fuel is to be intro- duced into the United States. The Rt. Rev. John N. Stariha was installed at Lead, S. D., as Catholic bishop for the Black Hills diocese. Nearly 3,000,006 gallons of petro- leum, stored in a reservoir at Odessa, Russia, have been destroyed by fire. Fittsburg millionaires have pur- chased a New Jersey Island which they purpose to make a rival ¢i New- port. The steamer Robert Wallace, load- ed with ore for Cleveland, sank near Twe Harbors, Minn, The crew es- caped. Two of the cabinet members ad- vised the President to tone down trust section of his message to Con- gress. The Columbia Oil and Gas Com- pany, of Lisbon, O., capital $500,000, has been incorporated at Dover, Del aware, Robbers cracked the safe in the Farmers Loan and Trust Company’s bank at Arthur, Ia., and secured $2,300. Fashion, estimated by some to be 35 years old, and too old to eat hay, won a blue ribbon at the New York horse show. John Truck was electrocuted in prison at Auburn, N. Y. for the mur- der of Frank W. Miller at Virgil on March 14, 1899. Governor Nash, of Ohio, appointed Theodore Hall judge of the common pleas court to succeed the late Judge J. P. Caldwell. ‘ President Gompers and other offi: cers were re-elected by the American Federation of Labor convention at New Orleans. Edward Saatkamp, superintendent of the Ross-Moyer Machinery Tool Company, Cincinnati, was killed by robbers at the factory, The Kansas missionaries, whose lives were in peril at Mequinez, Morocco, from the insurgent Kabyles, have reached Fez safely. Robbers held up a Rock Island train in Oowa, it being reported they got $20,000, but United States Express Company officials said $1,000. American Federation of Labor com- pletely exonerated President Gomp- ers on charge of bad faith in the Amalgamated Association strike. Major Ross, principal of the Liver- pocl, England, School oi Tropical Medicine, will be awred the Nobel malaria research prizz of $30,000. Mrs. Luln Miller Youngs, pleadeil not guilty in Rochester, N. Y., to mur- dering Florence McFarlin, and was committed for the action of the grand jury. American refugees arriving at San Francisco from Guatemala confirm the news of terrible loss of life dur- ing the eruption of Santa Maria vol- cano, A telegram from Portal, N. D.,, an- nounces the probable murder and the robbing cf Stephen Hayes, a lawyer. He was formerly a resident of Cleves, Olio. i) Fifty students of the College of Liberal Arts of Northwestern Univer- sity, Chicago, were ercluded from classes because they had not been vaccinated. Corporal Edmond Perrin and Pri- vate David M. Milan were mysteri- ously assaulted at the Presidio, San Francisco, Cal. Perrin died and Milan may. } The “Nero’” soundings over to the Pacific Cable Company by the government, which probably in- sures completion of the cable to Homno- lulu within six months, To relieve the freight congestion in Pittsburg the Pennsylvania rail- road has projected numerous -cut- cifs on its main line between Pitts- burg and Philadelphia. were turned Ronald F. Brennen, 22 years old, who rose in two years from the posi- tion of an office boy to that of presi- dent of a trust company, which he organized in New York, has peen sentenced to Sing Sing for 10 years, charged with securing money under false pretenses. The Wisconsin Central railroad ore dock, as Ashland, Wis., was destroyel hy fire, causing a loss of $525,000 The doek in falling carried down a num- ber of Iremen and dockmen. The answer of the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company to the complaint of William R. Hearst, of New York, denies unlawful combina- tion, confederation or agreement. James Stillmaf, president of the Naticnal City hank of New York has ented $100,000 to Harvard univer- for the endowment of a profes- ship in comparative anatomy. MINE WORKERS’ CHOICE President Mitchell Declares Fate of Miners Who Refuse to Abide by Verdict of Arbitrators. After being on the stand for four and a half days, President Mitchell, of the Miners’ union, completed his testimony at Scranton before the an- thracite strike commission Wednes- day. One of the most important things brought out during the cross- examination of President Aitchell was his emphatic declaration that the niiners were opposed to separating the bituminous miners from the an- thracite werkers, thus creating two organizations. He made this repiy to a question of ex-Congressman Simon P. Wolverton, counsel for the Reading Company, as to whether it wouid be hetter to have separate organizations. Mr. Mitchell's answer was that “It would not he possible or desirable. The anthracite mine workers have had independent organizations in the past. They have had several. They have gone. They are not here now, and the men do not want any more of their organizations to go the same way.” The non-union men, that is, those who remained at work during the strike, were made a party to the arbitration plan by their counsel agreeing to make public the names of the men who petitioned the commis- sion. When the attorneys for the “non-striking” workmen, as Chairman Gray designated them, and who num- ber about 2,000, made a demand to the commission for a 20 per cent in- crease in wages with no reduction in hourg, their attorneys desired to with- hold the names of the persons they represented. The commission, how- ever, decided they could not be a party to such a plan of secrecy. In connection with the non-union feature of the investigation, Mr. Mitchell ap- nounced that he is also representing thousands of non-union men who struck with the unionists, and that all the workmen would abide by the award of the arbitrators, “or get out of the union.” At one point in his testimony Mr. Mitchell, in answer to a query by Judge Gray, said: ‘1 think the understanding is that, pend- ing the consideration of the guestiots by this commission, the strikers were to return immediately to work, and I think the further understanding is-- don’t let me be misunderstood—is that the non-union men should not be interfered with nor displaced fron employment generally by the return of the union men.” Mr. Burns was examining the witness regarding un- lawful acts, committed during the strike, and had asked Mr. Mitchell if he approved of them, when Judge Gray stopped him and said that noth- ing could be gained by asking the question because the commission hal a moral sense of its own which he presumed agreed with the moral sense of the community and scciety. PROBABLY BURIED ALIVE. Insurance Fraud Consigned = Man to His Grave. Living Upon exhuming the body of a man named Mitchell. who died mj stericus- ly at Chihuahua, Mexico, after hav- ing been insured by the men in jail at El Paso, 'Tex., who are charged with defrauding a New York life in- surance company, it is alleged to have been disccvered that the man had been buried alive. This was shown by evidences of a struggic in the cof: fin, the mocuth being open, the arms against the lid, and the palms turned upward. NEW POLITICS IN CUBA. Enemies of Americans Control! iHousz of Representatives. The House of Representatives of Cuba has elected Portuordo president of the chamber, Garmendia first v president, Cardenal second vice pros- ident, and Perez and Acosta scere- taries of the chamber. Portundo is a Nationalist, with leanings towari radicalism He is anti-American in his feelings, and was strongly op- nosed to accepting the Platt amend- ment in the constitution. Garmendia is a pronounced Radical, while Car- denal and Acosta are members of the Republican party, and Pcrez ig a Na- tionalist. ' INDIAN REVENGE STOPPED. Proposed to Burn Brakeman Wiicss Train Had Killed Souaw. An Indian woman at the Crow Wing agency was struck by a freight train at Butte, Mont., and killed. A brave who accompanied her summoned a number of his followers and they cap- tured the brakeman. Whin the In- dian police reached the tepees the ex. cited braves were holding a war dance about their victim, who was hound to a tree, while the- Indians were preparing to torture and burn him. The bucks objected to interfer- ence, and for a time a clash threaten- ed, but the police succeeded in reseco- ing the man. Spouts Once a Year. An old cil well which flows oil, gas and mud is a puzzle to the operators at Barbourville, in the Kentucky fields. The well flows only ia the month of November each year, and has done so for over €0 years. Dur ing the other 11 months the wcll is quiescent, Boer Generals Not Comirg. Generals Delarey and Botha, now at Brussels, Belgium, have decided to abandon their proposed tour of tho United States. General Delarey says they intend to return to South Africa to meet Colonial Secretary Chamuver- lain at Pretoria. Will Vote on Local Ontion. Poth branches of the Vermont Leg- islature passed the local option high license bill with referendum attach- ed. in the Field—Losses in Six Months. Men The seventh semi-annual report of the council of war of the Yaqui reve- lation has just heen issued by the Yaqgui junta, and first received at Prescott, Arizona. It is stated that the number of Yaquis actually in the field is 6,200. There were 18 Amer- icans in the service. It is stated that the funds at hand in the council of war amount to $450,000. Threa years ago the council had but $200,- 000. These funds are obtained through contributions and by the looting of Mexican towns. The Yaqui junta declares that the Yaquis hold absolutely 25,000 square miles of productive territory, known as “the Push” and ‘the Sierra.” In this re- gion they raise all that they require, such as cereals and vegetables and cattle and horses. From their broth- ers at peace they obtain all the clothing that they need. They manu- facture their own gunpowder when necessary. During the last six months the Yaquis lost 500 soldiers, including 18 officers. Of these 48% were killed in battle, The rest died of disease. No mention is made of the women who were killed at Uva- lama, but in a note the council of war states that it is safe to say that more than 200 Yaqui women and 100 Yaqui children suffered death at the hands of Mexican soldiers. The junta states that four Americans were killed on the Yaqui side. WAS PARTIAL TO GERMANY. Arbitrator Ruled Steadily Against America and Great Britain. The text of the decision of King Oscar, of Sweden, arbitrator between the United States, Great Britain and rermany in the Samoan affair, shows that on every point adopied the most extreme German view. He decides that the action of the Amer- ican cruiser, Philadelphia and the British ships Porpoise and Royalist in opening war on Chief Mataafa on March 15, 1899, and installing -Malie- toa as chief, although they were oniy enforcing the decision of the chief justice, was unwarranted by the treaty, and that the German consul was justified in resisting. King Os- car places the claims for damages: to property in Samoa entirely upon the American and British governments. The navy department is informed that the Hancock has been placed fin commission at the Mare Island navy vard, California. She was formeriy an army transport and will now be York city. CABLE FLASHES. T™he Duke of Mariborough, of Eng- land, has resigned the cffice of pay- master general of the British army. The evacuation cof Shanczhai, China, by the foreign garrisons ha$ begun, the Japanese being the first to with- draw their trcops. Richard J. Cartwright, minister of trade and commerce of the Dominion of Canada, has been made a privy councilor of England. The Anchor line warehouses were destroyed by fire at Glasgow, Scotland. One man was killed and several were injured. The loss sus- tained by the company is very heavy. it is announced that the construe- tion of the Russian railroad {rom Frivan, a town of Russia. 115 miles from Tiflis, to the Persian frontier, will be commenced at the beginning of 1903. The sultan of Morocco has present- ed $5,000 to Mrs. Cooper, widow of the English missionary who was mur- dered by a native, and whose assassin was shot to death in front of a mos- que on order of the sultan. | The Danish steamer knud II., Cap- i tain Hanssen, from Copenhagen, and the British steamer Swaledale, from Hamburg, collided at the mouth of the Tyne. The Knud II. foundered immediately, and the master and sev- en cf her crew were drowned. Ambassador Tower, who has been transferred irom St. Petersburg, { sia, to Berlin, Germany, has his fare- well audience with the Czar at I.i- vadia. He afterward Iunched with His Majesty and the Czarina. l.ord Kitchener has arrived at Aden, Arabia, on his way to India, and has conferred with the commandant. General Maitland, concerning the campaig which is proceeding against the Mullah in Somaliland. According to advices {rom Mon- astir, 87 miles west of Salonica, the Turks are inflicting terrible tortures “on Bulgarian peasants in order to ex- tort confessions which may lead to the discovery of revolutionary bands. With the approval of the minister of the interior the Austrian league to combat the white slave trafic will es- tablish branches in all the important towns and frontier staticns of Aus- tria and take active means to sup- press the traffic, Germany is preparing to press her us- claims against Venezuela. Wour of | the kaiser’s warships are now in Vene- | zuelan waters, and as soon as Presi- { dent Castro's capital settles down in a permanent location it is the inten- tion to present them in a form which wiil permit of no procrastination. Lord Tennyson, the temporary gov- ernor general of Australia, has been formally appointed to that office. The appointment, at his lerdship’s wish, | was for one year only. He succeeds i Lord Hopetoun, whose resignation was officially announced May 14 last. The Marguise de Chambrun died at Paris, France. She was the last anddaughter of Lafayette. Her old- est. son, th2 Marquis de Chambrun, who is a member of the Chamber of Deputies, was formerly Counsclor of i the French Embassy at Washin i ond married a daughter of Mrs. Bel- { lamy Storer. 1 ort LOY utilized as a receiving ship at New ' hy! i —3 “a I John gente Bible ] Ohio The I Ge despa coura a heal every year.’ Thou would has be tarrh. ever lo equally cures ¢ ~~ In tl applic: workir ground lin, lit regard gestivi A pl lar lin the oc does knowr Line, of spe patrol routes ways. knew these certail crippl: _ be sa plan | salvag better purely The not di stages the nt &,176
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