-v. Ifl MANY PERSONS INJURED. Tornadoes In the West Demolish Houses and Devastate Miles of Country, Tha third tin undo In Satlna county, Kns wIMiln the 24 hours struck Anga ria May 21. Two persons wore kllloil and a down or more Injured, The dead are Win. A. Olson, 1J years, anil Peter Olson. Or tlu Injured none Is fntally hurt. Tho hnne In which the Olsons lived was demolished completely and the hmly of tile hoy was found 3D roils from where theliotirc hail stood. 1 he wind fnnied tig farm lioupe occupied by Kels Olsonhurg a distance or live rods. At Toprka A tornado Is report ed at Wright. Kas. Four person arc fataily Injured. At Ashland That place and H huge portion of the coun try were laid waste by the tornado. Tho daniago will ho great. It Is re ported from tho country districts that lomj wcro fatally Injured. The resi dence portion of Ashland Buffered most. The h-inics of bIx citizens were completely wrecked. Fifty houses were ptttlnlly demolished. Three cit izens were Injured when their houses went down. The fruit fnrm of F. R. Kerns was swept clean of trees and buildings. The Thels ranch honso was destroyed an.l treis and windmills aro down in all directions. Many cat tle wore killed. A tornado passed over tho town of Iine Wolf. 5 miles west of Chlckasha, Indian Territory. Four houeea were blown down. Mrs. liar gan, wife of a farmer, was blown agalnat a barbed wire fence and killed. Near Amerlllo. Tex., the Panhandle country was visited by a severe storm. Tho home of M. It. Wilson, near Here ford, wai blown to pieces, killing Mrs. Wilson and her child an.l fatally In juring Mr. Wilson. ROOSEVELT IN OREGON. Saluted the First American Flag Hoisted In Manila. President llunsevelt arrived In Port land, May 21, and spent the night there. As his train drew on the briilKe spanning tho Wililnniette river, a sa lute of 21 guns was fired by a battery or tho Oregon National Guard. A few minutes later the train entered the sta tion amid tho eheerltiK of the people, the din of steam whistles and the playing of bands. A committee head ed by United States Senator John H. Mitchell, escorted the President to n carriage and a drive about tho elty wa3 taken. A section of the pnrado that attracted nttention was a human flag, composed of 4Dl school girls, who had been drilled for weeks. Over the entlio route, a distance of three miles, American flags were spread across tho streets. Suspended from the Hotel Portland to tho postoirice was the llrst Amerlenn flag hoisted on tho walls of old Manila. It marked the end of the Spanish flag In the Philippines. When tha President's carriage came under the flag he and the other occupants took off their hats. BOUGHT BATTERY IN BUTT. Makers of the Infernal Machine Trac ed to Montana, The man who placed the Infernal machine on the steamship Umbrla while sho lay at the Cunard pier, at New York, was In Butte a month ago. The New York police communicated to Chief of Police Reynolds, of Ilutte, shortly after the attempt to wreck tho Umhrla, certain peculiarities In the dry battery of the machine. The local police found that It had been built by the Montana Electrical company, of Ilutte, and that a man answering tho description of Rosseau, tho suspect, purchased It at the store one month go. Ho was unknown and has not been seen since. A detective from Now York la working on the case. AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL. Solicitor General Hoyt presented In the Supreme Court the motion for ad ranclng tho railroad merger case on the docket. Second Assistant- Postmaster Gen eral Shallenherger took action look ing to the dismissal of Sveud Schlbs by, a railway mall clerk, for promot ing suits by postal employes against the government. Captain Henry A. Castle, tho auditor for the Postofflce department, gave cut a statement In reply to charges m&dn against his office by former Cashier S. W. Tulloch, of tho Wash ington City office. A committee representing the Phila delphia chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution handed Sec retary Root a certified check for $10, W) to be ueed In the erection of a memorial building at the new military post at Manila, P. I. Postmaster General Payne sent let ters to the comptroller of the Treasury, the auditor for the Postofflce depart ment and other ofllelals calling their attention to statements made by 8. W. Tulloch, asking for any Information they may have on the subject. Mexico Is the only one of the peace powers that has adhered to T he Hague arbitration protocol signed by Min ister Bowen last winter and by Sec retary Hay, for the United States. The other powers have shown a sing ular and unexplalnable indifference, considering the extent of their inter ants. That the United States army Is threatened with many cases of leprosy a a result of foreign service In the Philippines and Cuba, is the opinion ffiotully expressed by Capt. 3. C. Gil an, commanding the Fifth company as" coast artillery, at Savannah, Ga. Ia answer to ber suggestion that tiiitm for compensation be lodged against Turkey in tha amount of the raaaom paid for her release by the brigands, Miss Ellen Stoue has been requested to supply the department a state with the necessary informa . ilM upon which to frame a formal fcfcllcaUon. . GRAND OFFICERS ELECTED. Grand Chief Clarke, Order of Railway Conductors Re-Elected with Increase of Salary. (H. E. Clarke was re-elected Grand Chief of the Order of Knllwny Conduc tors, and four other grand officers, were named at the session of the con vention nt Pittsburg May 18. Chief Clark made no statement of his future Intentions, nn.l it Is not yet known whether he will continue In tho high office or will accept the Assistant Sec retaryship of the Department of Com merce and Labor of the United States. Tho olllcers reelected and the yearly salaries they will receive, In accord ance with the readjustment, are: Grand Chief Conductor, K. K. Clarke, $1,000; Grand Assistant Chief Conduc tor. A. II. Garretson, :l.fino; Grand Seerntary-Trens'irer, W. J. Maxwell. J.l.iKHi; Grand Senior Conductor, C. H. Wllkcna, $2.01111; Grand Junior Conduc tor, U K. Shophnrd. $2..i. Grand In side and Outside Sentinels, a member of tho Hoard of Trustees and three members of tho Insurance Committee are to be nnmed at the concluding session of the convention. Opposi tion to election of any of the ofllcers named did not develop In the conven tion. Tlie final session will be exceed ingly sliiut. In the election of Grand Trustee only, It Is predlsted, will there be opposition. C. I), linker, of Burner vllle, Mnss., the present Incumbent, has an excellent chance for re-election, his friends say. Kqually sanguine are the friends of W. J. Burke, of Allegheny. E. II. MeLcod. of Coving ton, Ky., Is the third enndlilnte. An other session of the Women's Auxil iary will be held. The more Important matter for them to decide Is the In creasing of tho death benefit from flloo to $ji)o. There are some changes to be made In the by-laws. Twenty-one permanent members of the Grand Di vision of Conductors have organized an association. The first three grand olllcers are members, and all 21 are permanent members by decree of a now obsolete law which made a con ductor a permanent member when he had attended. In succession, four gram! division conventions. BLAME BEEF PACKERS. Gradually Securing Control of Poultry and Egg Business, Poultry dealers of West Washing ton market. New York, are complain ing Utterly agnlnst nn encroachment which Is being made by the beef pack ers upon their business. It Is believed by the dealers In dressed ponltry that the packers Intend ultimately to mon opolize the business. Concurrent with this aggresslvo action the pnekers are extending their business In cold storage eggs with a view of flnntly, It Is believed by the poultry dealers, to control that trade also. Such a step has not come ns a surprise to the poultry dealers. For five yenrs . or more Swift & Co., Armour & Co. and N'etson Morris & Co. have dealt In poultry In their dresBed ment estab lishments In New York. KILLED IN EXPLOSION. One Dead and Two Hurt Shock Shat ters Windows. An a result of the explosion of five barrels of hydro-carbon in the Mott Haven yards of the New York Central railroad, New York City, one man la dead and two others seriously Injured, Considerable property was destroyed by the flames. The shock of the ex plosion was terrific and the windows In all buildings within a radius of 300 feet were shattered. A tank used for the storage of gas for car Illumina tion blew up, Betting fire to everything In the vicinity. Sections of the tank were blown in all directions. An ad jacent building was destroyed, ns was a repair shop nearby. RECEIVER FOR TUBE COMPANY. Zanesvllle Concern Is Taken In Hand by Creditors, Judge Thompson, In the United States court, at Cincinnati, O., appoint ed William F. Guthrie and Wllllnm Mattock, of Zanesvllle, as receivers of tho Western Tube Company, incorpor ated In West Virginia, with a capital stock of $1,000,(11111, and with general offices at Zanesvllle. O. The receiv ers were asked for by the Central Iron and Steel Company, of Pennsylvania, which claims that tho liabilities are over I&OO.imhi and that the assets con sist of $40,000 In bnnk. $122,000 In bills receivable and $400,000 in .the Zanesvllle plant, and that other credi tors Join In asking for settlements. Tho receivers will continue the business. Threaten to Renew Strike. Many of the locomotive drivers and firemen who were recently on strike at Melbourne, Australia, are dissat isfied at tho surrender of their exec utive committee to the conditions Im posed by the government in the mat ter of tho resumption of work on the line and have formed a commltteo to arrange for a resumption of the strike unless better conditions are concede;!. Disaster Threatens Town. A crack four feet wide and 3.000 feet long has opened 200 yards back from the face of the western peak of Turtle mountain at the summit. A dispatch has been received at Frank, British Columbia, from the lieutenant gover nor of -the territory ordering tlie mounted police to Inform everybody of the danger and suggesting the Imme diate evacuation of the place. Long Chase Ended. After being traced across the conti nent, Julias A. Jorgensen, absconding cashier of the Copenhagen Savings bank, of Denmark, was arrested at Oakland, Cal., on a warrant charging him with embezzlement of $8,000 from the Copenhagen bank. Guard Armory Burned. The armory of the First regiment, National Guard of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia, was damaged by ore to tba extent of $78.0.00. WESTERN UNION LOSES. Western Pennsylvania Ruling Affirm ed, and New Jersey Judg ment Reversed. Tho United Stntes Court of Appeals, sitting In Philadelphia, May 19, affirm ed the decision of the Western Penn sylvania United Stntes court, In giving the Pennsylvania railroad the privilege to remove the poles and wires of Iho Western Union Tel egraph Company along tho rnll rond's right of way. At tlie same time the decision of the court reverses a Judgment of the? New Jersey United States Circuit Court. Tho Pennsylvania ronrt refnsVd to grant the petition for an Injunction to restrain the lallroad company from ousting the Western Union Telegraph Company from railroad property. By the decision the railroad compnny can at any time begin the removal of the Western Union Company's poles and wires from the right of wny. The fight grew out of tho entrance of the Wa bash railroad Into Pittsburg. The roads now having rights of way lo that city opposed Iho entrance of the Wabash. The Goulds are owners of the Wabash and the Westefn Union Telegraph Compnny am!, as Is alleged, In retalia tion for getting an opposition railroad through this section, the Pennsylva nia Compnny notified the Western Union Company that It could no longer maintain Its wires and poles along the Pennsylvania road's right of way. The contract under which the Pennsylvania Railroad Compnny and the telegraph company operated ex pired December 1. l!ni, but the West ern Union people declnred that the contract was yet In force by reason of establishment. The refusnl of the lat ter company to remove their wires and poles when requested led to tho legal battle. The decision mentis much to the Postnl 1 olograph Compnny, as t lint concern will nt once tnke ad vantage of the ousting of Iho West ern Union mil! erect Its poles nnd wires nlong the Pennsylvania rail rend. The rci.Nivnl of the Western Union wires will give the Postnl Com pany more space than It has nt pres ent along their highway route. In Its application for nn injunction the Western Union Compnny assorted that railroads were postnl ronds, and, as such, the petitioners bnd the right to use the same for a highway for wires and poles. Tho opinion Is written by Judge Dnllns, who says: "As it was not asserted that the telegraph com pany hnd the right Independently of contract to mnintnin Its lines upon the railroad and In view of tho settled construction of tho law, we enn not permit such n contention to bo rec ognized ns the basis of Jurisdiction." The opinion concludes that "tho fun damental position of tho telegraph company In ench of these' cases is tiiilennble." EX-OFFICIAL SHOT. Former Lieutenant Governor of Lou isiana Kilted. A shooting affray, which resulted In the death of former Lieutenant Gov ernor Henry Clay Knoblock, occurred nt Thlbodeaux., La. The shooting wag done by James Oarnult, a barber. In a section of Main Btreet usually crowd ed. The men were seen talking to gether when suddenly Knoblock drew his revolver. It nppenred that ho ex perienced some trouble with the weap on nnd the cartridge failed to explode Before Knoblock could make another attempt to shoot Garault whlpiicd out his revolver and opened Are. That his aim was truo was established by the autopsy held by the corocer, who found five wounds In the dend man's body. Any one of the wouiuIb would have proved fatal. Garault surrend ered to the authorities Immediately, but It Is believed ho will be allowed bond. Knoblock was a native of La Fourcho parish. He Bcrved as lieu tenant governor under Governor Sam uol D. MclSnery, now United States Senator. BELOW ZERO IN MONTANA. Ten Feet of Snow Seriously Interfer ing With Traffic. Ten feet of snow was reported from Doutts, Mont.. May 20, and the ther mometer ranging from four to six de grees below zero. Traffic on the Great Northern railway was seriously Inter fered with by tho drifting snow nnd the trains being operated only under tho greatest difficulty. Conservative estimates place the loss of live stock at cbout $2,000,000. MONSTER MOSQUITOES. The Jersey Breed Grows Big and Fat Off Crude Oil. A report from New York says niOB qultocs In Montclnlr, N. J., this sea son are bigger in size and greater in number than ever before. Many res idents are asserting that the crude oil which the board of health lias been using on the ponds and stag nant pools does not kill the larvae, tint Instead causes them to grow big and fat. Chinamen to Be Deported, Two Chinamen, Wong Lung and Woag Bu, were found guilty at Erie, Pa., before United States Commission er Grant of a violation of the Chinese exclusion law and are now In Jail awaiting deportation. Hurt by Fall of a Bridge. Tho Rockbottom bridge which spans the Susquehanna river at Binghamn- ton. N. V., went down under the weight of a street car. Six passengers were In the car, besides the motor- man and conductor. All were more or loss injured. THil tn Wl-sclf Train An attempt was made to wreck' the coiomai express irom wasnington lor uosion, on me new xora, new Haven ft Hartford railroad, near Mansfield, Mass.. station. ) LATEST NEWS NOTES. President Roosevelt was given en thusiastic reception In Oregon. Twelve persons were severely hurt In a collision of street cars In Chicago. Porter Brothers, big fruit concern In Chicago, has gone into bankruptcy. A tornado nt Norton, Kas., unroofed nevernl buildings and Injured two per sons. Right apartment honors In New York were burned, causing a loss of $ I mi, win. Philadelphia school directors, charged wilh conspiracy, deny court's Jurisdiction. Jnvestlqntlon of postal senndnl re vealed Inrpe deficit 111 appropriation for free delivery. A railroad will be established through the Holy Land by tho Otto man government. The Masonic lemple nt Bay City, Mich., was destroyed by fire, causing a loss of $ro,ooti. Two persons were killed and eight Injured by an explosion In a powder mill In Madrid, Spnln. Over 2.00(1 machinists nnd members of kindred unions In St. Ixnils struck for an increase In wages. Six hundred slot machines seized by the police of Philadelphia were burned on the City Hall plaza. Pearl and Edna Gill, aged 3 and 5 years, respectively, were burned to death In a fire at Merrill, Mich. Report from Vienna, Austria, says the revolt In Croatia Is spreading and threatens to extend to Dalmatla. Colonel Taylor, with a constabulary force, defeated several bands of fa natics In the Interior of Celm Islnnds. Tho American Stogie Company filed at Trenton, N. J., articles Increasing Its capital stock from $5,000 to $11, 070.000. The strike of the trainmen and switchmen of the Mobile and Ohio railroad hns been declared off by agreement. Fire destroyed the mill nnd build ings of tho Lead Mining Company, nenr Canyon City. Col., causing a J."iO,loo hiss. Waldhrldcp Tnft, a nephew of Gov ernor Tail, nnd another Yalo student were fined In New I In veil for aHsnult. They appealed. Tho plant of the Kenton (O.) Toy Manufacturing Company, burned. Loss $100,00(1; Insurance $.'2,(ioi). Incendlur Ism Is suspected. Tho Wnterous engine works nt St. Paul, Minn., were destroyed by fire, causing a loss of $75,000, pnrtlnlly cov ered by Insurance. Tho commission of five cnrdlnnls ap pointed to denl with Philippine offalrs Ifl now prepnring nominations for bish ops for the islands. General W. K. Donnldson, former attorney general of Tennessee shot nnd killed Thomas Choatte, n fnrmer residing In Marion county, Tenn. The grand Jury which hns been In vestigating the municipal conditions of Colorado Springs hns made serious charges against important ofllelals. Rev. Henry Storey, a Baptist min ister at Richmond, Mich., was burned to death and his wife fatally Injured by a tire which destroyed their home. Williams & Reining, of Richmond, Va., were successful bidders for the contract for 1,000,000 pounds of Vir ginia tobacco for the French govern ment. The distribution of the new bonds of tho United Stnte Steel Corporation wag begun through J. P. Morgan & Co., managers for tho underwriting syndicate. Statistics compiled by President T. C. Power, of the Montana State Board of Sheep Commissioners, place the to tal number of sheep lost In the recent blizzard at 900.000. Thomns Phillips, Frank Bishop and Fred P. Watts, members of the old bonrd of county commissioners of Arapahoe county. Col., were found guilty of mnlfcasnnce. By the collapse of a bulkhead In a coal scow at New Haven, Conn., four shovelers were burled under an ava lanche of coal. One man was killed nnd three others Injured. The U. 8. Treasury department re ceived a telegram from National Bank Examiner Perkins announcing the closing of the Southport National Bank of Southport, Conn. Masked robbers broke Into the house of Mrs. Marie Durando, at White Plains, N. Y and after beating the woman nearly to death, stole $845, which she had strapped to her body. Hon. Robert M. McLane was inaug urated mayor of Baltimore, Md., and announced the appointment of Mr. Harry W. RodgerB as his private sec retary nnd Mr. James J. McGratb as city messenger and detective. President Roosevelt, In a telegram to Senator Hanna, hns signified his ac ceptance of an Invitation to attend the wedding of Miss Ruth Hanna and Jo seph Medlll McCormlck, of Chicago, which will be solemuized in Cleveland, O., June 10. Leland Door Kent, convicted at Rochester, N. Y., of manslaughter in the firBt degree, was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment in Auburn prison. Kent was convicted of having encour aged and assisted Ethel Blanche Din gle to commit suicide. The conviction of Messrs. Dorr and O'Brien, respectively tho proprietor and editor of Freedom, on the charge of libeling Benito Legarda, a native member of the Philippine commission, has been confirmed by the supreme court of the Philippines. The Confederate reunion was brought to a close at New Orleans. Gen. Gordon was re-elected command-er-tn-culcf and all the department com manders, Gens. Lee, Walker and Ca bell, were choson for another year. President Williamson, of the Ariel Boat Club, Is planning to form the Southern Association of Amateur Oarsmen, In which the clubs of Bal timore, Washington, Richmond and Alexandria, Va., will be members. The seventy-third general assembly of the Cumberland. Presbyterian church met at Nashville. Tenn. PMOII Of CLERKS CANCELLED STRIKES SMALL OFFICES. Postofflce Investigation Checks Au thorized Advancement New Schedule Arranged, The cancellation of the promotion of over 8,000 postofllce clerks throughout the country recently authorized Ky the postolllee department, and a for- mnl notice to former First Assistant Postmaster General Perry H. Ilenth of the charges made ngnlust him by for mer Cnsbler S. W. Tulloch, of tho Washington city postofllce, constituted one day's developments In the post office Investigation. First. Assistant Postmaster General Wynne hns re ported to Postmaster General Pnyne that the tabulation of the clerks In each grade In postofflees of tho first elnss hnd been completed. This work was undertaken In accordance with the order made by tho Postinnster General to rearrange the salaries of the clerks already classified, so Hint the number In the several grades sbnll not exceed tho number specifically prescribed In tho net of Congress mak ing appropriations for the postnl ser vice. The former classification was made by George W. Beavers Just prior to bis sudden resignation as chief of the division of salaries and allow ances. The new schedule, spproved by the Postinnster General after trans ferring five per cent from grades whero there aro vacancies, as author ize,! by a recent decision of the Comp troller of the Treasury, makes It nee- essary to cancel 3.04(1 promotions In the several grades In which there Is an excess above the number to which the grades are limited by law, nnd In which grades 7,412 promotions hnvo been authorized heretofore. The re port says: "It will not bo necessnry In any ense to reduce any clerk, but simply to cancel 3,040 out of 7.412 promotions heretofore authorized to tnke effect July 1, KIO.I. Wo will pro ceed at once to ascertain exnetly tho number or promotions In each grade It will be necessary to enncel nt each postolllee, and then will Inform the postmasters nnd nllow them to select the Increnses which must be can celed." Most of the excesses In the number In the respective grades of clerks scattered throughout the United Stntes at flrst-rlnss Presidential of fices are In the $000 and $l,ooo per annum classes. The excesses In grades nre divided nmong eight grades as follows: 258 excesses in tho $700 grade; 852 In tho $!Klo grade; 3(! In the $1,0011 grade; 451 in the $l,Km grade; 231 in tho $1,200 grade; 220 In the $l,non grade; 82 In the $1,400 grade, nnd 1(1 In the $1,60(1 grado. Tho rostninKter General has sent to Mr. Heath a copy of the charges filed by Mr. Tulloch, together with a letter re questing any Information he may care to suiimlt on the subject. This Is tho first oinclnl communication with Mr. Ilenth during the Investigation, CUBA'S INDEPENDENCE. Havana Celebrates First Anniversary of the New Republic Tlie celebraWon of Cuba's Independ ence dny, the first anniversary of the establishment of tho Cuban republic, began at midnight, May 20. Business was completely suspended. President ralma, accompanied by the cabinet of ficers and city provincial officials. drove to the Punta, where he reviewed the members of the police and fire departments, and then, accompnnled by Secretary of State Zaldo. he was driven up the Prndo to the palace, con tinually acknowledging the salutations of the crowds -which line that thor oughfare. At noon the guns or Caba nas fortress announced that exactly a year had elapsed since the birth of tho Cuban republic and Immediately thereafter the Rural Guards and the artillery paraded on the plaza In front of the pnlace and were rovlewed by i no president.. MRS. FAIR DIED FIRST. 8ald Husband Survived Wife In Paris Automobile Accident. Absolute proof that Mrs. Charles L. Fair died before her husband In the automobile accident In France Is said to be In possession of the attorneys In San Francisco, Cal., who have charge of tho interests of Mr. Fair's relatives. Attorney George A. Knight, who returned from Paris, whither he had gone to secure evidence to combat the claim of the members of Mrs. Fair's family that Mr. Fair's wife sur vived him, and therefore Inherited all his property, stated that he was now prepared to show that the witnesses brought to this country testified falsely. Elks Home Opened. Tho Elk's National Home at Bed ford City, Va., was dedicated In tho presence of fully 5.000 people, who came from all sections of the country. The oration of the day was made by Meade D. Detweiler of Harrisburg, Pa. After the dedication exercises 3.500 people were fed at an old Virginia barbecue. Famous Lincoln Elm. A storm which prevailed at Spring field blew down the famous elm plant ed by President Lincoln the day after his first election to the Presidency. It stood In front of the old Lincoln home stead and a part of the roof of the old house was caved in by tho fall of the tree. Boy Kidnapped by Gypsy. A gypsy kidnapped Percy Welmer, the young son of a miner near West ernport, Md. The abductor placed the boy on his horse and rode away. A posse overtook the band to which the abductor belonged and recovered the child. Women Attacked Workmen. One hundred striking Italians, with their wives, at New York, attacked a gang of men at work in a trench. There had been a strike and no Ital ians had been employed In the work. REVIEW OF TRAOE. Plants Well Occupied Dry Weather and Unrest Among Workers Adverse Factors, R. O. pun A Co.' "Weekly Review of Trade" snys; Weather conditions and tho Inrbor situation are tho dom inant Influences In the business world. Unseasonable high temperature at many points, especially In tho East, stimulated retail trade In wearing ap parel, but had a most titiNntlnfactory effect upon vegetation, which was promptly reflected In diminished or ders for supplies, nod In sunn cast s thorn were cancellations. On the whiiln there nre fw wage earners volnc'nrlly Idle, yet the spirit of tuft est has caused the abandonment of some new enterprises and postponement of o( ti ns, which ine.itis less demand for structural materials nnd labor. Pay ments nre also less prompt, time often being asked where formerly fash transactions for n slight discount were tho rule, Asblo from these two' ad verse factors the trade situation Is Invorahlo, nnd with nvcrngtt weather and Industrial pence there Is every prospect of continued prosperity throughout the country. Mnnuliiftur Ing plants are generally well occupied, cnpi-clnlly In footwear, Iron nnd steel. Truffle on tho railways Is heavy, earn ings thus far reported for May ex ceeding Inst year's by 13. 0 per cent., and surpassing J no I by 25.7 per rent. Head Just ment In prices of Iron nnd stoi-l continues, the mnrket gradually resuming normal mentions. There is no evidence of diminished activity as yet and In many cases prompt deliv eries are urged, but ns the Increased capacity brings plants nearer their or ders, buyers nre naturally lens eager to place contracts. Tho fact that some concessions have been mnde In quo tations tends to postpone business, prospective buyers waiting for still morn fnvorabln terms. Advances of about G per cent In wide sheetings till lento Hint the cotton goods market Is beginning to respond to tho higher raw material. Warm weather stim ulates activity In wash goods for quick delivery. There Is no sign of reaction In the footwenr industry. Leather Is steady at recent advances. Lato salted pnekcr bides ara active and higher, the general range of quotations nt Chicago being mnterlnlly higher. foreign (try hides are steady, arrivals meeting with prompt absorption. Fail ures this week are l!)l In tho United Stales, agolnst 1!'2 last year, and 14 In Cnnndn, compared with 12 a year ago. Brndstrrefs snys: While underly ing conditions have Improved as a whole, there Is still room ror better ment In weather, crop nnd Inbor mat- ters, Iron Is drooping, largely be cause buyers nre holding off on future purchases. Stocks do not accumulate, however, and consumers ore Insistent for deliveries on old orders. Much Im portance Is attached to the possible action by the leading Interest as ro- gards Its supply of Iron for the sec ond half of the year. Steel Is firm at the West, but resales of rorelgn steel nt Eastern markets lead to an ensler reeling In the market ror billets. Fin ished products nre In good demand, tho wage scale In tho tin plate trade has been settled ror another year and the demand for hardware Is active, an element of importance In tho present stnte of the market. Jr. O. U. A. M. Convention. The Junior Order nf American Mn. chnnlcs In annual convention at San rranciseo, cal., have elected ofllcers us follows: National councilor. Dr. J. L. Cooler, of Texas; vice councilor, W. E. Faison, of North Carolina; treasur er, J. Adam Sohl, of Maryland; con- niicior, martin woods, or Massachu setts; warden, Arthur F. Bailey, of Mlclllcan: insl:la aentltiot If I- Bchaerlzel, of California; outside sen tinel. O. II. Hopkins, of Virginia; chaplain, tho Rev. M. D. Lichllter. of Pennsylvania; board of control, A. R. Dillingham, of Georgia; Edward S. neemer was re-elected secretary. The iiesi meeting win ne neiu at St. Louis. Died From Fright. I. SlmmS WAS firrCQtnr! nt Chin rrr. charged with the murder of Joseph Dabnev. colore1 nmi ,iw r riv,t on the way to the Jail hospital. Dab- ney whs ioiinu aeaa May is at the foot of stairs lenillnir in Mo had been broken. CABLE FLASHES. The first anniversary of the Procla mation of tho Cuban republic was cel ebrated at Barcelona, Spain, by a din ner attended by 50 Cubans and the coneuis of Cuba, the United States and Brazil. Large numbers of refugees from Macedonia, fearing massacre, are en tering Bulgaria, especially rrom the direction of Andrlanople. They tell terrible stories of Turkish violence wreaked on Christians. Tho report that Lieutenant General Raaben, governor of Klshenefr, Rus sia, had been dismissed by the Czar is confirmed. Advices from St. Peters burg state that while the Russian or flclals regret the massacres, they re- seiu wnat iney term the "antl-Rus-slan agitation In America." Lord George Hamilton, the Indian secretary, at London, England, receiv ed at tne India office a deputation ren resenting the cotton employers and op eratives or Lancnsnire, who urged tho auoution of the Indian cotton and ex cise duties. The secretary, however, was unable to meet the wishes of the aeputauon. The provincial of the Franciscans throughout tho world will hold a uni versal chapter at Rome, Italy, on Pen tecost Sunday (May 31) and elect a superior general, to succeed the Very rtov. Father Laaer, deceased. Eighteen people living at a boarding house at San Juan, Porto. Rico, were pclsoned by milk containing nto- malnes. The Americans a fleeted were Messrs. Kellogg, Sisson. Gordon, scnuitze anu Haiien and Mr. and Mrs. Chadwlck. They are all out of dan ger. At the Maternity hospital the nurses, helpers and some of the pa tients were similarly poisoned. CIENCt NOTES. A'hurlctuie s a, wind that blows at Tt mllos an hour or more. Such a wind exerts a pressure of nearly IS pound to the squnre foot, France grow more varieties ol flowers for making porfumea than any other country. All over Southern France, In April, are to he soon mile of ruses, acres of violets, pessamlne and tuberoses and orchards of orange tieus that are cultivated for their blos soms. Persia, Turkey and Bulgaria, however, grow most of the roses for tho precious attar, A letter rocelvfl by Sir Alfred Jones chairman of the Liverpool School of Troplesl Medicine, from Prince d'Arcn betg, president of the Suns canal com pany, Informs him that the Csmpaftnl duo Canal de Suez Is anxious to assist In tho work that the Liverpool school Is carrying on In West Africa and has accordingly resolved to make sub orlptlon to tho school, Kxresnlve muscular development Is pronounced by an experienced physi cian to be nut only unnecessary, but positively dnngerous. On ceasing ath letic training, which every person must tio "(Miner or Inter, tho systom adapt Itself very slowly to new conditions, and digestive and llvor troubles are very liable to follow. Tho great lungs, pot needed In sedentary work, degen erate, often leading to consumption. The coffin of the Hunnlsh king, At tlla, was recently unearthed by a peas ant in the Brave valley, Austria. The coffin Is of bronzo, and beside It were found n number of bronze Implements. Underneath tho coffin was n large stone tearing several Inscriptions, among them the name of Attlln, This verifies tho predictions of some anti quaries, who have long bon convinced that Attlla's grave would be found In that region. A scheme la on foot for the purpose of connecting Montreal and Longueull, Quebec, by means of a tunnel under tho St. Lawrence. Plans have been submitted to tho department of rail ways, providing for a double track tun nel from the south shore to the heart of Montreal, where a central station will be placed. Tho structure, which will b ef concrete and stone masonry, lined with enamel brick, will have a width of 27 foet and a height of 21 feot From seven diamonds weighing from two to 21 carats that have been picked np In Wisconsin and adjoining states. Prof. Wllllnm If. Hobbs traces the diamonds fields of Ncrtb America to the volcanic region of the Canadian wilderness, south of Hudson bay. The only known matrix of the diamond Is the black shale or "blue ground" around tho necks of burned out volca noes. The loose stones found seem to have been transported by glaciers, and on following up the probable course of these ancient lee rivers the line converge In the barren territory stated. Teeth as Health Barometer. "You are not well," sal.l the dentist as ha examined tho teeth of his pa tient. "You need a tonic." "How do you know that?" asked the sufferer tn the chair. "Tho condition of the teeth, more particularly the gums, affords the best Indication of the state of a person's health. Perhaps you did not know it. but In the spring tho teeth are nearly always In danger. The gums become porous and often bloeJ. That is a danger sign. You may use all the tooth washes In the world, but you will not remedy the trouble until your physical condition Improves. Certain acids are generated around tho gums which de stroy the enamel of the upper Incisors. All this might be prevented by consult ing a reputable physician Instead of dentist. "If your general health Improves, your teeth are not so sensitive. This Is particularly true of nervous persons who are suffering from overwork. 1 often tell them to put themselves un der the care of a physician and come back to me after two or three weeks. A dentist always runs tho risk of hav ing his work discounted because his patient is In a debilitated state." New York Sun. Young Giant In Caps Breton. A new physical prcdlgy has ap peared in Beddick county in the shape of Alexander J. Mclnnis, the 17-year-old son of John Mclnnis, of Upper Settlement, Middle RIvor. Deep chest ed, broad-shouldered, with enormous strength clearly written on every line of his well-proportioned frame. Is this massively built six-foot seven Inch pil lar of manhecrd. The young man weighs 2S0 pounds, and has for the last few years continued an unabated growth that Is simply marvelous. Within the herculean body of the new Cape Breton prodigy is enclosed the mind of a youth of 17 years, and although he Is gifted with acute men tal powers, these powers are those of boyhood and not those of mature man hood. New York Herald. German Cadets. According to the official statistics submitted to the Reichstag, the total number of cadets, etc.. and seamen trained In the Oermany navy since 1879 Is 147,000. After deducting 25 percent from this number for losses through death and disease, it 1 esti mated that there remain 110.000 trained seamen, who would be called upon in time of war. Of these, 38,000 men are at present on active service.
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