V7 1 I Iff! 10 ABANDONMENT AUTHORIZED. People to Desert tht Island They Be lieve They Are Victims of God's Wrath. The French government has taken lt.to consideration the possibility of the necessity mining for thn evacua tion of Ft. de Fiance anil the whole Island. The minister are urepared for any Mich emergency that may rise and are taking all the necessary measures to meet It If It does. The 'Minister of the colonies. Decrals, cabled the following message to Gov ernor L'Uenrre: "Make known. It the situation seems to you to necessi tate) partial or total evacuation of the Inland, the means at your disposal or those yon may need." According to the latest advices received, quiet Is restored at Ft. de France and there has been no general exodus of the pop ulation, though 1.(100 persons have gone to the Island of (iauileloupn and the island of St. l.ucla. and 3.000 more have removed to the towns and vil lages In the extreme southern part of the Island. Thuse who remain at Ft. de France are calmer. HI. Police seems to he resting nfter Tuesday's fearful manifestation of energy, streams of frightened refugees con tinue pushing Into Ft. do Fiance from the surrounding country. These peo ple are not destitute, but they are ter rified. They want only to he taken tar away from this Island, with which, they say. the gods are angry and which they will destroy by fire be. fore It sinks under the sea. The oonsuls and the officers of the war ships are waylaid by people crazed with fear and begging to be carried away. The mountain Is veiled In volcanic clouds, which often assume a very threatening aspect and occa sional rumblings are heard. The United States steamer Dixie, Captain Berry, from New York, has arrived. Her passengers Include some famous scientists, Prof. Robert T. Hill, gov ernment geologist: Prof. C. K. Borch grevlnk. the Antarctic explorer; George Curtis and George Keenan and many magazine writers and corre spondents. The Dixie began landing her enormous cargo of supplies and the storehouse on shore soon became congested. The United States steam er Potomac went to Inspect St. Pierre, with the commanders of the war ves sels. With the greatest difficulty the party succeeded In making a landing. The effect of the eruptions were tre mendous. The huge towers of the cathedral were hurled flat to the earth. The bombardment of vol canic stones Is not sufficient to ac count for this and all evidences point to the passage of a furious blast of blazing gas, traveling at enormous speed and with Incalculable force. The deposit of boulders, ashes and stones la enormous. Not a human being lives who saw what happened at St. Pierre. Ft. de France Is over whelmed. RAILWAY COMPANIES ACCUSED. Illinois Officials Bring 8uit for Re storation of Chicago Territory. Five hundred thousand dollars' worth of Chicago river frontage has been taken from the State of Illinois, according to a bill filed In the Circuit Court at Chicago by Attorney General - H. J. Hamlin. The Pennsylvania. Burlington, the Alton and the St. Paul Hallways are said to be occupying Il legally made lands, and the court is asked to oust them. It Is demanded that the defendant railway companies restore the river to its original width of 195 feet, which If the State wins Its suit, will mean that the railways not only must relinquish claim to the valuable frontage, but must expend a large sum In cleaning away the made lands which they are occupying. FIRE IN BUFFALO. Two Hundred Freight Cart and a Transfer House Were Burned. The transfer house of the Lake Shore and New York Central Rail roads. Just north of thn stock yards at Buffalo, N. Y.. caught fire Thurs day and was destroyed and about 200 cam burned. Most of the cars were loaded and the damage will be heavy. AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. Secretary of the Navy Moody and Admiral Dewey were guests of the President at a dinner at the White House Friday. Admiral Schley Thursday was Ini tialed into the Ancient and Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. About 800 members were present. A telegram from General Wood, ad dressed to President Roosevelt, tell ing of the change of government at Havana, was received at the White House Tuesday. . Cardinal Gibbons notified the French , ambassador that It would be Impossi ble for him to pronounce the Invoca tion on the occasion of the unveiling of the Rochambeau statue. Secretary Moody has tendered Commander Henry McCrea the thanks of the Navy Department for his ex cellent services in command of the gunboat Maclila at the Isthmus of Panama. The Committee on Hules of the House decided Thursday to give a Jay for the consideration of the Cor liss Paclflo cable bill aud to report a rule to that effect. No time was Bet for the consideration of this bill, Representative Warnock, from the House Committee on labor, report ed favorably the bill creating a com mission of five persons at an annual salary of $3,000 each to Inquire Into the condition of the colored people of the United States. Postmaster General Payne an nounced that the portrait of Martha Washington bad been decided upon ' at the first of American women to adorn a United States postage stamp. The portrait will be placed on the 8 cent itamp of the new series. CONGRESSIONAL NOTES. Deficiency Appropriation, The Senate Tuesday continued the discussion of the Philippine govern ment bill. The House Tuesday agreed to the conference report on the omnibus claim bill, and passed thn urgent de ficiency bill. A conference was or dered on the army appropriation hill, ami the House Instructed conferees not to recommend any agreement or submit to any amendment that, will permit tile expenditure of any sum for construction of permanent build ings at estullHhod military posta ex cept B4 authorized by the statutes. Restricting Immigration. At the opening of the session of the Senate Wednesday a resolution was adopted, that the Senate views with satisfaction the appearance of the Cu ban republic among the nations of the world, and offers its congratulations. Consideration of the Philippine gov ernment bill was resumed. The Sen ate adjourned without taking action. The bill to restrict Immigration was reported to the House Wednes day by Mr. Shattuc, with a favorable leport from he Immigration Commit tee. The contest of John .1. l.entz lor the seat of the Twelfth Ohio dis trict wa settled In favor of Fnimett Tompkins, the sitting member. W. F Khea v an awarded the seat for the NiMli Virginia district, which was contested by .lames A. Walker, and Charles It. Thomas was confirmed In the seat for the Third North Carolina district, contested by John K. Fowler. Hoar on Philippine Islands. In the Senate Thursday Mr. Hoar, Massachusetts, spoke for two hours against the Philippine government bill. He said the only principle In volved was that the United States was fighting for dominion over the Philippines. The House Thursday continued de bate on the immigration hill, with the result that the amendment of fered by Mr. Underwood. Alabama, re quiring an educational tent fur Immi grants was adopted. An amendment was adopted, providing that the law applicable to contract labor shall not be held to exclude profes sional actors, artists, lecturers, sing ers, ministers of any religious de nominations, or persons employed strictly as personal or domestic serv ants. Private Pensions. The debate on the Philippine gov. ernment bill was continued In the Senate Friday. The House Friday paused 105 pri vate pension hills after which the House adjourned until Monday. TRACTION BLANKET MERGER. New Company at Norfolk, Va , Hat 19,000,000 Capital. Twelve companies, embracing sev en electric railroad systems and in cluding lighting and heating, refrig erating, ferry and kindred Interests are to be merged Into a corporation known as the Norfolk, Portsmouth and Newport News Company at Bal timore, Md. The company is char tered under the laws of the Virginia Legislature. The capitalization will be as follows: First mortgage bonds (authorized. $4,000.(100) $:i,ooo,ooo, Income bonds. $2,000,000; capital stock (authorized, $10,000,000) $1,000,000; total, $9,000,000. BEEF TRUST ENJOINED. Packers Liable for Contempt Proceed ings on Slightest Infringement. The temporary Injunction asked for by the Government against the mem bers of the packers' combine was granted at Chicago Tuesday. It wbb Issued by Judge Peter S. Grosscup alter the close of argument in the United States Circuit court room. The order gives the relief prayed for in the bill filed by District Attorney Hetliea on May 10. It is so wide In Its scope that If the puckers or their agents continue with their present alleged uniform ariaiiKements. they will be taken Into court on contempt proceedings, and the burden of proof will be on them to show that they have not violated the order In any ('articular. COAL DEAL EFFECTED. Big Purchase of Bituminous Landa In Illinois Consummated. One of the greatest land deals In the history of the Illinois bituminous coal fields Is assured, and fully 60,000 acres of undeveloped land passes In to the hands of a syndicate represent ed by the Morgan Interests of New- York City. The land lies in four of the great coal producing counties In Illinois and Includes nearly 30,000 acres purchased by Joseph Letter and the balance optioned by ex-Congress man W. S. Fornian. This deal is the culmination of the Morgan Interests attempting to merge the Illinois coal into a combine similar to. Indiana and West Virginia. Kosher Meat Shops Wrecked. Seven hundred men, women and children attacked the shop of a Nor folk street. New York butcher Thurs Oay. The butcher had opened bis store for the sale of meat, disregard. Ins the edict of the EastBlde. people that no meat should be Bold. The butcher refused to obey the mob that ordered him to close and before the police reserves could be summoned his place was a wreck. Cuban Flag at Exposition. At noon Tuesday the Cuban flag was raised over the West Iiidlau build ing at the Charleston. S. C, Exposition by the Cubau Commissioners, aud a salute of 21 guns fired In honor of the birth of the Cuban republic. Steel from Germany. The Brauer steamship Tropic, ar rived In New York Thursday from Hamburg, carrying over 8,000 tons of German steel and Iron for the Amer ican market. CUBA S DREflM OF YEARS REALIZED JOINS GALAXY OF NATIONS. Flag of New Republic Raised Amid the Booming of Gunt In Havana Harbor. At noon Tuesday the Republic of Cuba was ushered Into the world of nations. The ceremony by which the United States relinquished Its occu pation of the island and handed it over to the native government oc curred In the palace and was brief and simple. In the presence of President-elect Tomas Ksttada Pal in a, members of the Cuban Con gress and of Palma'B cabinet, Su preme Court Judges. Governors of the provinces, officers of the visiting war ships, the gorelgn consuls, officers of the American army and navy, and vis itors, including several of Palma's friends from his former home at Cen tral Valley, N. Y Governor General Leonard Wood read the documentary transfer prepared by the War Depart ment, pledging the new government to Immediately proclaim the constitu tion and the Piatt amendments adopt ed by the United Stales Congress, and to undertake all obligations as sumed by the United States with re spect to Cuba by the treaty of Paris. At the stroke or 12 as General Wood began the reading of the document or the official transfer of the Island his voice was drowned by the tumul tuous medley or cannon, whistles, sirens, bombs and huzzas. Fur a time those present could only see his moving Hps. Presently the outburst lulled and General Wood's delivery was clearly distinct. He took about eight minutes. President Estrada Palma responded by accepting In be half of the Cuban government the transfer of authority and all the re sponsibilities of the Paris treaty. He concluded with deep thanks to the American people. President Theodore Roosevelt and to General Wood. After leading the acceptance In Spanish, General Palma personally thanked General Wood, shaking his hand warmly, wishing him every success and happiness, and wishing his wife and children a pleasant voyage to Spain, expressing the hope of seeing him soon again. The formality of the transfer was made by Governor General Wood In an official proclama tion recited that Cuba had under taken to respect all the obligations taken by the United States in the Paris treaty. He then recites In de tail the laws as to sanitation, finance, etc., already Issued, which are to be observed. He also presented the let ter from President Roosevelt express- Ing hopes for the stability and success of the new government, for the bless ings of peace, justice, prosperity and ordered freedom among the people, and for enduring friendship between the Republic of the United States and the Republic of Cuba. Secretary Hay sent Identical notes to all gov ernments declaring the end of occu pation of Cuba. The President pro claimed the continuance of the pres ent postal arrangements. ROOSEVELT THE SPEAKER. Helped to Commemorate the Mission ary Centennial. Carnegie hall, New York, was crowded to the doors Tuesday with an audience eager to hear the address of President Roosevelt In the interests of Presbyterian home missions, the occasion marking the close of the centennial celebration. Many of the audience remembered that Presidents Cleveland and Harrison had made ad dresses from the same plutform on the sume subject. In the parquette sat the commissioners of the general assembly, with as mauy of their t rlcnds us could be crowded In. The two tiers of lioxes were filled with men and women leuders In Presbyter lanism and other interested In the meeting. When President Roosevelt took bis f-cat on the platform he re ceived a great ovation. He sat be tween Rev. Dr. Van Dyke and Rev. D. Stunrt Dodge, D. D., who was presid ing. The President delivered an ex tended address, and at the conclusion Dr. Van Dyke res pes (led on behalf of the missions. SUES FOR $250,000. Countess Believes She Wat Wrongly Deprived of Hereditary Right. Suit was entered . In the United States District Court at New York by the Countess of lluena Vista ngalnst General Brooke. U. S. A for $250,000, The Countess alleged that General Crooke abrogated rights held by her through Inheritance, to the priv ileges of conducting the slaughter house at Havana and to the distribu tion of meats and the collection of the fixed charges for Bald meats. The Countess claimed these privileges by virtue of a royal decree from the King of Spain, dated 1704. NO STRIKE OF ENGINEERS. Will Remain at Work If Granted Eight-Hour Day. The three anthracite executive committees. United Mine Workers, at their Joint meeting at Wllkesbarre, Pa., decided to permit the engineers and pumpmen to remain at work, pro viding the coal companies grant them an eight-hour day at present wages. If these demands are nut granted by June 2 the men shall then suspeud work. Reject Salvation of Infants. The Southern Presbyterian General Assembly at Jackson. Miss., voted to Btrlke out the proposed revision of the creed the sentence declaring that "all Infants dying In infancy are In cluded In the election of. grace, and are regenerated and saved by Christ. 8teamr John K. 8 peed Burned. The steamer John K. Speed took fire at New Orleans from alcohol tored In the bold, and was burned to the water' edge. THE PRESIDENT'S TRIBUTE. Society of Colonial Dames Unveila Monument at Arlington to Dead of Bpanith War. President Roosevelt Wednesdny un veiled the memorial shaft erected at Arlington by the National Society or Colonial Dames In memory of the vet trans who fell In the recent struggle between Spain and the United States and In the blowing up of the Maine, The ceremonies were In charge of Major General John H. Brooke, com mander of the Department of the Last. Lieutenant General John M. Hehofleld. U. 8. A., retired, read the address of the president of the na tional society. President Roosevelt, who delivered the address said in part: "It Is eminently appropriate that the monument should be un veiled to-day, the day succceedtng that on which the free republic of Cuba took Its place among the nations of the world as a sequel to what was done by those men who fell and by their comrades In IS'.iS. We went to w-ar for a specific purpose. We made for Cuba a specific pledge, and we re. deemed that pledge to the letter. And I think, my comrades of the war, that we have peculiar reasons to be proud of one or our fellows who served with ns In that war. And a word here, where we meet to honor the memory of those who drew the great prize of death In battle, a word In reference to the survivors. I think that one lesson every one who was capable of learning anything, learned from his experience In that war, was the old, old lesson that we need to apply In peace quite as much the lesson that the man who does not care to do any act until the time for heroic ac tion conies does not do the heroic act when the time does come. You all remember, comrades, It Is barely possible some of you remember be ing the man who, when you enlisted, had a theory that there was nothing but splendor and fighting and blood shed In the war. and then had the ex perience at once of learning Hint the first thing you had to do was to per form commonplace duties and perform them well. You cannot expect that much will he dune In the supreme hour of peril by soldiers who have not fitted themselves to meet the need when need comes, and you cannot ex pect the highest type of citizenship to be shown in the periods when it Is needed if that citizenship has not been trained by the faithful perform ance of ordinary duty. LATEST NEWS NOTES. Cyclone struck Union and Jones boro, S. C, killing six and Injuring six. General Chaffee disapproved of the acquittal by court-martial of Major Waller. Warden of workhouse at Wilming ton, Del., whipped 12 criminals at the pillory. Almost continuous earthquake hocks were felt Tuesday at St. Au gustine. Fla. Alfred Hamilton was hanged at Whatcom, Wash., for murdering D. M. Woodbury. Duss' band, at its opening In New York, was greeted with hearty ap plause and encores. Walter White, a burglar, was shot und killed by New York police in a fight with a gang of robbers. The dedication or the 38 Ohio mon uments In the Sblluh National Mili tary Park Is set for June U and 7. Presbyterian General Assembly joins the Protestant Episcopal Church In crusade for uniform divorce laws. President Mitchell hus advised mine strikers to stay away from bitumin ous fields on account or strikes there. The French Rochumbcuii Commis sion gave a luncheon to President Roosevelt on board the battleship GnulolH. The combination of nil the kodak manufactories in the United States, with a capital of $:;5tlioo,otio, hus been effected. Major General Lloyd Wht-Jton, who Is about to start home from the Phil ippines, will be retired July 15 on ar count of age. Right Rev. Dr. Philip J. Gurrlgan. vice rector of tho Catholic University at Washington was consecrated Bishop of Sious City, la, Saturday, May 31, closing day of the South Carolina Interstate and West Indian (exposition, will be cele brated as "Charleston Day." Report of committee on revision of the Presbyterian confession of faith submitted to the General Assembly In session at New York Friday. President A. J. Cassat Buys the New York Central Railroad need not fear the Pennsylvania as the Pennsylvania is willing, to share the trade. A mob at Paris, Mo., overpowered the sheriff and deputies and hanged Abraham Wltherup, colored, murderer of the boy, William Grow. The elgthty-flftb annual convention of the American Baptist Missionary Union convened at St. Paul, Minn., with over 800 delegates present. The sessions of the Baptist Young Peoples Union began at St. Paul, Minn., Sunday, The annual conven tion will not take place until July. Accumulating evidence Indicates that the breach between the Pennsyl vania Railroad and the Western Union Telegraph Company Is growing wider. Daniel Costello. at one time the partner of P. T. Baruum. Is dying at the county hospital In Chicago. III. He lost $1,000,000 la a mining ven ture The State Board of Taxation at Trenton, N. J., reduced from $110,000 to $00,000 the assessment upon the property of Thomas A. Kddlson, at OgdenBburg. Mrs. Collla P. Huntington has of fered $100,000 to the Geueral Memorial Hospital at New York, for the treat ment of cancer and allied disease for patnologlcul purposes. The mystery which has surrounded the disappearance of 4-year-old Kath leen Flanagan, of New York, was solved by the finding of the little girl's body In the Hudson river. PREPARED OR I LONG STRUGGLE ESTABLISH SUPPLY 0EP0TS Miner Will Have Co-Operatlv Store at Convenient Place Furnish Necessaries at Wholesale. A report from Wllkesbarre, Pa., Fri day, Indicates that the struggle be tween capital and labor In the hard coal fields will be protracted, and only utter necessity Is likely to force either side to weaken. Kach succeed ing day finds the miner and the mine owner still perfecting plans to carry on the strike war. Friday morning It was announced that the receivers of the Haddock Coal Company, an In dividual concern, had Instructed the company's superintendent to grant Ihe demands of the engineers, firemen and pumpers, to take effect June 2. the date fixed for the Inauguration of the strike of this class of employes. President Mitchell Is keeping a very sharp watch on the shipment of bi tuminous coal. He denied a pub lished report that there was an un precedented movement of soft coal Into the anthracite territory. He raid that If such a thing were true he would surely know It. The Ninth 1'nlted Mine Workers' district head quarters at Shamokin granted per mission to local lto.t of Shenandoah to purchase five carloads of flour at wholesale. The flour will he sold Irom a supply depot to strikers In or der to save the storekeepers profit. Supply depots are to be established In the principal towns where the floor, potatoes and canned goods will be bought by the miners, and If the lat ter win the strike co-operative stores will be organized. Many of the mine engineers in the Hazleton region who have been In the employ of their re spective companies for years are in a serious dilemma as to what to do If the operators do not grant the de. maud of the Miners' Executive Boards on behalf of the engineers, fire men and pumpmen for an eight hour day on June 2. A large number of the engineers are men past middle age, and they fear that It tbey quit they will not be re-employed. The first camp of striking mine workers of the Pittsburg district was estab lished In the eastern part of Blalrs vllle Friday, and the first active ef forts to close down the mines in oper tion will be made at that point. The camp has ha been named after Pres ident Dolan. One thousand strikers between Blalrsvllle and I lite, includ ing those from the Avonmore. Salts burg, Vandergrlft and Leechburg mines, have sent word that they would come to Camp Dolan as soon bf It was In readiness. By a vote of 43 to 15 the colliery engineers and pumpmen at a mass meeting at Shamokin, Sunday, resolv ed not tu go on strike June 2, even If the operators refused to grant an eight-hour work day at the present wages. Secretary George Hartleln, of the Ninth district Executive Board of United Mine Workers, addressed the meeting and urged his hearers to join in the general strike If the coal operators refused to grant the eight-hour work day. A big union meeting of railroad men will be held at Wllkesbarre June 2, when the question of railroad crews handling non-union and hltumiiioiiri coal will be finally settled. Secretary Mullahy. or the Station ary Engineer's Union, reports that the poll ot the foremen employed at the various collieries has beeu com pleted and that over SMi per cent, of the men will quit work on June 2 unless an eight-hour day is grunted them. FORTUNE TO A ROOSTER. Believed the Soul of Dead Husband Had Entered the Chicken, A wealthy woman, named Kllvu, died at Lisbon. I'ortugal. and left her entire property to n "rooster." She was a believer In the transmigration of souls, and Imagined that the soul or her dead husband had entered the "rooster. The disgust ot her rela tives over the will caused the story to become public, ami a lawsuit might have followed had not one of the heirs adopted the simple expedient of buy ing the wealthy "rooster" killed, thus becoming himself the next of kin. INCREA8ED THE WAGES. Roebling Son Company Admit Cost of Living Too High. Tho John A. Roebling Sons Com pany, at Trenton, N. J have an nounced an Increase of wages to Its 4,000 employes, averaging lo per cent. The Increase Is voluntary, and was made as explained by Charles G. Roebling, "in consequence of the in creased cost or living to which our employes have been subjected. The company' principal output is wire and wire rope, and is now furnish ing the wire cables for the new East river bridge. NOT ONE ESCAPES ALIVE. Man Blown from Mouth of Coal Creek Mine I Dead. Two more dead bodies have been recovered from Fratervllle mine, at Coal Creek, making 211 In all. Will lam Morgan, the only man In the mine who escaped alive at the time of the explosion, has died, muking the total fatalities 216. He wus blown out or the mine by the force of the explosion. FREMONT WAS SCARED. Cyclone Paoset Over Town and Pick Up a Few Barn. A series of funnel-shaped clouds swept around Fremont, Neb., Satur day, and moved toward Hooper, 10 mile west, giving the people a bad fright. The storm which followed their appearance was terrific and blew down several barus and some other buildings, but no Uvea were lost nor wait any person Injured. UNVEILING THE STATUE American and Frenchmen Witnessed Unveiling of the Figure of Count de Rochambeau. The superb bronze statue of Gen eral Count de Rochambeau, who hiought the forces of France across (he sea at the hour of the great peril Id the American Revolution, was un veiled at Washington Saturday. Jr the first time In It histoiy the Na tlnal capital witnessed the Bight of Fiench seamen swinging through Pennsylvania avenue and mingling their cheers with those of the Amer ican bluejackets and soldier, while at the same time the French trl-colora were entwined with the Star and Stripes. The American troops were under command of Major General 8. B. M. Young, and embraced a battal ion of engineers, a battalion ot sail ors and marines, with Marine band, a battalion of cavalry and or field artil lery, and a brigade of National Guardsmen of the District of Colnrn blu. The ceremony of unveiling oc curred at the southwest coiner of Lafayette square, almost directly op posite the White House, where tho mnsslve figure of the French General has been erected. Surrounding tho figure were great stands to accom modate the many distinguished offi cials and guests invited to take part In the exercises. Within this amphi theater were gathered representatives of every branch or the government. In cluding the President or the United States and members or his Cabinet, the Chler Justice and Associate Jus tices of the United States Supreme Court, the Lieutenant General of the Army und the Admirals of the Navy, Senators and Representatives. Not less distinguished was the represen tation or France, designated by Presi dent Ixiubet, and Including General Brugere, the highest field officer in the French Army; Vice Admiral Four nler. Inspector General or the French Navy ; the venerable General. Count Chalendar; the descendants of Roch ambeau and Lafayette, and other dis tinguished Frenchmen. The cere monies began with an Invocation by Rev. D. J. Stafford, rector of St. Pat rick's Roman Catholic Church. Fol lowing this. President Roosevelt made an address of welcome to the French embassy hi which he dwelled earnest ly on the relations between the two countries. As the President con cluded his address the monument was unveiled by the Countess de Rocham. beau. The ambassador of France, M. Camhon and General Brugere. the head of the special mission, paid tri bute to America in words of amity and fraternity, aud these were echoed by smaller utterances by General Hor ace Porter, the ambassador of the United States to France, and by Sen ator Henry Cabot Lodge, the orator of the day. Want Congrea to 8tand Lot. Promoters or the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo. N. Y want the United States government to make good a financial loss of about $l,00t,. 000. because of the failure of the Ex position owning to the tragic death of President McKlnley. CABLE FLASHES. New Chile-Argentine peace proto col, about to be signed, leaves rela tions of those two countries better than they have been for years. Former Assistant Police Court Clerk Tony S. I)elsner, or Cleveland, O., pleaded guilty to making out false claims of indebtedness against the county. The highest court of Zurich canton, Swlt.erlitnil. decided that Christian Science is against the medical laws. Two women who tried to heal persons by prayer were heavily fined. The latest statistics show tliot Oer niuny hns now less than loll persons unable to read nnd write, among them the reigning Prince of IN-iiss, who, though insane, recently aHSuiued the crown. The articles of surrender of the Iloers in Knut Africa were ready to be signed Friday, with the exception that the approval of the ltrltisli Cabinet of the wording of the secondary pro. visions was awaited. The suspen sion of hostilities may be announced nt any hour. President Krnger at The Hague pro fesseg to believe that the talk of peace settlement in Kast Africa Is only a maneuver to hoodwink the London populace and claims that wlrhout his assent no peace Is possible. The Minister of Public Work at St. Petersburg, Russia, announced hi award of the contract to Murry A. Verner, of Pittsburg, Pa to build an electric railroad from St. Petersburg to a suburb of that city. Madrid correspondent wire to France that engagement between King Alfonso and the Grand Duchess Helen, daughter of Grand Duke Vladi mir, of Russia, is being considered. The Grand Duchess Helen was born January 17, 1882. Latest eruption of Mont Pelee bom barded Fort tie France with hot itouea made the populace almost tnoano with fright, and burled the ruins ot St. Pierre under boulders. La Soufrlere, St. Vincent, also suffered another terrible eruption. The Egyptian government la being subjected to severe criticism for hav. ing Imported 15.000 tons of coal from rhlludelphU. The product cost. In cluding freight to F.iiypt. only $.80 a ton. whereus UritUlt coal is selling ii. the Central ltrttlth markets for $ii.ro to $7.50 u ton. Tancrede Auguste. former Miulster of the Interior of Haiti, left Port An Prince, for Jamaica. When leaving the United Stutes Legation a crowd made a hostile demonstration. M. Auguste fiuully left the legation with United States Minister W. F. Powell in a carriage over which an American Hug was held. A severe Inundation at Basse Polnte, on the northeast coast ot Mar. tinitiue Islaud. Tuesday swept away 0 houses, and CO other buildings were damaged by the flowing mud which ha swept over the Valla de la Rlevlere. TM KIAMKBXa, PITTSBURG. Grain, Flour and Feed. Whett-Na red .. t 7T Kva-Nti. t , t M Lorn-No. t fellow. ,ar 71 7t o. t rellow, abelied mu ' Mtxm Mr s m Oats-No. f whitn .', m 49H ho. a white 4 4Mi Flour-Winter patent S ll 4 w ii "'. ""'' winters 8 VI W Hr-No. Itlmolhr 4 l 141 liorer No. 1 ! 10 Ot) W reed -No. i wblie iiiM. ton r. W 79 llrownjiilddlluce i no SI W Brnj.,lil,., a. SI Iv) MM Slrsw-Wlimt ... . e T 7 Oil ::.:( Dairy Producta. Butter Elgin i-raainerr ffl Ohio creamery V4 INU rn. r country roll 11 14 Iheeee Ohio new , WU 11 New ork, new 14 13 Poultry, Etc dens-per lb is 14 I klukene dreMeil 15 It Egga Pa. and Olilo, frenti 19 It Fruit and Venetsbte. Oreen Bran per box .! SO 1 79 Potatoea-rancr white per Mi SJ fl lebtigeper i-rete I is 1 tin Onion, per barrel 75 too BALTIMORE. Flour-Winter Patent 31 419 Wheat No. t red m sr.ii IJorn-toixed m t4 ir :7rt buiier-Ubloureauierf CI PHILADELPHIA. Flour-Winter Patent....: ..J50 4W Wheai-No, U red .M m torn-No. 2 mixed tut 7 (lets No. i wblie tov, nl Buiiertreamerjr extra H K4 Kgge-I'enuejrlTanla luata Itt;i 17 NEW YORK. riour-rateota $s 4 Wheat No, red m W Corn-No. 'I en 70 pate-ilso, 3 Wlilte 61 (Ifi Uutter-Creamery . 1K afse-Htaianud l euuny Ivanla 17 it LIVE STOCK. Central 8tock Yard, Eat Liberty, Pa. Cattle. Prime heavf, 1100 to lvUO lb t 7B 1 rime, lHOOto 14Uo Ibt Sou tf) Medium, 1M to UUU I be '. 5 tr e at kellere 6 l 5 Iw HuL-httr, WXI tn WOO lbs . 4WI tUO Common to fair 4 74 600 i Oxen, I'ommon to tat ... SOU 600 Common togood rat bulla aud cowt At) 6 40 Mllrhcowe, each 2600 SJ 00 Extra wlloa cows, each 4U0U MOO Hog. Prime hearr hog . T 1.1 7 49 Prime medium weiglite t T 40 7W Bent heavy yorkrre aud medium... 7 16 7 SO Oood to choice packer 7 19 7 ) Oot plga and light jrorkera run 7 10 Pig, common to good tHi) tdu Common to tair e no t7o Kougha 6uo tw biaga 6 00 ) Shttp. Extra, medium wether. $ 6 90 6 69 Uood lo choice .... 6 19 640 U..ll..n. . . an. - - o.ii.u e vu ow Common to fair too Sot Lamb. Iambi clipped tTI 7 00 Lambs, good to oliolor, rllppeL. .. 400 t 79 Lamb, common to fair, dipped... too 6 V) oprlug Lamb ' 600 SM) Calve. veal, extra TOO 7 90 veal, good to choice 400 600 Veal, common heavy 890 6 Veal, common to fair '2 90 4 00 CROP REPORTS GOOD. Labor Trouble Worst Feature of Week' Trade Demand for Bar and Structural Material. R. O. Dun to Co.' Weekly Review of Trade says: Many minor labor controversies have been settled, but the situation In the anthracite coal region has assumed a more serious aspect. Railway earnings continue satisfactory, road reporting for two week of May showing gains of 6.1 per cent, over last year and 18.4 per cent, over 1900. No change la re ported In the iron and steel situation, former conditions merely becoming Intensified by the threatened decrease In supplies of fuel and the labor con troversies In certain branches of the rails, rolling stock and other equip ment, while contractors require much structural material. Weak conditions have prevailed In the cereal markets with only a moderate volume of op tions transactions and fractional changes In quotations. Exports of wheat. Including flour, were only 3,SU3.r,68 bushels during the past week from all ports of the United States. against 5.225,130 bushels in the cor- responding week last year. Small 4 receipts of corn, amounting to only! 1.263.188 bushel for the week, against 3,667.042 a year ago. held the spot price at about 70c. Dispatches from correspondents Indicate satisfactory progress with the new corn crop, and a material increase In acreage. Fall ures for the week numbered 192 in the United States, against 180 last ear, and 12 in Canada, against 2 last year. The following table, compiled byl Bradatreet. show the bank clearings at the principal cltle for the week ended May 22: New York $1,340,842,51 Chicago 156.871.76' Boston 132. 699.681 Philadelphia 127.973,74rj St. Louis 61.383.80 Pittsburg 44.157.23 Baltimore 22.104,776 San Francisco 22.723.911 Cincinnati 20,973.400 Kansas City 15,995,486 Cleveland 14,268.177 Columbus. 0 8,338.900 Dayton. 0 1.405.063 Wllkesbarre 901.963 Wheeling 889.439 Akron 693,000 Youngstown 636,763 Canton 639.000 Springfield. 0 317,757 Total U. S $2,134,005,353 Outside New York 793. 162. 836 Totals Canada 00,379,887 Connecticut's Nickname. Connecticut has three sobriqudts. It has been called the "Land of Steady Habits," from the sobriety and gravity of the people: the "Free. stone State," from it enormous quar ries of that description ot stone, and the "Nutmeg State," from the tradi tion prevalent in sut rounding com munities over a hundred years ago mat the chief industry of It Inhabi tant wit the manufacture ot nut meg ot wood to be passed oft a gen uine on unsuspecting purchasers. ( A l."'v.
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