CAN'T KEEP VP WITH EXPENSES. TREASURY DEFICIT. Expenditures of the Year Amount to $600,000, ooo Wr Department Oct m8,ooo,ooo and Pensioners $139,000,000. It Is regarded as a conservative esti mate that the treasury deficit for the fiscal year lt99, which close this month, will be less than 1100,000,000. Already the receipts for the year ag gregate over J40s.noO.OW, with the ex penditures barely 1100,000,000 more, w ith 10 days, judging from past years, of heavy receipts yet to be accounted for, The customs receipts amount to over 1200.400,000; from Internal revenue $-'63,-(150,000 was realized and from miscel laneous sources $:i5.r00.000. The re ceipts Inst year amounted to $405. 321, 3m while the expenditures aggregated $44:1,368,562, leaving a deficit of $118,047, 247. From the closest calculation that can now be made the war revenue act, which with the exception of a few Items, went Into effect July 1, 18!8. will realize for the year a little less than S100.000.0nn. The receipts from tobacco alone will probably show an Increase for the year of over $15,000,000; spirits, an Increase of $6,500,000; beer and other fermented liquors, an Increase of over $28,000,000, and nlnomnrgarlne, an In crease of about $."iS5.000. The two Items which have produced more than 10 times as much revenue as any two others are those applying to documen tary and proprietary stamps. April 80 these Items had produced over $115,500. O00, and It Is not Improbable that by July 1 the total will exceed $44,000,000. The tax on legacies will probably pro duce not much In excess of $1,000,000, while the special tax collected from bankers will exceed $3,500,000. The expenditures up to this time ag gregate about $600,000,000. Of this amount $228,000,000 was paid out on re quisitions from the war department; $84,000,000 on account of the navy; $138. 000.000 on account of pensions, and nearly $40,000,000 on account of Interest on the public debt, $12,675,000 was raid to the Indians and $117,290,000 was dis bursed on civil and miscellaneous ac count. At this time It Is Impossible to state with any degree of certainty what the war with Spain and the troubles In the Philippines have cost this year, but an approximation has been made of the actual cash payments on these ac counts, which places the amount at $230,000,000. A calculation has been made at the treasury which shows that leaving out of the reckoning the $230,000,000 expended this year on ac count of the war, the $100,000,000 pro duced by the war revenue act and the $11,798,314 received from the Central raclflo, the figures would show a sur plus for the year approximating $20,000. ALL QUIET AT SAMOA. A Provisional Government Agrted Upon by tha Thru Powcte. The natives of Apia, Samoa, have returned to their homes. Mnlletoa Tan 11 was recognized as king by the commissioners of the three powers, and the decision of t'hlef Justice Chambers In the matter of the kingship was pro claimed valid and binding. Malletoa Tanu then abdicated In favor of the commissioners, who appointed a pro visional government consisting of the consuls of the three powers, empower ing a majority to nc In nil cases vcre unanlmliy is not required by the Berlin treaty. Mataafa has surrendered 1,830 rifles, and the loyalists have given up 2.000. Affr June 20 a heavy penalty will bo enforced upon natives found with rifles In their possession. Mataafa promises to turn in more weapons. Chief Justice Chambers continues to bold office, and the various municipal ntnclnls arc confirmed. Dr. Wllhelm Solf has ben authorised to act as pre sident of the municipality of Apia. Four den tha from yellow fever oc curred at Santiago last Thursday. I A DANGEROUS 1ND1V1DU Hvpnotina Woman and Makes them Follow Him at Will. Joseph McAuley was sent to the pen itentiary at Buffalo, N. Y., on the ac cusation of Lilian Beaton, who said he had hypnotized her. McAuley and Miss Beaton were ar rested by Patrolman Mahonney Wed nesday night. They were walking round and round the block, neither speaking to the other, the woman's eyes Intently fixed on the man's. When the policeman, who had noticed these performances, took hold of the woman he came out of the hypnotic state and asked him to take her out of McAuley's power. He approached her on the street, turned her face toward the light, made a few passes before her eyes and without a word walked up the street, compelling her to walk with him. She tried to leave him, but could not Miss Beaton told her story to the police justice. McAuley was asked what defence he had. He refused to say a word. Desk Sergeant Nash reported that another woman had made a similar charge against McAuley a few days ago. The Judge sentenced McAuley to twenty flve days' Imprisonment, which he re ceived without breaking silence. He Is an ordinary looking fellow, thirty years old. Boars Preparingfor W ar. The activity of the war office at Cape Town has been suspended In the mat ter of contracts for certain military requisites, on the ground that the re giments are now reudy to leave Cape Town for Kimberley at short notice. An engine driver on the Cape railway declares that he has seen men armed and mounted, engaged In drilling at Hout-Kraal, near Deaar and Pontfon taln, not fur from Kimberley, He was Informed that they were Dutchmen preparing to assist the Boers In the event of hostilities. The Cape Town correspondent of the London Dally Mull says: "The Nation al volunteers have been officially order ed to hold themselves In readiness for active service." Pttty Ambulances Lost. Fifty hospital ambulances, shipped to Tampa, Fla., over a year ago by the Chicago army officials, to be forwarded to Cuba for the use of the United Hlates troops, have been lost. It took a freight truln of seventeen cars to haul the ambulances from tha city. Ecmbardcd Clouds. A dispatch from Rome says: Experi ments have been In progress hero dur ing the past two weeks in warding off by the use of artillery those disastrous hall storms which each year do such enormous umount of damuge to the vineyards and crops throughout the kingdom. The experiments have been successful, and In the returns Just published by the war department here the case Is cited of a hailstorm, which having devastated a number of vine yards In the neighborhood of Monfer xato, was about to deacend on other villages, when the storm cloud was bombarded with artillery, and a light rain ecsxendeU Instead of hull. TERSE TELEGRAMS. Oen. Merrlee's father-ln-Iaw. Notman Williams, of Chicago, Is dead. Benjnmln Tarrott was hanged at Hamilton, Ont., for the murder of his mother. In Jersey city Antonio Macolate shot and killed his wife and committed suicide. It Is believed In Washington thnt Oen. Miles will replace Gin. Otis In the Philippines. Fire at Laurel, Pel., Saturdny de stroyed stores, dwellings and a hotel valued at $150,000. Cubnn fishermen found $8,000 In the wreck of the Spanish cruiser, the Ad miral Oquendo. Dr. Alvah Doty of New Tork hns dis covered a serum for the prevention of yellow fever. A New York financier proposes to Purchase Ireland from Great Britain for $100,000,000. A company hns been organized to construct a steel wonts at Monterey, lex., to cost $10,000,000. John Young, a farmer, of near Hope, Ind., threw a club and killed his son, who was beating a horse. The American Distilling Company has been eli'ected. The trust includes 160 concerns and is capitalized at $125, 000.000. The United States cruiser, Olympla, with Admiral Dewey, arrived at Co lombo, Island of Ceylon, last Thurs day. Mrs. Harvey J. Ramsey murdered her husband by cutting his throat as he lay In bed at the Garden hotel, New York. Admiral Schley Is to be the guest of Chester, Pa., on July 4. and has con sented to make an address to the citi zens. President McKlnley and party reach ed Adams, Mass., Wednesday evening to be guests of W. B. Tlunkett for a few days. Judge Slmonton, at Harrlsburg, Pa., decided the army canteen at Camp Meade can not be run without a license and It will be suppressed. The exports for last week of gold were $8,322,922. and at sliver, $786,805. The Imports for the week of gold were $51,018, and of silver, $121,690. Fire on Sntmday In the malt rooom of the Malcolm Brewing Company, Brooklyn, N. Y., destroyed a large quantity of barley. Loss, $30,000. Frederick Rlker and Charles Acker man were run down by a train on Greenwood Lake railroad at a grade crossing at Wayne, N. J. Rlker was killed and Ackerman fatally injured. The National Music Teachers' asso ciation, In session at Cincinnati, adopted a resolution recommending trunk Van Der Stucken as the Ameri can composer for the Paris exposition. At Wlnsted, Conn., one man was fatally hurt and another seriously in jured In a bad wreck on the New York, New Haven & Hartford road Friday. Fifteen cars were demolished in the crash. T. D. Tanner, for many years Jour nal clerk of the great council of the Improved Order of Red Men, was ar rested at Kaston, Pa., charged with embezzling $1,100 from the lodge of that place. At Danbury, Conn., James Rasmus sen, aged 47, his son John, aged 6, and Rudolph Johnson, aged 45, were drowned while boating on East Lake reservoir Thursday evening. The boat capsized. The corner's lurv 1 the cane of T.. ft. Putnam, a wcllknown farmer who died in his barn at Hillsdale, Mich., under mysterious circumstances about three weeks ago, brought In a verdict charg ing his wife with his murder. Mrs. Laura E. Ratcliff of Phila delphia, the only Philadelphia woman detective, will shortly leave for Europe to hunt for two sons and other heirs of a Germantown man who died recently leaving an estate of $2,000,000. Chicago Is said to have a jury-brtb-Ing syndicate, the members of which will shortly be exposed. They are em ployed by a number of large corpora tions which have many damage cases to defend In the course of a year. James Green, wanted at Seattle, Wash., for the murder of a cabman, and at Walla Walla, Wash., for bun koing a farmer out of $5,000, was ar rested at Harrlsburg, Pa., while In quiring for a letter at the postofflcc. Kx-Tax Collector George L. Grlswold, of Norwich, Conn., was arrested Satur day night, charged with embezzling $12,000 of the city funds. It Is alleged his shortage will amount to $20,000. and that he lost the money In speculation. A dispatch to the Imparclal from Manila says Baron Du Marias, a Frenchman, who went to the rebel camp to Intervene In behalf of the Spanish prisoners In the hands of the Filipinos, has been treacherously mur dered. Major George H. Sands, Sixth Infan Thursday saved from drowning In the surf at Atlantic City his daughter, Margaret Sands, and sister-in-law, Katherine Pearson, daughter of Oen. A. L. Pearson, a well-known lawyer of Pittsburg. The transport Cleveland arrived at Ban Francisco Saturday from Manila, having been 41 days en route. Dr. W. O. Thompson, Miami Univer sity, Saturday signified his Intention to resign the presidency of Miami Univer sity, anu accept the call of the Ohio State University to become Its presi dent, his resignation to take effect July Thomas A. Henderson, a wealthy contractor, committed suicide at his home at Levels, Hampshire county. West Virginia. He was found by one of his children suspended from a tree In a field with a rope about his neck. He was 80 years old. Klizabeth Borlgranux, a nurse, at New York, by mistake administered carbolic acid Instead of soothing syrup to the 9-days-oid son of Albert Kam Friday morning. The child died al most Instantly and Its mother Is in a serious condition as the result of the shock. John D. Rockefeller has commenced a foreclosure suit at Seattle, Wash., to recover $1,600,000 from the Everett Land company, which was advanced on the security of the entire Everett town site, water works, electric railroad, etc. The property is worth about $4,000,000. At the railroad depot In Washing ton, N, C Thursday a young man, J. F. Woodward, solicitor of produce for O. M. Snyder & Co., New York city, was publicly horsewhipped by several citizens, who declared that he had In sulted a young woman of that city. Woodward makes denial and threat ens to prosecute. - The transport Sheridan sailed Satur day with troops for Munlla. She cur ried 1.042 armed men and 64 ortlcers. The transport Valencia sailed on Sun day with some additional companies of the Twenty-fourth Infantry. The Pennsylvania will carry the Twenty fifth Infantry, but her sailing day has not been announced. Notice of an Increase In wages of laborers and factory operatives were posted Saturday at the Pennsylvania bolt and nut works at Lebanon, Pu. The Increase takes effect on July 1, and laborers now receiving 10 cents an hour will, under ths new schedule, re ceive 12Vi cents. fflDIL OHS IS KOI NERVOUS. CAN HOLD HIS GROUND. General Miller Thinks (5,000 Men Wilt be Re quired to Conquer tha Philippine! Mites Not to Oo to Manila. Acting. Secretary of War Melklejohn denied on Sunday that G"n. Otis lias cabled thnt he will be compelled to retreat from the positions occupied by our forces In the Philippines unless he Is promptly reinforced. Secretary Alger said thnt during his absence he hns been kept fully Inform ed of all dispatches received from Gen. Otis regarding the situation In the Philippines. He was not prepared to cay anything tonight, for publication respecting what, If any, Increase Is to be made to the troops under Gen. Otls's command. Thnt matter will be talked over with the President as soon as he returns to Washington from his New England visit. Gen. Alger said he had no knowledge of a dispatch alleged to have been received from Gen. Otis In which that officer Intimated his In ability to conquer the Filipinos with the force under his command and that he would be obliged to abandon the ground already taken unless reinforce ments were quickly sent. All dispatch es from Oen. Otis were forwarded to him, he said, and he had seen nothing of the kind mentioned. Gen. Marcus P. Miller, who recently arrived from the Philippines, wnere he governed Hollo, has been living here since his return. Oen. Miller's view as to the number of men, required for the subjugation of the Islands Is very different from that of Gen. Otis. He believes 86.000 men at least are re quired 30,000 for the control cf Luzon and the remainder for the restoration of peace and order In the other Islands. There Is no truth In the story that Gen. Miles has applied to be sent to Manila. Gen. Miles would not wish to take any action to displace Gen. Otis when that officer is doing all he can to quell the rebellion. Notwithstanding the report to the contrary, the President Is satis fied with Gen. Otls's course, and has no Intention of relieving or recalling him. BUY1NO TEXAS CAT1LE. English Syndicate Trying to Corner tha Market el This Country. I M. Grognn, member of the state legislature of Texas from Nolan county. Is authority for the statement that an English syndicate with a capi tal of $100,000,000 has started In to pur chase all of the cattle In Texas, with a view of cornering the cattle market of this country. He says that the syn dicate Is operating In this state through George B. Loving, of Fort Worth, and that in the panhandle and west Texas, from which section he has Just arrived, options have been secured on hundreds of thousands of head of rattle. These options are all for 90 days and Include cattle of all classes. as well as ranch properties In every in stance wnen attainable. The total number of cattle In the state Is about 8.000,000 head and their assessed valua tion Is about $60,000,000. Tea and Cigarcttea. . A combination tea and cigarette fiend Is the latest patient under observation at Bellevue hospital. New oYrk City. The physicians say he Is suffering from neurasthenia. He admits smoking 100 cigarettes a dny and drinking at least twenty-five cups of tea between smokes. He Is Alllster Dlgney, 47 years old, and edited a newspaper at Santi ago. Six weeks ago he came to this country suffering from malnrla. He went to the hills In search of fresh air. Several days ago he was admitted at Vellevue. There Dr. Charles Carter discovered that the patient was ex tremely nervous and learned his his tory. He was born In Calcutta. For many years he was employed there on a plantation as a tea taster. Of course he got the tea habit. Then he took to smoking cigarettes, and he got that habit, too. He has kept both up. Interesting Matter tor Dewey. Prominent men engaged In the ship ping business at New York have pre pared for presentation to Admiral Geo. Dewey on his arrival a mammoth al bum, containing assorted clippings from the principal newspapers snd pub lications that have mentioned Admiral Dewey since last May, so arranged that they give a complete history of the part that Dewey took In the war. Frederick B. Dalzell, treasurer of tha committee which has the memorial In charge, said that the money to pay for It had been subscribed. Soldiers lor Otis. The transport Zealandla has sailed from San Francisco for Manila with First battalion, Twenty-fourth Infan try, composed of Companies C, E, G and I, Maj. J. Milton Thompson, com manding, seven officers and 408 enlist ed men. Twelve men of the signal corps and a detachment of recruits for regiments serving with Oen. Otis are also on board. The regiment was conspicuous for its conduct In the San tiago campaign and volunteered to guard and nurse the yellow fever pa tients of Oen. Shafter's army. This regiment is armed with Krag-Jor-gensen rifles and provided with 386 rounds of ammunition per man. Pour Little Olrla Drowned. Five little girls, daughters of John Frazer and Lawrence Gallant, were clam digging at the bar at Summer side, Prince Edward Island, at low tide Thursday. Wandering from bar to bar they found themselves surrounded by the rising tide. They started to wade ashore, but only one, Aggie Galant, succeeded. She was almost exhausted when she reached home and told of the fate of her companions. Men dragged the bottom and found three bodies side by side. The other had been swept out to sea. For Murdering s Negrraa. Oreenbry Reddlt, a white farmer of considerable wealth and Influence, was convicted at Memphis, Tenn., by a Jury for murdering a negress. Reddlt shot Maggie Hobbs, whom he claimed tried to kill him with a brick. The Jury, which was composed entirely of white citizens, returned a verdict of murder In the second degree and Red dlt was given 10 years In the penitent iary. AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. Rear Admiral John C. Watson has arrived at Manila. The contributions to the Dewey home fund have reached $10,606. It Is reported In Washington that Gen. Wheeler has been ordered to the Philippines. New York councils has made July $ a holiday In commemoration of the but tle of Santiago. Gen. McArthur has recommended Col. Hawkins, of the Tenth Pennsyl vania volunteers for promotion. Colonel Evan Miles, First Infantry, who hus been In bad health since his return from Cuba last year, has been ordered to report to a retiring board, of which Major General r-haftcr Is presi dent, fur examination for retirement. RUSSIA'S LAND HUNGER. Starts Oat an Expedition aa Par South aa Thibet to Occupy Territory. After an absence of almost two years, John W. Bookwalter returned home Saturday after a trip through Russia. He predicts that within a comparative ly few years Russia will be the domi nant Power of the East, and will have acquired practically all the countries of Asia except India. There Is now forming a surveying party of Russian officials, who will start in the extreme southern rart of Thibet, traveling north to Klnthka, about 2,400 miles. This will be practic ally a party of occupation, and all ter ritory desired will be taken possession of In the name of the Russian Govern ment. Mr. Bookwalter Is arranging to accompany this party. STIMULATING) THS BRAIN. Professor Discovers a Method te Determine tha Relation Between Mind and Muiclt. Prof. Talbert, of Laporte, Ind., who Is now In Germany, has discovered a way for a much wider and more scien tific Investigation of the action of the brain on the muscles of the body than hns heretofore been known. It has long been known that stimulation of certain parts of the brain would cause definite responses from certain muscles of the body. Professor Tslbert has hit upon the plan of trephining holes In a dog's skull, which he will fill with Ivory plugs to which are attached electrode knobs resting on the surface of the brain. Wires are then attached to a battery and the brain at that point Is stimulat ed at will. The location of that part of the brain governing the leg, eye, nose etc., may be found by this new dis covery." ALONB IN A BOAT. Olrla Hobtonlee s Daring Mariner Who la Now Crossing tha Atlantic. Capt Andrews, a well-known sea captain, sailed Monday for Europe from Atlantic City In a 12-foot boat, and was Hobsonlzed by four girls who rowed after him at sea. The captain refused at the last mi nute to allow Belle Shane, a young girl, to accompany him on his voysge, although he had promised that she would be allowed to make the voyage with him. Miss Shane had parked her trunk and was ready to make the peri lous Journey. She begged plteoualy before a crowd of 1,600 people who lined the boardwalk to make the Jour ney but Capt. Andrews would not per mit her to run the risk of being ship wrecked at sea. A reward of $100 Is of fered all sea captains speaking his bost. DETERMINED TO DIB. Young Woman Trlea to Commit Suicide Four Times During an Aldermanic Tr.al. Four unsuccessful attempts at sui cide were made by Lena Walsh during her homing In Alderman Miller's olllce, nt Scronton, Pa., Saturday. Twice she attempted to plunge headlong from the recond-story window, and twice she at tempted to stab herself, the first time wlh a paper knife snatched from the clerk's desk and again with her hat pin. Each time she was frustrated by De tective Hllverberg, who had her In cus tody. She Is a young woman of good family, who left home and became the wife of a negro gambler. Truata Among Farmers. The Industrial Commission adjourned Saturday afternoon until September 6. George K. Holmes, of the Agricul tural Department, was heard, lie fur nished statistics showing that the aver age per capita earnings of furm labor ers In the United States amount to $225 a year without board, compared to $227 paid to persons engaged in domestic service; $420 paid to miners, and $445 paid to those engaged In tho mechan ical arts. Among the farmers' organizations, which he considered In the nature of trusts, were the numerous fruit associ ations of California and other Stntes and the Milk Producers' Association of Boston. There Is also a tendency toward organization among the cotton growers, and If It ever takes definite shape it would be the most gigantic trust In the country. Any law applying to trusts must bear upon these organi zations, and there is no doubt, he said, they had been beneficial. if 000 Keciulta a Week. It Is said by officials at the war de partment interested In the recruiting movement that this work Is progress ing with pleasing rapidity. Recruits have been received at the rate of 1,000 a week for the past three weeks, and there are now at the Presidio at San Francisco about 6,000 men waiting transportation to the Philippines. Many of these are old soldiers, and the others are being rapidly drilled and broken In. The army is now practical ly recruited up to Its legal maximum of 85,000 men, but It Is understood that the recruiting at the present rate will bo kept up for some time, or at least till the department receives further ad vice from General Otis. Reward In Store for s Ncwaboy. Mrs. Oliver Rlckerson, a niece of Andrew Carnegie, left her Jewel box containing $50,000 worth of gems on the counter of a newstand at Long Is land City a few days ago, while on her way from her home at Little Neck to her summer residence in Maine. Halstead Heywood, the newsboy In charge of the stand, thought someone had left a lunch box, but when he shook It aid heard the Jingling sound It gave forth he put It away until even ing, when he took It to the office of the president of the news company. Mrs. Rlckerson telegraphed an inquiry re garding her Jewels, and when she found they were safe sent word that she would reward young Heywood. Ruining Their Trade. The German woolen manufacturers are again complaining at the loss of American trade, because of the woolen schedules In the Dlngley tariff law. At Elberfleld and Gera, two Important centers of the textile Industries, meet ings of the chambers of commerce have been held, at which reports were pre pared, stating that the Dlngley tariff Is steadily narrowing the markets for their products In the United States. The reports crltise the Indifference of the home government to the danger that threatens theld Interests and de clare that the government's firm oppo sition to the tariff reprisals Is growing dally more Intolerable. Train Robber Gets Seventeen Veers. John Kennedy, the notorious "crack er neck," has finally been convicted at Hartvllle, Mo of complicity In the train robbery on the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis railroad, at Ma combe, Mo., on January $ last, and his punishment fixed at 17 years In the penitentiary. Sw.mmera Killed is s Duel. At Wygals Bridge near Pulaski, Vs., John Raines snd Madison Pratt, aged 19, quarreled while swimming. Finally both left the water, pan to their cloth ing, secured revolvers and began tir ing. Pratt was lulled by the second shot Haines qjed shortly after. ROUGH RIDERS HIKE I Hi. ROOSEVELT GREETED. The Association Meets and Elects Honorary Members snd Makes Him a Life Presl. dent-Next Place of Meeting. Governor Roosevelt arrived at Las Vegns, N. M.. at 1:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon, and was greeted as he step ped off the platform of the rear car with tremendous cheering from B.000 people, massed around the depot. He was In his Rough Rider uniform, and was easily recognized by the crowd. He was almost lifted bodily from his feet by the press of persons anxious to grasp his hnnd, and as he and his party made their way slowly to the Casta neda Hotel, the crowds surged after him. As he walked down the depot sidewalk a line of Rough Rider veter ans saluted and joined In the general ovation. When Colonel Roosevelt came oppo site the line of Rough Riders he com menced shaking hands with the troop ers, and gave them a most cordial greeting. He remarked: "I am mighty glnd to see you, boys, and to be able to be with you. I would not have missed this for anything. If the reunion had been held In Alaska I would hove gone there to see you." The Rough lllders cheered him con tinuously. The party of Rough Riders and citizens of New Mexico met Roose velt and party at Wagon Mound, at 11:40 o'clock. There were no ppeechea made, as hnd been anticipated. ' At Raton the citizens turned out en masse. Colonel Roosevelt was presented with a floral offering consisting of an arch way with a gate swinging open. At Springer, the citizens presented the Colonel with a floral wreath. At Wagon Hound there was an ovation and the school children sang, "My Country, 'TIs of Thee." The business meeting of the Rough Riders' Regimental Association was held In the Duncan Opera House, and owing to the absence of Secretary Car ter, of Prescott, Lieutenant William K. Dame, of Santa Fe, was chosen Secretary pro tern. An address of welcome on behalf of the citizens of Las Vegas was made by A. A. Jones. Colonel Roosevelt responded, speak ing of his pride In the regiment and Its achievements and the work now being done In the Philippines. The business meeting followed. Four honorary members of the association were recorded. These are Richard Harding Davis, Edward Marshall, Lleutennnt "Gatllng" Parker and Cap tain McCormlck, of the Seventh Caval ry. Oovernor Roosevelt was elected Honorary President for life of the as sociation. Colonel O. W. Rrodle, of Prescott, was elected President. Oklahoma city wns chosen as the next place of meeting. There was a love fenst Inter at the Opera House. MOVES TO NEW YORK. Cleveland Now only a Branch Office of tha Standard Oil Company. The Standnrd OH Company Is pre paring to get out of Ohio. Its head quarters will be removed from Cleve land to New York, and on the first of July Its Ohio charter will be given up. The office force at Cleveland will be reduced from about 60 men to less than one-tenth of that number. The recent Incorporation of the com pany In New Jersey with a capital of $110,000,000 was tho first step In the abandonment of Ohio, An officer of the company confirmed the report of the removal of the offices and said that Cleveland would hereafter be only a branch office, like those maintained In several cities. Armor Plata 8tanda a Severe Teat. There was a test at Indian Head Wednesday of armor plate intended for the battleship Wisconsin, the lot aggre gating 700 tons. The test plat tapered from 16 Inches to 9ft Inches In thick ness. The first shot, a Carpenter armor-piercer, with a velocity of 1,$70 feet, penetrated the plate 6 Inches. The second, a Holtzer armor-piercer, with a velocity of 1,800 feet, penetrated 9 Inches, The plate was not cracked and the test was satisfactorily met. Light Ouns for Otis. AD LIGHT OUNS FOR OTIS. C k The war department hns become Im pressed with the necessity of Increas ing the efficiency of the artillery force In the Philippines. There are already a large number of batteries In the archi pelago doing duty as Infantry, but there Is a movement on foot to furnish them with guns adapted to use In that country, and the department Is now en gaged In a series of experiments to de termine the most effective form of light gun for use against the Insurgents, CABLE FLASHES. The duke of Abruzsl's polsr expedi tion sailed from Christiana Wednes day. Two Russlnn engineers and ten Cos sacks have been killed by brigands In Manchuria. The Russian Government has appro priated 11,000,000 roubles tor moles at Port Arthur. The queen regent has signed the bill for the cession to Germany of the Caroline Islands. At Rugby, England, a statue to Thomas Hughes, author of "Tom Brown's School Days," etc., was unveil ed Saturduy. The peace conference at The Hague la not making much progress. It Is a question whether arbitration In any form whatever will be accepted. Major Nnlr, a Judge of the New Zealand land court, hus been appoint ed acting consul for Great Britain at Samoa. The steamship Montana, which broke a shaft in mid-ocean, was towed Into Falmouth, England, by the steam er Elderslle, The customs receipts nt Havana for the week ending June 17 exceed those of any previous week of 1899 by $9,608. 27. The receipts fur the week were $262,043.84. United States ambassador Choate Friday received from the foreign office the formal memorandum embodying the temporary agreement on the Alus kun boundery. Emperor William Saturday evening celebrated the acquisition by Gerinuny of the Caroline islands. All the war ships In the harbor of Kiel displayed electric signals Emperor William has conferred the rank of count upon the minister of foreign affairs Huron von Buelow, ' The anti-budget demonstrations In Spuln are Increasing, and gendarmes hnva hitnn rihllyf.il in inturv.na 1.. several provinces. The prefect has pro- niDiieu a meeting wnicn was proponed to be held In Madrid this evening. According to a dispatch to the Frank furter Zeltung, Berlin, from Batouin, the Ruasiuns are conatructlng a rail way from Alexundrupol government to Erivan, east to the Persian frontier and intended ultimately to reach Ur mia, Persia. HONORS HIS NIECE. Visits Mt Holyoke College and Receives Degree Sneaks en tha Influence ef Educated Womanhood. The president of the United Btateij last Wednesday presented diplomas td a graduating class of young women. among whom was his niece, Miss Grace! McKlnley. Commencement day at Mt. Holyoke college, at Bouth Hadley, Mass., nui made a national event by the partlcl patlon of President McKlnley, who, witn mrs. McKlnley. Assistant Secre tary of the Navy Allen and members! of his ortlrlnl family, had come to wlt-l ness the graduation of Miss Grace McJ Kiniey. the president's niece. Gov Roger Wolcott and Mrs. Wolcott an others of political and social proml-4 nence also attended the exercises. Pre-I sldent McKinely presented the srad untlng class with their diplomas andl uegrees. The town was crowded with visitors' early In the dny. The college grounds! were tnronged some time before the hour scheduled for the beginning of the day's program. The president and his party reached the college at 10 o'clock. Rev. J. L. R. Trask and Rev. Dr. Judsnn Smith of the board of trustees of Mt. Holyoke college were waiting for them at the entrance to the college grounds. Thai visitors were escorted to the chapel, and aa the president, leaning on the arm of Dr. Smith, appeared at the entrance the audience arose. The president and the gentlemen who accompanied him were given seats on me piatrorm. Mrs. McKlnley, Mrs. Wolcott and the other ladles of the party sat at therlght In the auditorium. The seniors occupied the front rows. After devotional exercises Dr. Smith rend an address, his subject being "A Plea for the Humanities." In closing he welcomed the guests and Introduced Gov. Wolcott, who spoke at soma length. Then, while the chorus wss singing, President McKlnley was escorted to the front of the platform by Mrs. Mead, president of the college. Upon a table near at hand lay the diplomas. As the musla ceased the president raised one of the rolls, and the name It bore was that of his niece, Miss Grace McKlnley. The young lady advanced, received ths diploma and shook hands with the pre sident. This was the only demonstra tion made by the graduates aside from the usual bow and expression of thanks. As the last diploma was presented, and the president was about to resume his seat. Dr. Trask arose, and addres sing President McKlnley, announced that Mt. Holyoke college wished to confer upon him the degree of doctor of civil laws. President McKlnley said In part: "Mt. Holyoke is more than 60 years old to-day, and the Influence of this In stitution In molding and shaping the citizens of the nation can never be told. I am glnd that we are demonstrating In the United States to-day that the boy shall have no more advantages than the girl, and Mt. Holyoke and Smith and the half dozen other Insti tutions of the land are demonstrating that fact. An educated womanhood Is an open school for citizenship every day of the year, and the home Is ths training school for the mother, the sol dier and the statesman, I wish for this graduating class all good things, and I want you to be assured that all good things wait upon a pure and noble woman." At the close of the president's de liverance of tho degrees a beautiful purple banner, Inscribed "Mt Holyoke '99." was presented to him by the grad uating class. MAIL SACKS STOLEN. Chicago Pcstoffice Employee Rob tha Govern ment of Large Sums. What la regarded by postofTlce In spector James Stuart as one of ths largest and boldest mall robberies In the history of the Chicago postofflca was detected Wednesday and the ar rests of Walter Porter and John New man, drivers of mail wagons, followed. Porter made a full confession, Impli cating Newman. A large amount of letters, money or ders and packages taken by ths men was found In their lodging house 01 South Halsted street. In the pile were letters, money orders and checks di rected to all parts of this country and Europe. One check found In the pile was for $20,000, while another for large amount was sent from Marcus Daly's bank at Anaconda. The robbers had been In ths employ of the Chicago postoftlce since June L and all the thefts were committed since that time. The mall was all taken from pouches while being carried in ths wagons to and from railroad stations and It has been admitted that three sacks were taken in one day. Ths prisoners will not admit that they se cured much of value from their depre dations. They were preparing to de stroy the mall matter when arrested and had hidden most of It away. GREAT STEEL WORKS PLANNED. Boston Capltallat Projects a Plant oa Capt Breton. Steps toward the - establishment of one of the greatest iron and steel works In the world were taken at a meeting held Thursday at Montreal, when H. M. Whitney, of Boston, president of the Dominion Coal com pany, met with a number of prominent Canadian capitalists. The result was the formation of the Dominion Steel Smelting company, with a capital of $20,000,000. Mr. Whitney was elected president. The company will erect Iron and steel works at Sydney, Cape Breton, which will have a capacity of from 1,000 to 1.600 tons of steel a day, and this means that at the present prices the product of the works will amount to about $9,000,000 a year. Ths site for the works has been selected. The projectors -will obtain a part at least of the Iron ore from Newfound land, which Is accessible from Sydney. It Is estimated thnt the works will employ 4,000 to 6,000 men. Wanted Prayer, Needed Medicine. The police of Philadelphia are Inves tigating the death of Joseph McKralg, aged 64 years, of Beverly, W. Va., In a boarding house on Montgomery avenue, after being under the treatment of W. F, Reynolds, a Christian Scientist. Mc Kalg was suffering from diabetes, and Reynolds says he did not prescribe any medicine, the patient insisting on ths treating by prayer. Jews Honor Preyfua and Zola. Jews In Chicago and all the large cities of America are contributing funds for the purchase of testimonials to be presented to Capt Dreyfus, Emlle Zola and Col. Plauart. It Is planned to honor the returned soldier-convict from Devils Island with a gold-mounted, diamond-set and richly engraved sword. To Zola, whose defense of the army officer led to his exile from his native country, will be given a solid gold pen, neatly engraved. To Col, Plcquart, staunch friend of Dreyfus, will be presented gold lov tug cup. 7 V