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.
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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? You can never con-
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