V GUARD Jt SCHOOL KOLOU EVER READY FOR SERVICE Secretary of War Root Pays Glowing Tribute to the Cltlien Soldiery. The Interstate National Guard As sociation or the United States at Co lumbus, Ohio, opened ivlLh 25 States and Trr-ltorles represented. Ma.lor General Dick. Ohio National Guard, presiding, fiorretnry of War Rout and Assistant Secretary Banger, with a Btaff of regular army officers, were present. Secretary Root made an ad dress before the convention. Speak ing of the new mllltla law he said: "Some supposed that Immediately after the passage of the new "law a code of decisions would he Issued, de fining certain pnrts and passages In the bill. Nothing eonld have been more unfortunate than such a belief. The eodo Is very broad; It will have to be applied tn ninny conditions aris ing in different communities, some rich, some poor, and the questions will have to he handled as they arise, and with all the leniency possible to meet such conditions. There are only two ways of raiding nn army by ccnr.crlp tlon or by voluntary service. The National Guard Is the great school of the volunteers. It is not intended that the National government shnll pay tho expenses of maintaining the guard, hut It is Intended that It Khali add to tho efllclcncy, the strength and tho dignity of the guard. A question now being considered is the minimum ct tho company, and It Js a serious one. It should not be fixed so as to kill tho organization of a company In the rural districts, where the young men are not so numerous as In the cities. The required five days' training is also to bo considered w hat kind of train ing end many other things are to bo determined. Lines should bo laid down Bo thnt the regulars and the National Guardsmen will ho drawn closer. After the united mnmiovres at Ft. Klley Inst year the officers of both branches loft thinking a great deal more of each other. Tho elements of one are need ed by the other. There will never be any trouble In raising soldiers; tho trouble will be In the limit of supply and transportation and equipment. All need arrangement and organization. With tho National government per forming the qliartertimstor's part of tho work and thp financial part of the -work, and the National Guard looking after the spirit, we can hnve an army thnt the whole world cannot contend with. The whole question or efTlcleney rests upon the oflleers and men of the regular army and the Na tional Guard, and It needs but the ap plication of the new law In sympathy and kindness and with due considera tion for others, and we cannot go astray." AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL. Tho amount of 3 and 4 per cent bonds so far received at the treasury for exchange Into 2 per cent consols is $02 321,330. Willis Sweet. Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, has been appointed attorney general of Porto Rico to succeed James 8. Italian, resigned. , Postmaster General relieved from duty A. W. Mechen, superintendent of rural free delivery, pending an inves tigation of his department. T he state department announced the appointment of Hamilton King, of Mi -higan, as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Slam. The director of the mint purchased 810,770 fine ounces of silver on ac count of the Philippine coinage at an average of 54.49 cents an ounce. Secretary of War Root has accepted the reBlgmation of First lieutenant Charles P. Faulkner, of the Eighth in fantry, indorsing his action "for the good of tho service." The Chinese minister called upon Secretary Hay and discussed the Man churia situation with him. There is good reason to believe that the nego tiations have taken a more favorable turn. United States Consul Bartleman, at Cadlr, has cabled the State depart ment that Vice and Deputy Consul Antonio J. Rensusan .died May 8. He was a Spaniard and was appointed in 1900. The state department received a cablegram from United States Consul Gen McWade, at Canton,' saying that bubonic plague la Increasing In Can ton, Honan, Shuulak, Yeoung Kong and Yueng&han. The state department ha been no tified that the Venezuelan government baa named Dr. Paul as Ha member cf the arbitration board which is to meet at Caracas next mouth to settle the Venexuelan claims. Prompted by the reports of Consul General McWade that many Chinamen In the Kwang SI province were starv ing because of the drouth, the Chris tian Herald, of Now York, has lent 15,000 to the state department for tho relief of famine sufferers In that part of China, Acting Secretary of the Navy Darl lng has received the final report of the expert board appointed to Investigate the boilers of tho battleship Maine, which developed defects on her recent cruise In the Wost Indian. The board finds that the boilers, which are of the Nlclausse type, are not adapted to naval purposes. Inspector McLaughlin, of the In dian burer-u, has been ordered to pro ceed to Utah and negotiate with the Indians who own the reservation there for the allotment of a part of their lands and the cession of the remainder to the government. The honorary pallbearers at the fu neral of Bishop John F. Hurst were ex-Representative Connell, Pennsyl vania; Dr. Royal 8. Copoland, Mich.; Daniel Denhsm Elizabeth, N. J.j iRlch ard Watson Gilder. New York; ll C. Glover, of this oity; Judge C. II. Uor ton, Chicago; ex-Ucv. R. E. Pattn, ruusyivui' BIG FIGHT IN PROSPECT. Federal Judge at OmM, Neb., Issues Sweeping Order Against the Striking Teamsters, On petition of a number of com plainants. Including the principal transfer and delivery comraules In volved in the teaniBters' strike, Judge Mungor of tho redernl court at Omaha, Neb., granted a temporary restrain ing order enjoining the officers of Team Drivers' International union, lo hI No. 71, J. K. Crews, president; R. R. Wilcox, treasurer, and Edward Summer, secretary, with alt members of the union from doing certain nets calculated to Interfere with interstate commerce, and commanding them to appear In court May 20 to show cause why a temporary Injunction should not be granted. The action of the federal court practically takes the strike out of the hands of the local and state authorities, and a violation of the order. It is believed, will result In the calling out of federal troops If necesfnry, to preserve the peace and enforce the order of the court. Large crowds of strikers gntbered In differ ent parts of tho city during the day Jeering the owners of wagons who themselves were driving tennis, but no violence was reported. In tho pe tition, tlie complainants recite the terms of the contract the Team Driv ers' union asked them to r.lgn, and their particular objection to that clauso herein, which provided thnt "no team ster shall he dlselinrned, laid oft or docked In his tlnio or pay for refus ing to hnul goods to or from any house for a firm declared to bo 'unfair' by the labor unions." nnd relnte In stances In which by throats. Intimida tion nnd violence the strikers have In terfered with their business. It Is alleged thnt Interstate commerce was Interfered with when the strikers storped goods In transit from Omnha to Council muffs, nnd from chip freinht depot to another in Omaha. More than :in0 of the Trcnni:-Hrs' union nre named In the court's order, which re strains the men "from In any manner posting In or about the places of busi ness pickets Instructed or directed to challenge, stop, threaten or Intimidate nny of the employes, or nil or any of tliem, from proceeding with their work and service ns such employes, nnd from In nny manner Interfering with nny of the employes." Governor Mackey notified the employee of Oma ha, who had signed nn appeal to the ctnte for protection, that he could not cnll nut the troops until the Omaha city and Douglas county governments should notify him thnt they were un able to cope with tho situation. PROTECTS GUARDSMEN. Gov. Odcll Signs Bill Preventing Dis crimination cf Labor Unions. Gov. Odoll. of New York, signed a bill designed to prevent discrimination on the part of labor unions against members of the National Guard. The bill Is very drastic and refers equnlly to labor unions or employers, muking it a misdemeanor to Interfere In nny way with the employment of a per son who is a member of the National Guard on account of such membership or to dissuade a person from enlisting by threat o? Injury with reference to his employment, trade or business. It especially forbids any trade organiza tion from passing any resolution or by-law discriminating in the matter of membership asalnst any member of the National Guard. The act is to take effect September 1, 11)03. DELEGATE 13 BRANDED. Horseshoer's Visit Meets With Decid edly Hostile Reception, Branded, burned and put out, was the reception tendered Michael Ho gan, business agent of the horseBhoers' union, when he visited the non-union shop of Joseph Riley, Long Island City, N. Y. The shoers are on Btrlke and Hogan, acting as a walking dele gate, decided to bring Riley to terms by pulling his shep. While discussing the matter Hogan stooped to pick up something and Riley plastered over the pistol pocket with a red-hot shoe. The Iron burned trousers and flesh and Hogan yelled so loudly that several policemen entered the shop. Riley was arrested. Hogan is In bed. PENNELL'S LIFE IN8URANCE. Attorney Awarded $10 000, Making $25,000 for Mrs. Burdlck. By an order handed down by Jus tice Kruse In the Supreme court at Buffalo, N. Y., Attorney Wallace Thayer will get $10,000 Insurance left by Arthur R. Penncll. A decision of lue court some time ago gave Thayer $15,000 of Insurance from another company. The $25,000, It Is under stood, goes to Mrs. Burdlck. Mr. Thayer sued for the money aa trustee of a secret charge left by Penncll. Opposition to the suit Instituted by J. Frederick Pennell us administrator of his brother's estate was dropped after the docutnnt left In Thayer's bands bad boon examined. REPUDIATE AGREEMENT. 13,000 Italians Vote to Remain Idle Until Assured $2. The 15,000 striking Italian laborers at New York voted unanimously not to return to work In the city subway un til they are assured of $3 for eight hours' work. This means that the ar bitration agreement entered Into by the committee of the Federation and the subway contractors is repudiated. Many Hurt In Strike Riots. . Police reserves were called out May 4 In New York in different parts of the city to quell disorders rising from strikes. Tho subway strikers threat ened men applying for places. The police dispersed tho strikers. In the Brooklyn subway trouble about 50 Italians and many policemen received Injuries, but none serious. Pistols, clubs and stones wero used. GOLDEN CUE GREETS PRESIDENT WELCOME TO CALIFORNIA. Roosevelt Pays High Tribute to Lata Preeldent Wm. McKlnley and the G. A. R. Veterane. President Roosevelt was formally wolcomed to California before a crowd of 10,000 peojle. In front of the Ho tel Catalonia at Redlnnds was packed a mass of humanity thnt stretched for two blocks cast nnd weBt. The en thusiasm displayed must have remind ed the gucBt, in whoso honor the dem onstration had been planned, thnt Cali fornia's hospitality really was what he cared It to be. Carriages took the President to the Casaloma Hotel while thousands gathered In the streets, n the corner opposite the balcony from which the President spoke, 1,G0 Bchool children were seated on a grandstand. They snng the national airs. President Roosevelt wbb presented to Governor Pardee and Lieutenant-Governor An derson. Mayor Fowler Introduced Governor Pardee, who In a brief ad dress welcomed the President to Cali fornia. Assemblyman O. T. Johnson then delivered an address of welcome In behalf of the State legislature. The great throng cheered Itself hoarse when the President arofla to deliver his address. It was several minutes berore he could proceed. He said In pnrt: "Of nil who are here to greet nie. I prise most the presence of these men who fought In tho great war (turn ing toward the Grand Army Veterans). Two years ngo you welcomed here your romrnd'i and my chief, the lnte President McKlnley. Je did his part in war as In peace, and If It had not l::'en for tho efforts that you and ho put forth, we would have had neither en American country nor nn American President today. In war it Is neecs rary to hnve nrma and accoutrements, l.ilt the fundamental necessity Is to hnve men. You fought for liberty un der the law, not ll-'enrt1. You fcU!,-ht for the freedom that makes every man tree. Next, I greet the future. The sight of these children convinces nio of tho truth of n statement Just made to me by Governor Pnnloe, when he nald that In California there Is no clanger of rnce suicide. You havo clone well In raising oranges, and 1 believe you havo done better raising children. Children, I have Just ono word for you, and It will apply to tho older people n3 well. It is tills; When you play, play hard, and when you work, don't piny at all. That's com mon sense for nil of you." The party left Redlnnds for Snn Bcrnnrdlno, whore a short stop was made. A night was spent at Ulvere.'.de. The Presi dent sloped a few minutes at Victor, Cal. Ho extended a word of greeting to the people assembled In the sta tion and then boarded the engine on which he made the run through the canyon pass. 6H0T BY ASSASSIN. Kentucky Lawyer Killed Standing In Court House Door. Just after be had finished filing pa pers reopening tho contested election cases of Breathitt county, James B. Mnrcuni was shot and killed at Lex ington, Ky by an unknown assassin. Ho fell within a few yards of where Town Marshal James Cockrell was shot down In July, the assassin being stationed In the court house In each Instanro. Marcum was counsel for the Fusionlsts, who are contesting for the olllces of county Judge, Bhcrlff and oth er places. While Marcum stood talk ing In the doorway of the court house a shot rang out from the rear of tho corridor. Marcum staggered, and as he sank to the floor another shot was fired. The first bullet entered the back, passing through the body. The next shot passed through the top of his hend, and was aimed as he reeled. The shots appeared to come from a doorway, or, possibly, from behind a door In the corridor. Marcum's body lay for 10 minutes untouched. Even his friends feared to approach the place. It is generally believed that the assassin was recognized by somo people, but no one has thus far had the courage to name him. WATER CURE IN KANSAS. Young Woman Divulges Methods Be- fore Legislative Committee. It has been customary to adminis ter the "water cure" to refractory pa tients at the Topcka (Kan.) asylum for the insane, according to the testimony of Miss Knox of Topeka, glvon before the legislative Investigating commit tee. Miss Knox said that the "water cure" frequently was administered while she was an attendant at the asy lum. She was employed there during Gov. Stanley's first term, and the bead attendant of the ward In which she worked was Mlsa Houston, who left the Institution to be married. It was by the orders of Miss Houston, accord ing to Miss Knox, that the "water cure" was administered. "When a pa tient refused to obey the orders given by Miss Houston." said Miss Knox, "the attendants were ordered by Miss Houston, to throw a sheet over the patient's head and throw her to the lloor. While tho attendants held the patient. Miss Houston poured water out of a pan Into the patient's face. The water was poured fast and the pouring continued until the patient agreed to obey orders." INCREASE IN WAGES. Announcement at Office of the Lehigh Valley Coal Company. At the main office' of the Lehigh Valley Coal Company an announce ment was made that all the monthly men In the employ the company would receive an Increase In wagos from $5 to $15. The Increase affects all men employed as foremen, fire bosses and clerks. The miners of the Kings ton Clal Company, who have been on strike for a few days past, met and agfeed to return to work, agfeed to LATEST NEWS N0TE3. Several persons were'hirt In the col lapse of an apartment libuse In Den ver, Col. Boiler makers of the Southern Pa cific railroad In Son Francisco are on strike. A conference of the National Con gress of Mothers began May 6 at Do trolt, Mich. Postmaster Genernl Payne Is pre paring for Investigation of all big post offices of country. Large reward Is being raised for capture of murderer of Agatha Reich lln at Lorain, O. Nine men were killed by mountain slldo In Norfolk ft Western tunnel at Eggloston Springs, Va. Turkish authority say that Bulgar ians who threw dynamite at troopB have been "found dead." Foreign representatives of the West Inghouso Interests secured important electrical contracts abroad. Count Spec von Sternberg, the Ger man envoy, and his wife will spend tho summer at Dublin. N. H. Warning thnt he would be assassin ated reached Jackson. Ky.. Ave min utes artcr Marcum was killed. Forest flres In the Adirondack mountains caused hundreds of thous ands of dollars' loss to the farmers. Leslie Starr Atwater, a senior In the engineering course of Cornell univer sity, died at Ithaca, N. Y., of typhoid fever. During a strike row at Greenwich, Conn., an Italian laborer was shot to death by one of his fellow country men. Auditors reduced assessments on Ohio property of I'eiinsylvnnln rail road, in spite or Tom Johnson's pro tests. Six Itnllnns, among them Vlto Ln duca. were held by New York coro ner'o Jury as BcctJMirles In the barrel murder. The plant of the Consolidated Pnper Pai? Company, nt Elkhart. Ind., was destroyed by fire, canning n loss of $7.I'(MI. W. S. Brcn-ton nctcd 31 of Louis- ' vllle, prominent In Kontucl:y, acci dentally hilled himself while bundling a revolver. Dr. F. E.. Bolton, of Iowa City. Ia., declined the presidency of the Manila Normal school because ho dislikes the Philippines. Mrs. W. Lee. of Buffalo, N. Y.. died at Charlotte. N. C, from the effects of a chlckA bono, which caught in her throat. Advices from Venezuela Rtate that t..e country is much disturbed, a large portion of It being in possession of the revolutionists. At Hartford. Conn., tho bill granting women the right to vote was rejected in the House cf Representatives by a vote of 103 to CO, Though the police deny it. It is gen erally believed in New Orlcnna that the death of Ylncenzo Bonflgllo was caused by the Mafia. John Farson, the 'Chicago Croesus, offers to leave a million dollars to a good servnnj girl who will remain with his family till ho dies. Andrew Carnegie was installed at London. England, as first non-British president of Iron nnd Steel Institute and delivered Inaugural address. Emperor William and King Victor Emanuel visited ancient monastery near Rome and were received by Fath er Krug, formerly of St. Vincent's, Pa. Charles M. Schwab wos re-elected president cf tho United States Steel Corporation at a meeting of the board of directors held in New York, May 5. Joseph Trepanl, alleged head of a gang who defrauded Insurance torn panles by bogus deaths, was sen tenced to the State prison in New York. Postmaster general suspended freo rural delivery service on Tennessee roads because colored carrier was or dered to resign by armed and masked men. The Mad Mullah attacked a British column at Galadi, Somallland, and was repulsed with heavy loss. The British also suffered considerable losses.. The government steamboat service will Investigate the cause of the sink ing of the steamer Saginaw in the col lision with the Hamilton off Hog Is land, Vol PostnltBter General Payne told for mer clhler of Washington postof fice to f roduce proofs of alleged offi cial misconduct under previous admin istration. At Trenton, N. J., E. W. See was appointed receiver for the Cora and La Vela Railroad and Improvement Company, a New Jersey corporation In Venezuela. A distinct earthquake shock was felt In the valley of the Grand river. Col., lasting several seconds, and was suf ficient to rock articles on store and house shelves. With the hope of restoring his bro ken health. Archbishop Kaln left 8t. Louis, going direct to Baltimore, Md., where he entered . St. Agnes' Sani tarium for treatment. The management of the Erie rail road has announced plans for terminal Improvements In Manhattan and Jersey City and In territory contiguous to the latter city to cost over $5,000,000. Charles Jacobs, a New York sales man. Is reported to have been chlor oformed and robbed of $1,000 in a ho tel In San Juan, Porto Rico, by a thief bidden In his bedroom. In Liverpool the grand Jury returned a true bill against Otto Monson and others, cbarged with murdering Capt. Shaw and six others of the crew of the British steamer Veronica, and burn ing the ship. Detectives for the United States Ex press Cpmpany recovered the $4,000 in Kansas City recently stolen from the company office there. Under the office building $3,000 was found and $1,000 more from a place not made public. , Mrs. Minnie Cuiumlngs, In jail at Rt WIS 20 HVtS AND SINKS SHIP COLLISION AT SEA. Passengers Awakened by Crash Cling to Maets and Wreckage In a " Fog at Night. A collision nt sea that tost the lives of 20 or more people and sinking of tho Clyde steamship Saginaw by the Old Dominion Steamship Compnnys liner Hamilton occurred between Win ter Quarter lightship and Fonwlck Is Inncl lightship, off the Virginia coast, May 6. The Hamilton left New York for Norfolk and the Saginaw passed out the Virginia Capes, bound from Richmond and Norfolk for Philadel phia. A dense fog settled along the const shortly after nightfall and while going through this fog nt reduced speed the Hamilton crnshed Into the Saginaw's Bldo. The scene of the col llBlon Is about 13 miles off shore nenrly 200 miles tooth of New York and about 125 ndles north of Norfolk. Va. Those known to ho lost are: Pas sengers A. Ollmoro, P. L, Pendleton, Florence Newhy, Edna Wnrd, M. 12. Jones, Mnry Robertson. Crow Ed ward Goalee, first mate; Wm. Elites, first assistant engineer; Mary Ander son, stewardess; William Morris, steward; unknown negro waiter, Peter Swanson, a lamo member of the crow, is among the missing. Just how ninny of these passengers were 'Included In the 15 that were lost in a swamped lifeboat cannot be deter mined ns yet. The known saved from the Snglnnw are: Captnln J. S. Tun nell, badly Injured; Chief Engineer Hollzcr, Kocoml Assltant Engineer Murrey. Second Mate W-. L. Morris; several negro deckhands, firemen and foal passers. Tho passengers saved are: E. B. Cole, of Philadelphia, who lost a purse containing $7irt) and a largo diamond stud; J. Trevor of Phil adelphia ; R. E. YoiiMchead of Ches ter, Pn.; George B. Hood, of Phila delphia; Harry F. Winters, of Cnmden, M. J.; Mary A. Sanderson, of Windsor, N. C.j Morris I'ayner. Jr.. of North west, Va.; John Reese, of Norfolk; Miller Penncll, of Norfolk; Judson Se villa, of Berkley, and David Rowland, of Newport News. The fog was so thick thnt objects n ship's length nwuy wero InvlKible nnd when the two crnflB hove In Bight of each other, bow on. thare was but a moment's In terim before they met. The Saginaw veered, ns did the Hamilton, but they had not time to clear each other and te knife-like steel prow of the south bound vessel struck the Clyde ship on ( toe port quarter, anout 20 icet lrom her Btern. cutting the entire rear of the ship awny. The lnrushlng water caused the Saginaw to settle rapidly in tho Btern. Her bow was high In the air. Panic stricken peoplo rush ed over her decks and scrambled to ward tho bow. Lifeboats wero low ered and Into the first boat 15 col ored women were placed. The boat wns swamped as It struck the water, nnd Its occupants were thrown into the sen. All were drowned Bave the second officer and the colored stew-1 arciess. i.-eiore tne lirehoats of tho Hamilton had reached the Saginaw the latter had dlsajipcared beneath the waves and nothing but her top masts were visible. The Hamilton hovered around the wreck for more than an hour, when no Blgns of llfo could be seen In the drilling mass of fielght. IN ANSWER TO MR. TOWER. Russia Proposes to Restore Manchu ria to China. In the Russian series of dlplomotlc j exchanges In tho current volunin of' foreign relations Is given the text of a ! communication addressed by Ambas- j sailor Tower to the Russian foreign of- j flee relative to tho announcement that : China was nbout to sign an agreement ' with tho Russo-Chinese bank whereby I valuable exclusive privileges were to ! be secured by that Institution. The note brought forth tho Important dec laration from Count Lnmsdorff, minis ter for foreign affairs, that Russia pro posed to restore Manchuria to China; that she would recall her troops from that province, and that there was no Intention to Interfere with tho open door arrangement. Dates for Hearing Set. The Interstate Commerce Commis sion has fixed the following dales for hearings: Glado Coal Company against the Baltimoro & Ohio railroad, Involving alleged refusal to supply cars for coal shipments at Cumber lands. Md., May 15; Charles A. Thomp son against Pennsylvania railroad, in volving local rates, at Pittsburg, May 19. Prosperous Year for Brotherhood. The report of Iho secretary and treasurer of the Brotherhood of Rail road Trainmen for the year ended De cember 21, 1902, shows that the year was one of the most prosperous in the history of the organization. The Increase in membership amounted to 0,000 men. The sixth biennial con vention convenes nt Denver, May 18. Gov. Odcll. of New York, signed the bill authorixlng the commissioners of the sinking fund of New York to sell or lease land of abandoned streets. This Is another of the so-called Penn sylvania railroad bills and relates to the closing of West Twenty-third street for terminal purposes. Tin Plate Workers Elect Officers. Alleged Lynchers Arrested. Six men charged with being mem bers of the mob who killed Constable Mooneyhan and Rev. D. J. Malone, have been arrested at Caruthcravllle, Mo. They deny any guilt in connec tion with the killing. Clark Buy Group of Mines. Senator W. A. Clark, of Montana, has bought from Solomon Charles, of the Rusarlo mines, the famous Guada loupe Calve group of mines in Chlhua ii. Mexico. REVIEW OF TRADE. 8trlkes Disturbing Buslnese Indus trial Operations Checked at Many Points. R. O. Dun ft Co.'s "Weekly Review of Trnde" says: Unrest In the ranks of labor has Increased rather than abated since May 1. when difficulties of this sort usually culminate. No single struggle of great magnitude Is In progress, but the frequency of small strikes Is disturbing. Prices of com modities dee!.'ne, slightly during April, railing from $!i9.2C7 to $!i8.5CI. A year ago the highest point of rercnt years Mi touched .it $102,289. Railway earnings In April were 13.4 per cent, larger than In last year, and 23.7 per cent, above 1901. Cancellation of or ders where deliveries failed to be made according to contract and wv business at lower quotations Indicate a tendency toward more normal con (MtioiM In pig Iron. This is highly dn nimble, and gives assurance that pres ent nctivlty in lion and steel may bo maintulned. Ponding contracts for about on.oiin tons of structural material have heern clo.ied and other orders are only postponed, by uncertainly re garding tlie labor situation. Hallway requirements appear to bave no limit, and tho proposed extensions will con sume large quantities of Bteel. Bil lets are one of tho scarce articles even Imports being arranged with dlf flcnlty. Implement manufacturers are ptirpasslng nil records In their pur (bancs of merchant steel, machine clio; a are worUng at full capacity and them Is a brisk demand for plates, pipes and tubes. All lending machin ery markets report satisfactory con ditions. Trade? )n hardware is of good volume. Tettilp jobbers nre buying only small quantities, exercising a dis crimination that Indicates dull mnrk els elsewhere, and sr.losmen nre being withdrawn from the rosd. Trade In leather is quiet. Failures this week numbered 17.") In the United States ngaisipt 21S last year, and 22 In Can ada, r umpired with 21 a year a,so. Rradstreet's snya: Iron produc tion hi at the maximum, but pig Iron I dull r.r.d dropping. Wheal, Isiclud 'ng Hour, exports for the week ending May 7, ssf:ict;,itln; S.S'il.GSU tntithols, njialnst 3,4 IS. 289 bushels lust week, '.)..""2.2'lil bmdiels this week Inst year, and 4.17S.S72 bur-heia In J'jOt. Wheat exports since July 1 oenregnta 181. Ce.l.Kirt bushels, against 219.1fiC.72S but-tifls Inst season and 8il.9:l!, S73 btihheln In 19(m. 'Virn exports rqgre irate l.C3I.7t'D bushels a cams 2.210. 155 bushels Inst year, 12B.735 buF.hels n year ngo, nnl 1,583,831 bushels In 1901. For the fiscal year cxnorts are 57,01 1,0.-9 bushels, nuainst 25.fi.-)5.353 bufhels last season and 13S, 222,203 bushels in 1!!01. CABLE FLASHES. OfTielal news lias reached the Isth mus from tho capital. Bogota, 'to the effect that the Colombian congress has been called for June 20. I.nle statistics Rhow that the reduc tion of criminality in the German army which began in 19d3, with the intro duction of two-year service, has be crmr permanent. At a Joint session of both houses of the Riksdag, at Stockholm, it was de cided by 192 to jSl votes to retain the duty on maize which tho government proposed to Cbollsh. The cabinet at Japan has abandoned the land tax a a a means for providing funds for tho naval program which proposes an expenditure of $5,75o,ouo per year for V) years. The congress of Colombia Is not likely to meet at Bcgota before July Tho general opinion prevails that there will be strong opposition to the ratification of tho Panama canal treaty in congress. Col. Aurado Santos" and 'c'ol. Mar cclo Belacrlng, lenders of the recent Insurrection in Rlzal provlncs, Phil ippine Islands, have been convicted of brigandage and conspiracy and have been sentenced to death. The steamer Marquette from Lon don May 4 for New York and the steamer Preussen from Hamburg foi the far east collided during a fog in the channel. Boih steamers put into Southampton lor repairs. Thousands of poor Jews have fled at Kleff. Russia, because of reports that an anti-Semite crusade Is Immi nent. The richer Jews have sought refuge in the hotels. In order to ally the excitement troops are patrolling the streets. Doubt Is expressed In political cir cles In Austria whether Prince Fer dlnand of Bulgaria will have tho cour ago to return to Soda at the present critical juncture of affairs. It is even hinted that be may never return to the principality. The government of Sweden Intro duced a bill in the Riksdag granting about $50,000 for the equipment of a vessel to be sent to tho relief of the N'ordenskojold Antarctic expedition, which left Gothenburg October ia 1901, on board the steamer Antarctic Considerable alarm is felt at Guay aqll, Ecuador, at the appearance ol bubonic plague at Callao, Peru. The local board of health has ruled that no vessels from Peruvian ports shall call there and the Eruadorean gun boat Catopaxt has been ordered to stop such vessels. W. D. Crum, collector of the port of Charleston, appointed against the protest of the white population of that community will not be paid salary or fees, under a ruling made by the treasury department. His only chance of pay for his services will be by act of congress. The Rev. William Morrts of Lexing ton, Va., a member of the American Preftbyterlan mission, who Is in Lou don, England, on his way home after six years' work along the Kassal river, about 1,200 miles In the Interior of the Congo state, fully confirms the stories of the abuses la the Congo ad ministration. The Transvaal will be issued In of $173.0OO,0O0 England, at cent. It ts par with lnteres redeemable Van. mi j j P6ARL8 OF THOUGHT. Cenlieness Is a distinguishing rr. of greatness. I Any fool can find faults; th wis . man discovers virtues. ! Since man can manage matter how 1 could matter make mant I Reproof Is apt la be rellshej in pro. portion as it Is not reliable. i Every vice thicker. tho yell be tween ourselves and virtue. I.lfo'a Improvement depend on th profits we make of lit reproofs. The hypocrite will be condemned on the evidence of hlsjown pretences. Tho best place to criticise your your own mlr- neighbor I in front ror. Culture without ecfimon sense Is dangerous thing Infhe hands of fool. Forgiveness v-lt'iut forgetting like a pardon wlthfit stay of pun nient. It Is better to fore tis than to 1 boh In J. I a good nam18 De" e a inrge f-riuno Ho who keeps ie powder of P8" slon In his hear nust not I"8 "r' prlaed If there ls e.iplosion I. Ram Horn, RANK OF TmI WHITE ff0U8E In Point of Aritsetiire IH " Claalby Itself. Ono moonlit?'! nlsht In Juno, 5U- while strolling Ithrough tho ground with Mr. Charles F. McKIm, ono of the members of the park commission, wo needed ourselves on one of those mounds which tradition ascribes to John Qnlncy Adams's taste In land ecapo architecture. Thnt afternoon crowd of peoplo arrayed In Joyous costumes bofittlne; tho semi-tropics bad come from tl.o hot city to rest under the trees and listen to tho Sat urday concert of the marine hand. The muslclnns, cln.l in white duck, wero located In a littlo depression, so that the sound of the music rolled up the slopes to the attentive audience. A year before we had observed the same effect nt Versailles; and both the similarities nnd the differences of tho two pic tures voro being dlscusned as we sat In the quiet night, behind the locked pates, where not a sound from the city streets broke the grate ful noise of water splashing in the fountains. On tho hlq'.i portico the president nmld a group cf dinner guests, and the llahts of their cigar wero "echoed" by Urn drowsy fireflies flitting aliout the grounds, only tho brilliantly lighted windows of tho sec retary's ofHco even suggesting the wcrkaday world. The moonlight, shin ing full on t'.io White House, revealed the harmonious lines of Its graceful shape. "Tell me," I asked the architect, "among the great houses that have been built during recent years In the general style of the White House many of them larger and much mora costly Is there nny thnt. In point of archtlceture, surprF?es It?" "No; there Is not ono In the same class with it," ho replied deliberately a Judgment confirmed later under the noonday Fiin. From Charles Moore's "The Restoration of the White House" in Century. He Knew. A pretty story Is told of the way In which Nathaniel Hawthorne, when he was consul nt Liverpool, tested a Yan kee boy, Tho boy had gone to the consul's office to beg for a passage back to his homo. ITo had gone abroad, to seek his fortune, and, not finding it, hod become almost pennlleys. He told a clear story, but the clerk who heard It doubted Its truth. , "You're not an American," he said to the boy; but the applicant for a passage to America persisted In wait lng at the office until he saw Haw thorne himself. At last the consul appeared, gave quick glance at the boy and began to question him. "You want a passage to America,? he asked. "Yes, sir," said tho boy, eagerly. "And you ay you're an American?' "Yes, sir." "In what part of America were you born?" . "The United 8tatea, sir." "What state?" "New Hampshire, air." "What town?" "Exeter, sir." Hawthorne waited moment, and then bent toward the boy. "Wno sold the best apples in your town?" be aaked. The boy's eye shone, and the home sick longing In them deepened. "Sklm-mllk Folsom, sir!" he cried. "It's all right," said Hawthorne to Ms clerk. "Give him his passage." And he shook the boy's hand and bade him Godspeed on his homeward way with much heartiness. Youth' Companion. The Big Seven Thousand. The "Bit; Tree" grove of Calaveraa la in Imminent danger. Lumbermen have bought the land; they are pre paring to build a railroad to carry off the lumber, and unless the vtate stops In the giant trees, the only specimens of their kind on the globe, will soon disappear aa completely aa the mam moths they looked down upon in their youtji. There are only 7000 of the Bequol glgantea left, ail in the Cala veras region. They are among the great wonders of tho world, like Niag ara, attracting foreigners to Aaieriea and, Americans in California to see what can be seen nowhere else; but their) 1000-year-old grandeur cannot are them from the greed for money. New York Sun. au V - I v. V s - y