COWBOYS REVENGE Oil SETTLERS CEWEYS fHOOTING. Three Were Slain Decline They Cut Fence Kantat Maintain! Ita Bloody Name.. Kansas, the homo of ninny fierce battles before the war. was the scene of a bloody encounter thnt ontrlvala the antebellum fends In carnage. Cow boy and two farmers were In a des perate battle. The dear are: K. M. fierry, owner of the ranch; A. J. Kerry, O. A. Herry. Mortally wounded, E. K. Berry; seriously wounded. Bam Herry. The four first named were sons of R. E. Herry. The Herry version of the natter, told at St. Francis, Kansas. Is that three of them were working In a field and two of them at thu house, all unarmed, when a ping of the Dewey men headed by C'hnuneey Dewey, rode up and deliberately attempted to kill them. Dewey alleges thnt they went over to get a water tank that belonged to the land, that the Berry openr-l lire on them and th did the killing In Kolf-rtfifBiiso.. The coroner's Jury fimln that f.'haunery Dewey, from behind a sod wall, killed one of the Berry 'nnd mcrtnlly wounded anotlur, and thnt the Harrys were absolutely unarmed. Sheriff Mcl'u'.lonnh has Dewey and h!a men under arrest. The Herry family had taken up a home stead claim and the fences of a cattle company were strung ac ross his rlyt-.t of way. The Herrys tut the fence r.n the Dewey ranch and the cowboys tlin r.tened to lilll the family. Recently the head of the Herry household anil his four sons rut the fence nbouf. eight miles from liomo. A flxht followed and John Horry was shot. A running battle then started, but the cowboys were outdis tanced and the Herry tamlly returned home. They were seated In front of their house when the cowboys arrived. The shooting began Immediately. Two of the Berry boys were killed before they could reach their rlfle3. The old man and the other two boys got Inside tho house. There were about 2i cow boys and they started on the gallop for -the house, Intending to Are It and burn the defenders out. The old man and the boys attempted to escape from tho other side of the. house and they "were ehot down In succession. AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL. Robert W. Dutton Is being urged for deputy recorder of deeds. The condition of cotton reported by the Agricultural Department is the lowest at this season. A provisional assignment was made of officers of the general staff to de partment headquarters. Advices were received by the Co lombian Legation that the restoration of peace and the suspension of martial law In Colombia had been oflletally an nounced. Minister Conger -reports to the state department from Peking that the Chi nese, government is about to estab lish a mint at Peking and mint Us own silver coins. Second Assistant Postmaster Gen eral Schallenberger removed Svend Schlbsby, of Kansas City, a poBtal dork. her&llRA ho hpndn1 a ninvnmpnt to secure payment of traveling ex penses. The Treasury department an nounces the appearance of a new counterfeit, a photographic reproduc ' tlon of the $20 issue of the National State Bank of Metropolis. It la pro nounced very crude. The United States Supreme Court refused to grant a writ of habeas cor pus In the case of Whltaker Wright, the financial operator who was In cus tody tn New York awaiting extradi tion on charges of fraud made In Eng land. Secretary Hay has received a cable dispatch from Consul General Mc Wade at Canton, which says: "Gov. "Wong telegraphs that over 1.000,000 natives in Kwang Si are starving and earnestly appeals for help from Amer ican charity. Many Important changes In the con sular service will be made soon after the President's return. Thev will complete a policy of sweeping changes that was Inaugurated by order of tho President some time ago and which has been very quietly carried out. The Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia decided the second-class mall matter cases In favor of the gov ernment, reversing the decision of the lower court. The decision excludes from the malls paper-back novels printed monthly and Bent through tho malls. A dispatch received at the Pcstof lice department announces that at Ox ford, Mass., rentier S. Baker was 1 lion h? in i Tt nnV.n,0neJ f? '? "'ha Jn 3ilMor offering Fourth r; "' r?" t. . v Jnsctcr WW'tKcnt a Pst" It Is reported that tho intermediary. I who, it la alleged, acted for August "W. Machen, late superintendent of tho I sural free delivery service of the ' Postofflce department, in his dealings! !.. n i...... - ... ... . viiuil ijiub.. uwiiLTtj oi me patent- ad loittr box fastener, is Georgo E. 1irenz, postmaster at Toledo, O., dur ing President Clevelu'ai's flrt t6rm. Bids pertinent Minnesota three cost not exceeding $1.212, Ouo. The .Newport News Shipbuilding Company, of Newport News, Va., was Tne low est bidder for one veasiel. The Wil liam Cramp end Son Ship and Engine Building Company was tho only bid der for more than one ship. France has signified a willingness to adhere to the protocol providing for the submission .to The Hague tribunal of the question .of preferential treat moot growing out of the Venezuelan blockade. She attaches, however, cer tain conditions to her adhesion; first, that the proceedings shall be ln the Vranch language; and second, that Instead of limiting tho consul of the son-allied power to ono, namely "Wayne MacVeagh, France shall bo represented by French counsel. lVnin n . .1.. XT .... .1. lor the cor.etructlun nr tha'Z ' ' - mums ui ui'uib r.uu ItiO CAliCUBCa Ul ern:cnt aud I.anss. I ..i.ini,...i..n n, . ..,,.,.,!... lfi.uot-toa battlesulns. each to . , ..,.!. i.,., i,if. MINERS' CONVENTION. Called to Consider a Strike, Unlets Official of the Union Are Recognized. The United Mine Workers district boards at Wllkesbaire, Pa., adjourned June 8. niter arranging to call a Joint convention of the mine workers In Pottsvillo on Jiftie 13 to determine whether a general suspension of work shall be ordered unless the operators agree to recognize District Presidents Nichols, Fahy ami Dettery as mem bers of the conciliation board. The trouble Is due to a decision not to rec ognize the three district presidents as members of the union, it Is on this point that the dispute rests. The call for tho convention covers the various phases of the ccntentlon. To mem bers of Local Unions of Districts 1, 7 nnil 0; In the award of the an thracite strike commission It Is pro vided thnt In the event of any dif ference arlfl'ig between tho operators and mine workers, which could not t)s adjusted t etwo-n the parties Im mediately Interested, such differences should be referred to a Joint board of conciliation. In accordance with the award c.f the anthra lie coal strike cnmmiFfl.m, the executive board of districts 1. 7 and 9 r.r:t In Wllkesbnrra on April 21. and selected Presidents Nichols, rettery and Unity to repre sent tl.e mine wort-era on the board of conc.'.lintloii. After this selection the cnnl operators were notified nnd were renu.-ated to name their repre sentative In order that a meetlnij mlslit be held at an early date. Not withstanding repeated efforts on the I art of yc.ir representatives on the board of cor.flllatlon to arrange a meeting with the operators, more than one month e!nps.d before a meeting wns helil. However, May 27 the Joint board of conciliation convened In Wllkesharro. r.nd to the astonishment 'f jour representatives on the board of conciliation the operators refused to recognize tl'.'ir credentials or pro ceed ta the adjustment of disputes In the manner provided for In the award, in view of the notion of the opera tors the executive boards of Dis tricts One. Seven a:;d Nine have de cided to notify all unions that a con vention will be held In Pottsvllle be ginning at 10 a. m., Monday. June 15, 190.1. The purpose of this convention will be to decide what action shall be taken or what course shall be pur sued by the officers having your af fairs In charge. Signed by Thomas D. Nlcholls. President District) No. 1; John Detr.p'ey. Sescretnry; William Dettery, President District No. 7; John Gallng'.ier. Secretary; John Fahy, President District No. 9; George Hart leln, Secretary. MILLS BEHIND ON ORDERS. Business of Steel Corporation Healthy. Demand for Rail. President Charles M. Schwab, of the United States Steel corporation, had a conference with all the heads of the various subsidiary companies in New York, comparing results for tho last month cf June. The presidents of the various companies report con ditions uniformly good, and the cor poration still behind in its orders. The demand for steel rails Is Increas ing, and many urgent orders are booked. Through this . conference with his managing subordinates, Fros! dent Schwab Is In direct touch with tho business being done, and the rep etition of his statement that the steel corporation has now enough work to keep It going full capacity to the end of the year means more than any such statements coming from other sources. ROBBERS COMMIT MURDER. Shoot Conductor Who Goes to Aid of the Motorman. Three masked men boarded the Su burban car running east from East St. Louis, robbed J. Bowes, the mo torman, and killed the conductor, John N. Keith, who went to tho mo tormnn's rescue. There were only a few passengers In the car. Tho rob bers signaled the car to stop and boarded tho front platform. They lm mediately seised the niotormnn, and y seised the niotormnn. and r Keith, being attracted by ;!e. hurried to the motorman's only to be shot down as ne Conductor the scull! rescue, only opened the door. The robbers Jumped from the car and escaped. TWO DEATHS IN A CLOUDBURST, Brother and Sister Drowned In Solid Wall of Water. A terrific cloudburst, accompanied by a heavy storm of wind and hall, occurred at the head of Lawyers Can on, 31 miles southwest of Nez Perce, Idaho. Hall fell to the depth of 20 Inches along tho canyon. Tho only ! Demlssey and his si nor. Isabella, who : v ere arownod ... t!lu fiooJ of water wh,rh rtown the ca:iyon ln a .solid wall 12 to 15 feat high, can-yinsl everything bclore It. THOMAS B. REED'S ESTATE, Loft Less Than 0500,000, Dsquoathod i,. I " The late Thomas B. Reed, former Speaker of tho llousa of Keprescnta- I tlves, according to tne official report j filed, left a pcrccnal estate valued at ly of stocks and securities. By Ws will, executed many year beforo his death. Mr. Reed'a property guca to hit wife. Many New Missionaries. Steps were taken by the United PreBbyterlan assembly to place 485 new missionaries in the foreign field within the next few years. These foreign missionaries were appointed: Rev, J. A. McCounell, Rawalp, India; Rev. J. W. Uallintine, Slltkot, India; Edith Fulton, Jhelum, India; Minne haha Finney, Manscura, Egypt; Jen nie B. Morrison, Slalkot; Rev, George Morrison. Jurjanewala, India. After aiicusaion, the foreign mission report was adopted a presented. NO! KILLED tlB LIHCOLH DIED. J. WILKES BOOTH ESCAPED. Man Who Recently Committed Suicide In Oklahoma Identified oi Murderer. It Is dated on almost undeniable authority that the man known at Enid, Oklahoma, as David E. George, and who committed suicide January 14 last, was In truth John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln. Junius Brutus Booth, a nephew of John Wilkes Booth, ha fully Identified the remain a those of Ills uncle. Among the effect of "George" at the time of hi death was found a letter addressed to K. L. Bates or Memphis. Tenn. Mr. Bates, as soon as he received the letter, went to Lnld, and positively Identified the body of the dead man as Booth. Then ho went East and obtained positive Identification of tho body from the dead man's nephew, Clara Morris, Joseph Jeffor9in nnd other well know n theatrical people who were In timately acquainted with John Wilkes Booth prcNlous tn the night of the crime In Ford's theater, Washington. According to Mr. Bates' story he had acted a-i Booth' confidential aqi nt nnd attorney for 40 years. After Lincoln was shot tho assassin es caped to the Garrett plantation In Vir ginia. Bates says that the man who was killed wns Buddy, nn accomplice of Booth In the murder. He says that Booth conducted n store at Glenrose, Tex., for many years under the nnmo of John St. Helen. Basil Moxley, the veteran doorkeeper nt Ford's Opera House In Baltimore nnd the last sur vivor of the little band of men who acted as pallbearers at whnt he now terms as the mock funeral of John Wilkes Booth, was shown the dis patch about John Wilkes Booth from Oklahoma, end said: "I believe that the Mr. Bates mentioned In the dis patch Is the father of the wife of young Junius Brutus Booth, a nephew of John Wilkes Booth, and n son of Junius Brutus Booth II. The one point that has always cnused me to doubt the various stories of Booth's death Ij that If he was killed why did not someone receive the Immense reward offered for his capture dead or alive? You can search all records In Washington or Interview any of ficials then In olP.ce who nre now alive, and you will be unablo to Icarn of a reward being paid out for the delivery cf John Wilkes Booth's body to the government. Certainly, the body burled In Greenmotmt w-ns not thnt of Booth, for I was one of tho pall bearers, and I can snfely say to you that there never were any two things In this world which resembled each other less thin that body did John Wilkes Booth. I had known Booth all my life and was very tlose to the family. I saw the body several times, and I don't hesitate fo sny that the hnlr on the dead bodv was of a red dish brown color, while Booth' was as black as a raven's wing. SHEET SCALE SETTLED. Agreement For One Year In the Three Branches. The sheet scale of the Amalgamated Association of Iron. Steel and TJn Workers has been signed by represent t'atlves of both operators and workers The new ecnles in the union mills go Into effect on July 1. While the work er do not get any material advances In wages by these settlements, they have obtained some advantages and several changes have been made In foot notes that caused dispute during th-j year. Bo'li side made conces sions. The only demand of impor tance made by the workers represent atlves was for an advance of 15 per cent in the wages of the sheet mill hands. The present scale was signed for another year, the only addition be ing a clause requiting tho compnny to furnish Ice water to the men In the mlllB. Under the new agreement of tho Iron scale the workers In tho union rolling mills will get an advance In 'By , 7 " 7, V ,mr Jf',n on"n e' Ti1? tln R ,,te wn l,hf n,08t (""lcl!!t. t Bottle , t on was reached by Incrcaslii pay on July 1 If the present prices of scale A set- increasing tho limit 5''0 pounds a turn on No. 31 gauge and heavier nnd 300 pounds on No. 32 snuge and lighter. TRIBUTE TO ROOSEVELT. Hundrods of White Dove, Represent ing Peace, Released. The special train bearing President Roosevelt and party reached Dcnison, lov.-a, Juno 2. The President waB In troduced by Secretary of tho Treas ury Shaw, who was received by the people with a tremendous ovation when Roosevelt rose to speak and It was neveral minutes before the cheer- ,a J,lst r" 1110 1,rpB"Iont started In his speech hundreds of white doves ware released among tho crowd In front tf him and these emblems or penoo hovered ubout hJs head and evoked an outburst of ap plause. U. P. A83EM5LY ADJOURNS. Half Million Dollars Appropriated for Church Work. The genera! assembly of tho United Pre uyter.'an Church of North Ameri ca, I:t sej.-i in at Tarklo, Mo., has ad journed, llio final day was spent In the discussion cf the freedmen'g work. Addresses wcio made by Rev. C. II. Johnson, of Alabama, and Rev. J. T. After, of At'.-.rr.3. Tcnn. Tho total of appropriations made by the assembly t'.uiing the session wris more than half a million cellars. No olty was doclded 0:1 for the next mcJtltis. . Warrant for Broker. The big commission bouses cm the Board of Trade at Chicago were In danger of a . raid, Twcnty-flve war rants against the plungers and brok er were issued on the charge of "conducting a bucket shop," and the raid by a posse of constables was only avoided by Board of Trade men hurry ing to court and giving bond for their appearance. LATEST NEWS NOTE). Kansas I no longer ln danger from the floods. St. -Lout citizens move to eBcape the threatened flood. The business portion of Now Lisbon, Wis., wa entirely destroyed by fire. Loss, $100,000. The Duke of Argyll Is reported to have sold Iona Island, Hebrides, to tho Chartreuse monks. The diocese of Colorado voted down n resolution to change the name of the Episcopal church. The resignation of Walter Vrooman a triiRtce of tho Ruskln University ha been accepted. Wireless telegraphic communication wa formally established between Chi cago and Milwaukee. The Ferris Wheel wns sold In Chi cago for $1,800 to a Junk dealer. Its original cost wo $3G2,ono. Several engagements nre reported between the French troops and tho Insurgent Moor at Algeria. The Christiana window class works, at Wilmington, Del., were destroyed by nre, with a loss of $5n,0ti0. StrlkJng laundrv elrls and their friends rnlded two laundries In Chi cago and created quite a row. New York Judge refused ball for Colonel Robert A. Amnion, formerly of Pittsburg, and sent him to Jail. Robbers entered the State bonk nt Vesta, Minn., and cot nwav with $2,0(111 in cash and t.'.OnO in notes. Burglars broke Into tho postoflle at Thomnsvllle, N. C. blowing open tho safe and taking nbout $7U0 In money. Three persons were Wiled In an ex plosion in the Explosives Manufac turing company's plant In Elmlra, N. Y. President John Oordon, of Tnbor, Ind college, accepted tha presidency of Howard university. Washington, D. C. Tho wages of nil the train nnd yard men In the service of the Omaha Rail road Company was voluntarily In creased. Fire In the building occupied by the Vega Suit Case Company, Philadel phia, destroyed nearly $r0,000 worth of property. Janitors employed In CO flats In Chicago were ordered to strike. Their grievance Is the discharge of one of their members. M. M. Pierce, a well-known oil op erator of Pennsylvania, was found (lead Jn the lavatory of a hotel at Beaumont, Tex. Postmaster General Payne dis proved stories of excessive rentals charged for postofllce buildings In New York Btnto. An excursion train loaded with ne groes was wrecked near Sumter. S. C, killing three of the passengers and Conductor Vlemens. A two-month striko thnt Involved 7.0U0 gloveworkers In Fulton county, N. Y., and which hns cost over $500, 000 ln wages Is over. Mrs. Mary McKnlght. of Grayling. Mich., was arrested on suspicion of poisoning her brother, John Murphy, and his wile and child. State botanist John F. Hick of Ohio was assassinated by unknown man as he was leaving the home of his finance at Wooster. Former Superintendent of Free De livery A. W. Machen of the postoffle department Indicted for conspiracy to defraud the government. Cashier Edward L. White, of the Colonel Newberry Bank, ln Manila, accused of embezzlement, was arrest ed in Washington State. Fire at Ottawa. Ont., destroyed a planing mill, printing and lithograph ing establishment and 10 residences, causing a loss of $400,000. Gould system, through deal with the 'Frisco and Rock Island system, plans to establish Immense terminal at New Orleans to cost $10,000,000. The Pennsylvania railroad has con tracted for use of proposed Hudson river tunnel by means of which su burban traffic will be cared for. Queen Helena received United Dates Ambassador Meyer In private audience In Rome nnd showed great Interest Jn tho St. Louis Exposition. An order was filed ln the United States Circuit Court In Charleston, 8. C, for the sale of all tho property of the Atlantic Coast Lumber Com pany. John Barrett, commissioner general cf the St. Louis Exposition to the Orient, returned, after having traveled 45,0110 mile on business for the ex position. Lieutenant General Lawley, of the Transvaal, remitted the remainder of the sentences of many burghers con victed of military offenses during tho mat war. Tho old Order of German Baptists whose national conference closed at Wakarusa, Ind., voted not to permit their members to uso telephones In tholr homes. A bron,zo statuo of Garrett A. Ho bnrt, former vlco president, was un veiled, with ex-Attorney General Griggs as orator of tho day at Patter Bon, N. J. A volcanic eruption Is reported from the Loochoo group which has cnused a panto among the Islanders and tho provincial governor has applied to the Japanese governments to rescuo tho Islanders. President Roosevelt made a speech at Freeport, 111., on tho occasion of tho dedication of a monument to Lin coln to comn?omornte a debato in tho town in 1858 between Lincoln and Douglass. Holders of a largo portion of tho U, 500,000 of first mortgage bonds of tho United State Shipbuilding Corn pony anuounecd their opposition, to the reorganization plan, A tornado swept tho town of Gaines ville, (la., partly destroying two cot ton mills and about 100 cottage, 100 people were killed and 150 Injured, mostly employe of the mill. Henry O. Morse, president of New York Shipbuilding Company, wa stricken with apoplexy In the office of J. P. Morgan & Co.. at New York, and died later at the Astor House. WHEN mi OP 10 GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION AGAIN ON. United 8tate Authorities Pushing the Inquiry In the Poitofflc Scandal. The legal v representative of the government Interested In tho prosecu tion of August W. Machen on tho charge of accepting bribe In connec tion with the purchase of a patent letter box fastener are to take uch steps as will prevent him from having the preliminary hearing fixed for an early date. It Is especially desired that Machen shall not become ac quainted with every detail of the gov ernment's case and Informed of ex actly what evidence has been secured against him. In order to carry out this plan District Attorney Beach will pre sent tho ense against Machen to tho grand Jury nnd endeavor to obtain nn Indictment before tho preliminary hearing takes place. At the time of his arrest Mrtchcn demanded an Im mediate hearing, but representatives of the government said they were not ready and a deferment was given until June 5. Machcn's counsel sought by the procedure to ascertain Just what testimony the government had In Its possession. Postofllce Inspector May or will be the chief witness, and oth ers have been ptibpenaed from Toledo, O., where Machen formerly lived; Westminster, Md his summer resi dence, and other places. The reply of Perry S. Heath, formerly First As sistant Postmnster General nnd now Secretary of the Republican National Committee, to the charges preferred against him by Seymour W. Tulloch, ex-cashier of the Washington ofTlee, was received by Mr. Payne. It is ex pected to be made public at an early date. The Inspectors have agnln re sumed consideration of tho Division of Salaries and Allowances, of which George W. Beavers wa superintend ent. Work In examining the flies of this division were almost suspended when discoveries of Irregularities were found ln tho free delivery divis ion. Search for details regarding the methods employed by Beaver is now under way again. It Is expected tho next Important development will bo In connection with this feature of tho Investigation. Ofllclals familiar with the details of the investigation Indi cate In general terms that the end Is In sight. These same officials, how ever, say significantly that If there ore officials In the service who are guilty of any wrongdoing they are sure to be discovered before the end comes. Tho force of 25 trained In spector are doing wonderful team work under the direction of Fourth Assistant Brlstow. FEARS A WATER FAMINE. New Yorkers Are Warned to Be Spar. Ing With Fluid. Unless rain comes to replenish tha reservoirs which supply New York City with water there will be grave danger of a famine. Since the begin ning of May the storage reservoir has been drawn on at tho rate of 280.000, 000 gallons a day. Col. R. G. Monroe, commissioner of water, gas and elec tricity, has Issued a request that cit izens be as sparing as possible in their use of tho fluid until the drought shall have been broken. Col. Monroe say there was a full storage supply of forty-five billion gallon on hand when the drought began. The department made Investigations cov ering thirteen districts in Manhattan, and found a waste of 32,000.000 gal lons of water a day in the Interior ot buildings, without taking Into ac count the leakage. WILL BE TRIED IN JACKSON. Order Taking Jett and White to Morgan County Withdrawn, Tho order changing the trial of Cur tis Jett and Thomas White, Jointly In dicted for tho killing of Attorney J, R. Marcum. to Morgan county has been withdrawn nnd tho case will be heard at Jackson, Ky., ut soon as a Jury can be summoned from an ad Joining county. The Jail guard was again called out in tho night by a number of shot In tho immediate vi cinity. Tho shots were fired ln tho air and evidently for the purpose of annoying the soldiers. GEORGIANS NEED AID. Fifteen Thousand Dependent on Char ity as Result of the Storm. MaJ. Gen. Chaffee, commanding the Department of tho East, forwarded to the war department a dispatch, dated Gainesville, Ga., which ho had re ceived from Lieut. Kearn, of the Six teenth Infantry: "Fifteen thousand people dependent upon charity. Two thousand seriously Injured. Have re. quested 4.000 rations and medical sup piles from Ft. Mcpherson. No fur ther Immediate relief necessary." DEAD WILL NUMBER 125. Gainesville Mayor 8ay Three Hun dred Were Wounded. Mayor Parker, of Gainesville, Ga.. has made the following summary of conditions in tho storm swept city: "Tho dead will number 125. Three hundred Is a conservative estimate of the wounded, some of whom will die. Four hundred houses have been de stroyed. I estimate the number of homeless at 1.5oo. The financial loss will reach $G00,0t;0. Telephone Company Appeal. The receivership suit against tho Michigan Telophono Company, con trolling all the telephone systems of the State of Michigan, reached tho United State Court of Appeals at Cin cinnati, 0 when an appeal from the Michigan court was filed. The prop erties went Into the hand ot a re- cev7r l7st"janiary by order of the United SUte. court at Detroit on pe- titlon of the Old Colony Trust Com- pany. of Boston. REVIEW CF TRADE. Element Provided Only Unfavorable Developments In Trade Dur ing Past Weak. It. O. Dun & Co.'s weekly review ot trade says: Tho element provide the only unfavorable development of the vrnnlr nnrt tvhltn thnn rnnv tint hrnvA far reaching In their effect the first I result I seen in greater conservatism. Dispatches regarding trado condition at the leading cities aro generally en couraging. Railway earnings in May were 12.7 per cent, larger than last year nnd 25.4 per cent, greater than ln 1901. There Is still an Inclination to defer tho placing of contracts for Iron nnd teel. The United States Steel Corporation has bought 105,000 ton of pig Iron, chiefly for delivery during the third quarter, hut the re rent readjustment of quotations has not stimulated general activity In the Industry. On the contrary there Is still hope for further concessions, and buyer are disposed to get the full ben efit. Importations nre no longer en couraged, and domestic producer are prepared to accept more export order thnn was possible when homo mar kets were tinder great pressure. Rail way Improvements nnd extensions are ognln under consideration and much work will be done when confidence Is restored regarding the labor situation. Textile Industries show much material Improvement. Sellers of cotton goods are unwilling to accept contracts for distant delivery and even oh Imme diate business there Is little disposi tion to accept tho prices offered. In terior trade reports aro less favorable. Western business being affected by floods, whllo drought nt tho East and numerous strikes restrict consumption. Conditions ns to woolen goods are practically unchanged. Prospects con tinue bright ln the footwear industry. The average domestic hides Is again higher, and Coloiados sold on a par with native steers. Failures this week In the United States 1S2, against 200 last week, 191 tho preceding week, and 218 the corresponding week last year, and In Canada 21 against 7 last week. 14 the preceding, and 10 Inst year. Bradstreet says: Wholesale trade Is still reasonably dull and disastrous floods have checked trade and trans portation ln the Southwest. Price readjustments where lower quotations nre necessary, as ln Iron and steel, go on without disorganization. Iron and steel prices tend lower. The settle ment ot the Amalgamated Associa tion wage scale tends to give stability to trade. Numerous strikes In the building trades limit demand for lum ber, brick, builders' hardware and, ln fact, all classes of building material, but structural material remains sur prisingly good In view of this. The coal trade was never In better shape, than at tho present, and the consumer continues to pay freely tho entire cost of last year's great strike. Retail prices of window glass are expected to advance. CABLE FLASHES. A Are destroyed 28 houses In tho suburbs of thnt city of Hull, opposite Ottawa, Canada. A stiff wind was blowing at the time and a serious conflagration was threatened. Loss $40,000. Gov. Nunez at Havana, Cuba, has ordered the enforcement of a stamp tax of 2 cents per bottle on mineral and medicinal water, a required by the provincial tax ordinance. The own er of the cafes declare they will not pay the tax. A steam trawler which has arrived at Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland, report that a volcanic eruption occur red ln Iceland on May 27. The crew of the vessel were then fishing at some distance from the land and the sea for 30 miles around, the captain says, be came "like soap suds." A hurricane has swept over the Phil ippine islands- and great damage has been done to shipping. The United States transport Shamshus Is reported to have been wrecked. The United States steamer Pearla do Vlsayas has been totally lost off Comates Island. Part of her crew wero saved. Details are arriving at Monastlr ol tho slaughter of tho Inhabitants of the village of Smerdash. south of Lake Preaba, European Turkey, May 21, by Bnshl-Bazouks (Irregular Turkish vol unteers.) About 300 houses were burn ed and upwards of 200 parsons, mostly women and children, wero killed. Richard Strauss, Germany' most gifted musical director and composer, has announced thnt he Intends to make a tour through the United States next year, nnd has signed contract with Henry Wolfson. Ho will leave Ger - many in the beginning of March and America. The arrival at Sofia. Bulgaria, of refugees from Macedonia has largely ceased during the past few day and tho frontlet Is quiet. Provided there Is no further dynamiting In Macedo nia by the insurgents, the danger of complications between Turkey and Bulgaria may be regarded as past for this year. Mr. Chamberlain has Invited 6.000 of Ms constituents to a garden party nt his Birmingham, England, resi dence on June 20, when ho will speak on the Imperial zollvorein question. Although there Is unceasing discus elou on Mr. Chamberlain's proposals, there Is little Indication yet as to themselves. A battery of artillery wa? dispatch ed to the acene of tho uprising on the Moroccan, Algeria border. This fol lows the declaration of Gov. Gen. Jou nart that the government had author- Iscd him to exercise reprisals. He said that this did not mean the oc- cupatlon of Moorish territory, but only 1. 10 pumsnniiuii 01 inn onenuers. A dispatch received la France from Saigon, capital of French Indo-China. say Gov. Gen. Beau has been detain- tlon prevailing ln tho adjoining Chi- Prince o Yun-Nan. Two bun- French .ubjeel, .re .urrounded " Yn Nan Fu and tho Mong-Tie rail- I-0"11 v,ork ar interrupted. PEARLS OF THOUGHT. Every noble work la at first lmpo "! Crlyle, Guilty conscience alwaya tnak peo- plo cowards. Pi! pay. There I t.o gathering the rose with out being pricked by His thorns. PI1 pay. The test of lore I not feeling, but obedience. William Bernard, Ulla- tnorne' No man can produce groat thing who is not thoroughly sincere ln deal ing with himself. Lowell. He Is happy whose circumstances suit his temper; but he la more excellent who can suit his temper to his cir cumstances. Hume. One can go through hi work well or ahirk It. One can consider bis neigh bor or neglect him. One can repress the fevcr-flt of impatience or give It wild way. And the perpetual presence of auch a choice leaves no hour with out guidance. George S. Merrlam. Teachers are the allies of legislators: they have agency In the prosecution ol crime; they aid In regulating- the at mosphere, whoso Incessant action and pressure catiBe tho life-blood to cir culate, and to return pure and health ful to the heart of tha nation. Mrs. Slgourney, Lire for something. Do good and leave behind you a monument of virtue that tho storm of time tan never de roy. Write your namo In kindness, love and mercy on the hearts of thou sands you come tn contnet with year by year; you will never be forgotten. Chalmers. To men addicted to delights, business Is an interruption; to such as are cold to delight, It la entertainment. For which reason It was said to one who commended a dull man for his application: "No thank to him; if be had no business he would have nothing to do." Steele. The emotion accompanying every generous act add an atom to the fab ric ot the Ideal man. As no cruel thing can be done without character being thrust a degree back toward barbarism, so no kind thing can be done without character being moved a degree forward toward perfection. Herbert Spencer. A GREAT INVENTION. Nevertheless This Suburbanite Con cluded to Get Rid of His Telephone. "Yes, sir, the. telephone la the great est invention of the age. Let me give you an Illustration of what it can do. You know that I livo out la the coun try." "Yes." "Well, yesterday morning after I came to town, my cook left suddenly, whereupon my wlfo Immediately called me np and told me about It." "How much did it cost?" "Oh, a mere nothing. Twenty-five cent." "What happened then?" "Well, I Immediately called up the manager of my servant's agency. Had some little trouble ln getting her. It 1 true, but I got her." "What did he ay?" "Told me to call up a lady ln Plaln OelJ, who had a cock who wa going to leave. I did o." "How much was that?" "Oh, fifty cent. I found out that the cook was there all right, and that she was a good cook. So then I called my Wife up again." "Twenty-flve cents more." "Ye. Told her about the lady who had the cook in Plalnfleld, and ad vised her to call her up and talk about It. She did so." "How much?" "Oh. about fifty cent. Well, sir will you believe It, she engaged that ' cook over the telephone." "Did the cook come?" "No. Fact la. she didn't show up, and my wife came to town herself to day and got another. But that Isn't the point. What I wanted to show was what can be done with a tele phone." "As near as I can make out, the tel ephone cost you a couple of dollars, and took up time enough to disturb your whole day. Why, if you hadn't bad a telephone ln the first place you wouldn't have known ycur cook left, and any way It didn't make any differ ence, because, after all, your wife bad , to come In and attend to the matter personally." 1 "By Jove! You're right I'll have tnat instrument taken out of my house at once." New York Life. Japanese Decoration. The hostess of a luncheon euchre treated her guests to a pretty Idea l..u o.uer day. instead of the usual decorations for such affairs she trans-- v.n-, info o Jnoanese feast. An tnvertej Japanese parasol made I a charming canopy for the luncheon I rihiP. nuei with trailing vines which nung gracefully ver the edge and gave a swaying note ot green. The centrepiece was Japanese lil ies, and fern balls all about the room added further to the charming effect. The tally cards were cranmentej with Japanese' figures, a Japanese gong was used to make signals, and the prize Included kimonos, Japan ese fans, pretty carved Ivory pieces, Japanese cups, saucers and plates. It was altogether a pretty affair and delightfully varied the routine of the euchres at little trouble or coat Pittsburg Dispatch. Tha Benefits. Opdyke What's the use of arguing wUh a woman? 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