since death of im friends
SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES.
Confession of Woman lo Thrta Mur.
dsrs Eight Other Deaths Be
ing Investigated.
After two weeks' work Prosecutor
E. C. Smith, at Kalkaska. Mich., has
secured a confession from Mrs. Mnry
McKnlght to the cold-blooded, prcmed
Itatod murder of her brother. John
Murphy, his wjfe, Gertrude, and their
three-months'-old baby. Eight other
persons, Investigation shows, have
died In the past 13 years under clr
umstances that, In view of the wo
man's confession, are now thought to
fc very suspicious. All of the eight
were either relntlvs or Intimate
friends who died wh-llo living with
Mrs. McKnlght, or whllo sho was at
their homes. All nre snld to have
ahown symptoms that nro believed to
Indicate Btrychnlne polHonlng. The
Ight other people whoso deaths now
seem to have been under most sus
picious circumstances were: Krnert
McKnlght. the woiiiru's hushnnd; Jns.
Ambrose, her first hur.hnnd, who died
at Alpena. In 1SS7: Mia. MeKnlKht, the
w.lfo of Jas. E. MeKnlnht. who was
the partner of Ambrose ; Ilnby Tooplo,
Mrs. McKnlght'n nlerc; KWr.n Chnlk
er. another niece, who died nt Gray
ling In May, 18112; Para Murphy, Mrs.
McKnlght'B sister, who also died nt
Grayling In February, IS'.i.l; a Mrs.
Curry, who died In Snglnnw In 18W.1,
whllo Mrs. McKnlght was nt her moth
er's house, and Iiorolhy Junson, B
child, who died .in Grnylinrr while mi
ller Mis. McKnlcht's care during the
absence of her mother. Investigation
of theBO deaths shows that all of these
persons except Mrs. Curry wero taken
suddenly ill and showed what are now
regarded as unmistnkahlo symptoms
of stryrhnlne poisoning. Tho physi
cian who attended Ernest McKnlght
the woman's husband, says flint he Is
now confident that McKnlght died
from strychnine. Elista Chnlker and
hara Murphy wein stricken nt the ta
Wo while Mrs. McKnlght was present.
Iloth died In convulRlons in a few
liours. No motive can be found for
ttiee crimes. There was no suspicion
against Mrs. McKnlght In connection
with the death of the Mnrnhv's until
she filed a mortgage on her brother's
property after his death, on which the
ngures hail, it is alleged, been raised
from 20 to $r,im. An investigation
was then begun. The body of John
Murphy was exhumed and strychnine
found In the stomach. Mrs. Mc
McKnlght was placed under arrest,
with tho result that sho confessed.
COURT REFUSES CA3SATT.
Want Trial Before Entire Supremo
Court and Struck Jury.
Tho Supreme Court at Trenton, N.
-J., refused the application of A. J.
Caaratt, E. F. C. Young and others
who uro under indictment for ronnonsi
bllliy in connection with the Clifton
avenue, Newark, trolley accident, in
which several children wero killed, for
trial before the entire Supremo
-Court and also a struck Jury. Thoso
under Indictment are all olllccrs of
tho trolley company. The decision
states that the court Is without power
to grant either one of the two motions,
no was for a trial before the entire
Supreme Court and the other was for
a trial before that court for a struck
Jury.
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.
'Increases were announced In the
salaries of a number of postmasters
In Maryland and Virginia.
Sir Michael Herbert left for New
port, where the BritiBh Embassy will
be located during the summer.
The President has accepted the res
ignation of Director of the Census
Merriam. Director North assumed
charge.
In the Criminal Court Justice Prltch
rd reduced the ball of Auditor Wat
son, accused of embezzlement, from
930,000 to $20,000.
It was learned from Princeton, N. J.,
that former President Cleveland has
teen offered tho presidency of the Uni
versity of Virginia.
The Georgetown University con
ferred the honorary degree of doctor
of laws on George B. Cortelyou, sec
retary of Commerce and Labor.
Prof. James C. Monoghan was ap
pointed editor of the reports of the
Bureau of Foreign Commerce in the
department of Commerce and Labor.
A civil service examination will be
Sield at Pittsburg, July 8, for tho posi
tion of assistant engineer In the cus
todlan service In that city. The place
Jy 11,000 a year.
Tho war department announced Its
apportionment among the States of
the $2,00(1,000 appropriated by the
Dick bill for tho equipment of the Na
tional Guard of the States.
President Roosevelt returned June
11 from Cleveland where he attended
the Hanna-McCormick wedding. With
the President wero Miss Alice Roose
velt, Socretary Loob and Commander
Cowlos.
The United States grand Jury filed
presentments at Baltimore against C.
Ellsworth Uptcn and Thomas W. Mc
Gregor, employes of tho Postolllce de
partment at Washington, for complic
ity in the mail pouch frauds.
The Federal grand Jury has found
true bills asainst the Grotf brothers in
connection with the alleged oaring
of bribes to A. W. Mat-hen, former
superintendent of free dollvery bureau
of tho Postofflce department.
Secretary of the Navy Moody, upon
representations by Representative B.
B. Dovener, of West Virginia, re
scinded the order dismissing Midship
man Grafton A. Beail, Jr., of Wheel-
Inn nn. . k a TTnltnJ . . .
t.viu iiio uuuey DinicS JN3VB1
.Academy at Annapolis.
News of the assassination 'of the
rKlng and Queen of Servia and the pro
claiming of Peter Kurageogevltch king
reached the State department In a ca
blegram from United States Vice
Consul General Christian Boegliii, at
.'Belgrade. The cablegram is dated
Xlmony, an Austrian town sis miles
across the bordtr.
MILLER'S BIG SWINDLE.
How Syndicate Startsd, "620 Per
Cent" Man Testifies Acilntt
Former Counsel.
William F. Miliar, belter known as
"520 per cent Miller," the founder and
originator of tho Franklin syndicate
told In court at Now York the history
or mat monumental swindle He ap
peared as a witness at the trial of his
former counsel, Colonel Robert A.
Amnion, who is chnrged with crimin
ally receiving stolen goods $30,500
from Miller. In outlining the enso of
the prosecution Mr. Nott said: "We
will prove, that this defendant In the
summer of 1809 met William Miller,
This man, Amnion, beenmo his coun
sel and advised him as to the safest
way In which to conduct tho busint-si
We will show how Miller turned over
$195,000 to Amnion, who, after lie got
the cash said, 'Illlly, now you had Iipi.
ler scoot.' and when threatened with
nrrest himself, brought back Miller
from Canada. Miller wns arrested
an l convicted. We proroso to provo
mnr tilings llrst, that $:in,ooo was
stolen by Miller; second, that this
$;lO,noi was given to Amnion; third
that Amnion knew thnt the $.1o,nuu
was stolen; fourth. Hint this $;:0',000
wns secured feloniously. Tho first of
thcao four points will bo established
by tho persons from whom Miller
stole tho money, and also by Miller
himself, who will tako the stnnd and
ell how he turned It. over lo Aininon."
Miller was extremely nervous. J lis
expression Indicated thnt he was thero
to get even with bis former counsel.
Miller was naked how ho had come to
form the Franklin syndicate. "It was
during tho latter part of February,
that I started the Franklin syndi
cate," Miller testified. "I went to
work among my friends and ncuuatnt-
nnccs and got money from them on
ho promlHo that I would pay them
10 per cent n week." Miller then told
how he hired rooms In Brooklyn and
'HtabMshed his heailniiaarters. Money
was rolling In so fnut that tho clerks
had scarcely time to count It. Assist
ant Diatrict Attorney Nott read a num
ber of circulars. In one Miller In
formed his customers (hero wns to be
a big deal In Wnll street whereby mil
lions could bo made. He said ho hail
Inside Information that the Pullman
and Wagner Companies were to be
united and that be could not afford
to reeelvo a deposit under $30. Miller
said that there was not a word of
truth In any or tho alluring circulars.
Hi? said that Edward Schleslngor be
came associated with him during tho
latter part of September. 1S!)D. "Whut
did you do with the money you re
ceived during July and August?" was
asked. "I used part of It to pay dlv
Mends and the rest I kept for myself.
We used to count the money at tilght,
nnd I would place Schloslnger's share,
one-third, on his desk and the rest I
put In the bank." The trial Is ex
pected to occupy several days.
ARMY OF MEN QUIT WORK.
Trouble Csuocd by a Dltpute Eotwecn
Rival Labor Unions,
One of the most fsrloys labor com
plications ever experienced In Pitts
burg, Pa., has resulted from the trou
blo between tho stonemasons and the
brtrklnyers. This will Involve all the
men engaged in the construction
trades In Allegheny county with a to
tal rer.i'esentat.'on of about 70,010 men.
Tho trouble Btarted with nn attempt
by the Stonemasons and Bricklayers
International union. The latter, re
fused to be absorbed, causing the men
of the former organization to refuse to
work with members of the stonema
sons' union. After repeated efforts on
tne part of the contractors to effect a
settlement they at last decided to
stop all work until the men reached
some agreement and were willing to
work together.
RYAN IS ACQUITTED.
President of tho Defunct Turf Com
pany Escapes Prosecution. I
John J. Ryan, president of the do-
funct Ryan Turf Investment Company,
of St. Louis, Mo which suspended
operations when the grand Jury be
gan investigating such concerns, was
ac-iultted of the charge of embezzle
ment as bailee by a Jury, under In
structions from Judge Ryan. The
court decided that the contract did
not show bailment, but It was evidence
that all the money given to the com
pany by 'patrons was tendered as 'a
loan. Judge Ryan examined the con
tract and decided that It was evidence
of a loan, but not of a bailment, and
then gave the order for acquittal.
ADVANCES
IN WINDOW GLASS.
Jobbers
nd Manufacturers Agree to
Send Prices Up.
An agreement was reached at a
conference at New York between tho
Window Glass Jobbers' Association
snd the manufacturers relative to the
Vurchase of glass. Jobbers will ad
vance prices as much as 25 per cent
on certain sizes of glass. The Job
bers have agreed to the plan proposed
by the manufacturers for pooling glass
in one certain agency. The Jobbers
think their purchasing glaEs at the
present time should have a tendency
to strengthen the market.
"Baby McKee's" Grandpa Is Dead.
R. S. McKee died at Indianapolis,
Ind., after a prolonged Illness. Ho
was the grandfather of "Baby McKee,"
ex-President Harrison's daughter be
ing his daughter-in-law. He was the
father of Ganeral W. J. McKee.
No Rural Mail on Fourth,
An order was Issued by the Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General whereby
all the rural letter carrier of the coun
try will knock off work on the Fourth
of July and celebrate the anniversary
of their country's Independence.
Twelve Persons Hurt.
The motorman was killed and 12
persons hurt in a trolley car wreck
near Elizabeth, N. J., by a trolley on
the Plalnfleld line in descending a
grade trying to round a curve at
bleu rats of speed.
KING ID QUEEN ftSSRSSINHTEO
REVOLUTION IN SERVIA.
Alexander and Drags Wsrs Shot Down
In tht Palace New Ruler
Proclaimed.
A military conspiracy, which subse
quent events show had the sympathy
of tho Servian peoplo, was carried out
In the early hours of tho morning of
Juno 11, and King Alexander, Queen
uraga, her two brothers and several
ministers were assassinated at Bel
grade, Servia. Prince Peter Karageor-
gevltch, tho pretender to the throne,
proclaimed Klna by tho army, and
there Is every reason to believe that
this decision will be confirmed by the
Servian parliament, which has been
summoned to meet. Tho following Is
mo otiieini list of tho killed: King
Aloxnndcr. Queen Draga. tho Queen's
two brothers. Premier Markovltch, tho
Minister of War, two aides de camp.
two other ofllcers. The revolution was
executed without any opposition on
tno part or tho peoplo of Belgrade, and
tho cnpltal nnd tho country remnln
tranquil. Whllo tho main outlines of
the events which took nliice within
the royal pnlaen nro known, tho do-
taun nro conflicting, owing to tho ex
traordinary secrecy with which tho
plot wns contrived nnd carried out.
Tho chief constitutors were all men
of high rank, who acted In concert
with the army. Tho participation of
tht? latter In tho nssaspliiatlona of
which blotted out tho Obrenovltch
lynasty. which han ruled Servia with
a short intermission for nearly a con
tury, is mainly duo to the attitude of
King Alexander and his consort toward
tho ofllcers of tho army, who ho alwnys
treated with scant courtesy, nia do-
slro to remove tho war school from
llelgrndo to Klieliatz particularly gave
i no otilcers offense. A band of 30 of
ficers, led bv Col. Mnschln nnd Cnl.
Mlschlcs. forced their way Into tho
palace, nhootlng any who attempted
to bar their passage. They were aided
by treason within. The utile do camp
on duty. Col. Naumovlcs. had been
won over by tho conspirators and was
entrusted with tho plans for action
wltl.ln tho royal enclosure. Several
doors leading to the royal apartments
were blown In by dynamite. Col. Na
umovlcs himself bursting In tho door
of the roynl bed chamber with a bomb.
Col. Naumovlcs nnd the ofllcers then
entered the room. Naumovlcs pre
sented to the king a form of abdica
tion for his signature. Tho king's
answer was to draw a revolver and
Hill Nnumovlcn on tho spot. Col. Mis-
hies picked up tho document and pre
sented it again. King Alexander waved
It from him. Tho ofllcers then with
heir d:-nwn revolvers fired a hail of
bullets nnd tho royal counlo fell to
gether to the ground. After tho as
sassination a new government was In
stantly Installed and Prince Kara
georgorltch wns proclaimed king.
SQUADRON TO VALPARAISO.
ntlmated Wish for American 8h!ps Is
Promptly Compiled With.
Upon the receipt of a report from
American agents In Chllo that the
sltuutlon at Valparaiso Is unsatisfac
tory owing to the recent social dis
turbances there, the State department
requested the navy department to dis
patch a ship to that point In order
that American Interests may bo fully
protected In the event of an emergen
cy. Cable ordors were sent Admiral
Sumner, commanding North Atlantic
squadron, to proceed to Valparaiso.
Orders also were telegraphed to Ad
miral Glass to be ready for sea and
In the event that Admiral Sumner's
fleet is unable to get under way at
once, the Pacific squadron may be
ordered to Chilean waters In its stead.
Rear Admiral Sumner's fleet consists
of the protected cruiser Newark, flag
ship; protected cruiser Detroit, and
the gunboats Gloucester and Mont
gomery. It is understood that the
British government intimated a wish
that American ships go to Chilian wa
ters because of disturbances there In
connection with the recent dock strike.
TROOPS ORDERED OUT.
United States Soldiers and the Militia
Start for Morencl.
From alvlces received at Phoenix,
Ariz., from Morencl the strike situa
tion was growing worse. A message
to Acting Governor Stoddard says
guards were disarmed by strikers who
took possession and were holding tho
Morencl mill. Sheriff ParkB wired,
urging the necessity for troops. Brig.
Gen. Baldwin reported to Acting Gov
ernor Stoddard that he had ordered
three troops of calvary from Ft. Grant
and two troops from Ft. Huachuca to
report as soon as possible at Morencl.
To add to the excitement at Clifton,
less lawless than Morencl, there was
a cloudburst in the canyon atiove the
town, sweeping down Chase creek in
a tcrrent. Nine men were drowned
and a large amount of property de
stroyed. President Baer Again Under Fire.
President Baer, or the Reading, was
bofore the Interstate commerce com
mission at New York. He said the
Reading lost $1,500,000 on account of
the anthracite strike, and that coal
cannot be carried 180 miles to tide
water for less than $1.65 a ton.' Ho
did not think "the State of Pennsyl
vania would allow her great corpora
tions and her coal fields to be spoiled
for tho rest of the United States."
Drought Broken.
Rain Juno 8 ended the 50 days'
drought In northern and southern New
England and quenched most of the
forest fires which have turned vast
areas into blackened wastes.
Snow Falls In Colorado.
Snow foil June 10 In all parts of
Colorado except tha San Luis valley.
The snowfall was heavy at La Veta,
Tennessee, Marshall and other mount
ain passes, and In Leadvllle and the
Cripple Creek mining districts.
LATEST NEWS N0TEJ.
Four persons drowned In river near
New Kensington, Pa.
A Georgia nogro lynched for mur-
aering a white man.
Hanna-McCbrmlck wedding was sol
emnized in Cleveland, O.
Eleven peoplo wero drowned by the
flooding of East St. Louis.
Two wore killed and four Inlured
by lightning in school near Urookvllle,
ra.
Witness at Jackson. Ky.! said he
saw Curtis Jett murder Attorney Mar
cum. Spanish minister to United States
says his nation Is planning a new
navy.
General stock list was forced to low
est point of the year In New York
June 10.
Tho budget bill was passed bv the
House of Commons of England with
out a division.
Clara Nichols, society editor of tho
Chicago Trlbuno, was crushed to
death in an elevator.
Every postofrice In tho country tn Im
probed in connection with Investiga
tion now In progress.
Secretary of Iho Nnvy Moody has
approved tho plans for tho three new
13,'J'jO-ton bnttl?shlps.
Tho oxchnnirn Brain elevator at
Knnsag City, Mo., was burned with
40,000 mnsholg of whent.
New York business agent of House-
smiths' and Brldgemen's union, was
arrested on chnrgo of extortion.
Former President Olvnbant of the
Delaware & Hudson blamed anthracite
miners for advance In prlco of coal, j
Tho grand iurv In Baltimore. Mil..
Indicted throe election olllccrs for al
leged frauds In tho Into city campaign.
Joseph Brown, of I'hllndelnhla. was
tho first to bo rescued from the
breakers nt Atlantic City this season.
Lexington lawyers refused to help
prosecution In feud enses at Jackson,
Ky., saying it Is a useless undertak
ing. A font mall train on tho Southern
rnllway collided with a freight near
Charlotte. N. C, Injuring three postal
clerks.
The Stato department wns advised
of tho death at Cartagena. Colombia.
of United States Consul John C. In-
gersoll.
A sharp shock of earthquake was
experienced at Snn Francisco, Cal
lasting over 10 seconds. No damage
Is reported.
The tannery of W. D. Bryon Co.. at
Wllllnmsport, Md was struck by
lightning and burned, causing a Iobs
of $200 0U0.
The business portion of Mays Lick.
near Marysvllle. Ky., was burned. In
cluding the Presbyterian Church. Lobs
about $1(10.000.
James M. Wntpon, Jr.. clerk In the
office of tho auditor of the District
of Columbia, charged with embezzle
ment of $73,000.
French Inventor who claimed to
hnvo process for making oil out of wa
ter at ono cent a gallon has myster
iously disappeared.
Tho Chleugo and Flndlay Oil Com
pany, to develop oil wells near Flnd
lay, capital $l,ooo,ooo, was Incorpor
ated at Camden, N. J.
The First Baptist Church at St.
Paul, Minn., culled Rev. R. M. West,
(nstor of tho Lehigh Avenuo Baptist
Church, Philadelphia.
Arrangements have been made to
glvo the otatue surmounting the dome
of the capltol at Washington Its first
cleaning for 40 years.
A sixth alleged widow turned un
at Los Angelos, Cal., to claim the for
tune of the late much-marrlcd Dr.
Ellorton W. Aldrlch.
Ratification of Colombia canal treaty
would thereafter prevent secession of
states of Panama and Cauca, through
which canal route lies.
Lewis Bolin, aged 00, was killed by
his 13-year-old step-daughter at Sneed
vlllo, Tenn., while Bolin was chastis
ing a step son, the girl's brother.
Gov. W. J. Bailey, of Kansas, an
nounced that ho would call a special
session of the Legislature to make an
appropriation for the flood sufferers.
Arthur Flannigan, a negro, was put
to death In tho electric chair at Outlin
ing, N. Y., for the murder of Keeper
Hugh McGovern, whllo trying to es
cape. An order was filed In the United
States Circuit Court In Charleston,
S. C, for tho sale of all the property
of the Atlantic Coast Lumber Com
pany. James M. Watson, Jr., a clerk in tho
office of the Auditor for the -District
of Columbia, wns arrested on the
charge of embezzling government
funds.
Senator Piatt of New York made
hurried Journey to see the president
about the Investigation now being
made Into the affairs of the New York
city postolllce.
The Amalgamated Foundrymen's As
sociation, Milwaukee, Wis., elected
Willis Brown, of Erie, Pa., president;
and James A. Murphy, of Erie, Pa.,
secretary for tho foundrymen's sec
tion. Judge Lacombe of the United States
Circuit Court decided that the anthra
cite coal roads cannot be compelled to
produce coal purchase contracts upon
demand of the Interstate commerce
commission.
A volcanic eruption is reported from
tho Loochoo group which has caused
a panic among the Islanders and the
provincial governor has applied to the
Japanese governments to rescue tho
Islanders.
John E. Muudy, charged with mur
dering his wire in Toledo, O., 10 years
ago, was arrested at work at the
world's fair at St. Louis, Mo., under
the name of Dell Lewis.
At the annual convention of the
American Foundrymen's Association
at Milwaukee, one of the principal
addresses was that delivered by Tlioi.
D. West, of SharpBvllle, Pa.
Wholesale forgeries and frauds
among ticket scalpers are alleged to
have been discovered as the result of
an investigation couducted from In
dianapolis, lnd., by the Railway Pro
tective bureau.
IH
REPLY TO GEN. MILES.
Oovtrnor Taft Bays Government
Islands Will Bs Able to Cops
With Famine Conditions.
of
The war department made public a
report received from Governor Taft
replying to statements made by Lieut.
General Miles artor his visit to tho
Islands last year. Governor Taft,
speaking of agricultural conditions and
the moans or avoiding possible fanv
ine In the Philippines, says: "That
there Is a shortage In the Islands of
the usual food supply Is undoubtedly
truo, but 1 have been surprised to find
thus far how little real famine or
hunger thero has boon. I have not re
ceived a single call from a single pro
vincial governor for rlco for rroe dis
tribution In tho entire archlpelngo. In
the province or Bntangas, Capt. Bough
ton In managing tho so-called war fam
ine fund has made a very small grat
uitous distribution of rice. The action
or the commission In directing a nroc-
lamatjon by the civil governor calling
upon tho people everywhere to plant
corn, rice and other aulcklv-growlns
ioou products hnd a wide Influence. I
have been greatly sururised to find
tho so (Tori nit so much less than wn
had expected It to bo. It may bo that
In May, June and July we shall hnvo
cans lor am, but I think that we shall
be able promptly to respond to them,
especially now that $3,000,000 has been
appropriated for tho purpose. The
nioai serious feature or the situation
is the loss of the cnttlo from rinder
pest. It Is not feasible to bring cat
tle Into the Islands wlth.jut making
suro tnnt they will not catch the rln
UerpoBt after coming hero. Tho fields
of tho Islands are Infected with It so
that rattlo here are almost sure to
contract the dlseaso. It Is necessary.
ine.eiore. mat all such cattle be lm
muued. We have made a contract for
tne dmlver of lo.ooo carabao with Im
mimizatlon. These are to bo brought
from tho Yangtse valley In China. It
Is exceedingly important thnt we shall
not pauperize the neonto of these la-
lands by unnecessary gratuitous dis
tribution of rlco nnd In anticipation of
a corner we mndo a purchase of rice
involving the expenditure of about
$800,000 gold. If more than the amount
we hove on hand is needed for the
purposo of feeding starving people we
shall be able to buy It in the market
and distribute It without tho use of the
government transports. I think gen
erally tho statement of facts In tho
report of General Miles Is correct. Tho
danger from famine has not been as
great as I supposed It was, but In any
event with funds provided by Con
grets now I feel confident that the
Philippine government Is in a posi
tion to meet any emergency of this
kind which may arise."
BOUGHT FOR 30, SOLD FOR 90.
Turned Pouches Over to Government
and Divided Big Profits.
Tho preliminary hearing of C. Ells
worth Upton and Thomas W. McGreg
or. charged with complicity In the
postolllce department frauds was held
at Baltimore before United States
Commissioner Rogers. The specific
charge against Upton and McGregor
was that they had conspired with C.
E. Smith, a trunk merchant, to furnish
mall pouches to the government at an
exhorbltant figure. Smith was used
as a witness for tho government. Ho
testified that he bought the pouches
in 10.000 lots from a firm In Worces
ter, Mass., paying 30 and 35 cents per
pouch. On the advice of Upton he
put in a bid at 90 cents, which was
accepted. When he got the money he
gavo 40 per cent to Upton and Mc
Gregor and kept the balance of the
profits for himself. Ho said he sent
tho bids to Superintendent A. W.
Machen at Washington. Commission
er Rogers bound over the accused men
to answer before the United States
grand Jury.
BIG STEEL RAIL ORDER.
E. H. Harriman Places Order for 100,-
000 Tons fdr Next Year.
E. II. Harriman closed a contract
with the United States Steel corpora
tion for 100,000 tons of steel rails for
delivery next year. The rails will be
used by the Union and Southern Pa
clflc roads. They were purchased on
the current yeai's price basis. $23 a
ton. This contract represents an out
lay of $2,800,000.
Undor Martial Law.
The town of Jackson, Ky., where the
trial of Curtis Jett. for tho shooting
of J. R. Marcum is belna held, has
been placed under marshal law and
troops are on guard. Sensational dis
closures made by Capt. B. J. Ewen.
the principal witness asalnst Curtis
Jett. ha3 thrown Jackson into a furor
of excitement. Capt. Ewen detailed a
story of attempted bribery when sev
eral days ago he was offered $5,000,
and tho money counted out to him, if
he would agree to alter his testimony
so thnt it would not incriminate Jett.
President Absconds.
With President T. J. Cornwall In
parts unknown and short nearly $2S0.
000, the Bessemer Savings bank, at
Birmingham, Ala., one of tha strongest
Institutions in the district, will close
Its doors and ask for a receiver. Pres
ident Cornwall, in a letter left for
Cashier Cockrill, states that he had
nothing left for him tt do but "wan
der on tho face of the earth or becomo
a convict In tho state mines."
Another Charge Against Parks.
Samuel Parks, the walking delegate
of the Houseamtihs' and Brldgemen's
union, at Now York, was re-arrested
on a charge cf extortion on complaint
of Josephus Plenty, of Jersey City,
who alleges that Parks accepted a
check for $200 to sottle a striko, -
Big Oil Gushtr.
The Mayer Oil Company struck a
well on the Widow Maddox farm in
Blackfork county. Ind., that Is flow
ing at the rate of 60 barrels an hour
or nearly 1.500 barrels dav.
REVIEW CF TRAOE.
Big Demand for Steel Blast Furnsess
Forcing Output Beyond All Rec
ords Cokt Ovsns Active.
II. O. Dun A Co.'s weekly review of
trade says: Except In those branches
of business that aie always quiet at
this season reports Indicate a steady
demand and prices of commodities are
firmly maintained. I :anufa Hiring re
turns are Irregular, Idleness in textile
linos partially offsetting tho good ef
fect of activity elsewhere, Earnings
of railroads reporting for the first
wock or June are only 3 per cent larg
er than last' year and 7.8 per cent
greater than In 1901. a condition due
entirely to Western floods. That fur
nace stocks of pig Iron Increased only
40,000 tons lost month, despite the un
precedented output, testifies to the
great consumption of the steel Indus
try. Quotations aro without altera
tion, although much business Is de
layed by labor troubles, In case of a
general settlement of these conflicts
there would be resumption of work
on mnny buildings, and. Including the
requirements of railroads, a heavy ton
nngo would bo sought. It Is an evi
dence of confidence In the future that
blast furnace operators are forcing
production beyond all previous max
imum figures. Whllo tho demand for
structural steel has diminished there
Is notable Inquiry for rails and plates.
Machinery and hardware lines are do
ing remarkably for tho season, which
Is iiiually quiet In these departments.
Colto ovens are surpassing all previous
records ror activity and the output
or anthracite coal proir.lRcs to estab
lish a new high-water mark this year
above 60.0oo.oiio tons. Cotton goods
agnln averago slightly higher In price,
the r-lvances being Insisted upon by
producers on account of the raw ma
terial and In no degree attributable
to Increased anxiety from a more lib
eral demand for print cloth yarn fab
rics for converting and p-lnting pur
poser thero Is no evidence of activity.
On the other hand, supplies nre not
accumulating at the mills owing to
curtailment of production, not only
voluntarily, but by strikes and storms.
Conservatism prevails among buyers
or staple woolens and worsteds, while
llttlo interest Is shown In new lines of
light weights for next spring. Insofar
as mnrket conditions are concerned
carpets are the most satisfactory of
the textile products. Footwear condi
tions confiture most prosperous. Leath
er and hides are strong and active.
Failures this week were 215 In the
United States against 102 Inst year and
1 in Canada compared with 20 a year
ago.
Brndstreet's says: Weather, croo
and labor conditions all show Improve
ment, wnoiesaie business generally
Is still seasonably nulet. but already
an Improvement In tone Is noticeable
as the result of the rather better out.
look agriculturally. Wheat, Including
flour, exports for the week ending
June 11 aggregate 4.191.317 bushels,
against 4.708.993 bushels last week,
3.400,314 bushels this week last year
and 4,791,107 bushels in 1901. Wheat
exports since July 1 aggregate 214.
472.122 bushels, against 241.425.215
bushels last season and 205,292.74(5
bushels In 1900. Corn exports aggre
gate 824.815 bushels, against 1,013.871
bushels last week. 94.891 bushels a
year ago, nnd 2,309,254 bushels In 1901.
For the fiscal year exDorts are A3..
275,527 bushels, against C8.832.323
bushels last season and 170,193.403
bushels In 1901.
CABLE FLA8HES.
The Russian war minister. General
Kuropatkln, has sailed for Japan.
A boiler explosion occurred on board
the British armored cruiser Good
Hope at Gibraltar. An officer and six
men were seriously Injured.
King Edward has awarded the royal
gold medai ror promotion of architec
ture to C. F. McKlm, the New York
architect who designed the work of
altering tho White House at Wash
ington.
It Is reported that the village of
r.niuge. in tne district of Adrianonle.
Bulgaria, consisting of 800 houses,
was attacked June 2 by Bashl-Bazouks
and the population, except 200 men,
massacred.
Numerous offers have reached the
Russian government at St. Petersburg
from American sources to aid the fam
ilies of sufferers in the recent Kishi
nev incident. All such offers have
ue?n declined.
A dispatch from Cannstatt, Wurtera
bcrg. announced that the Mercedes
motor car works had been burned.
Cars built to compete In the race for
the James Gordon Bennett cup were
ruined and a large stock of otlwr cars
were destroyed.
A cabinet council was summoned
In Engiand to consider the political sit
uation. Some ministers take excep
tion to Mr. Chamberlain's letter to
a worklngman. which Is regarded as
definitely committing the colonial sec
retary to the tariff pol!w.
Finance Minister Rouvier or France
Informed a deputation representing
tha coltio Interests that budget consid
erations compelled an increase lu the
duty on coffe-e at $4 per loo klios. Ho
added that the Franco-Brazilian
treaty would be denounced before
J-.:r.i 30 ia crier that a new tariff
may be put lu force before tho end of
tho year.
The constabulary captured in Ri
zal province. Phl'.'pplne Islands, Faus
tluo (ii-.'.llermo. tho most notorious out
law la tho Island of Luzon. Gulller
mo approached a detachment of con
stabulary ami offered the men a bribe
to desert and join him. During and
since the insurrection Guilleruio has
committed ciauy niunlers and rob-beik-s.
The following souiI-ofSclal state
ment of the views of the Austrian
government Is published at Vienna:
Auati'o-Huusar.'an policy observes
complete neutrality as to events in
Set via and will only abandon this
standpoint lu the event of being forced
to do so through tho Immediate Jeop
ardizing of our Interests.
John D. Jackson. American minister
to Greece, Koumania and Servia. has
also been designated American diplo
matic agent to Bulgaria.
RUSSIA ANLy MANCHURIA. .
tmrmn Country' VnVuey Due MeMtsMf
f Finals MeW Marfeats,
Along ivlth the measures taken fof
the development of Ituswlan Industry
there must be noted thcx efforts to
extend the market for Russian prod
ucts abroad. By conventloiisivllli for.
! i-Ign countries, Russia has secured en
tire territories free from foreign or
Ldstllo Influences. The whole northern
p.irt of Asia Minor, according- lo tbtt
tiatjr between Russia nnd Turkey, ls.
nonr placed tinder such conditions thnt
Russian capitalists have the nren ooen
lo them, to tho exclusion of foreign
enterprise. A situation analogous is
found In rcrsla, where tht entire
northern portion Is acknowledged to
be, under the cxcluslvo economic in
fluence of Russia. -The Russian policy
In Manchuria may be said to be due
to tho necessity of finding new markets
for her Industries, The marked differ,
ince between the Russian nnd tho for
lgn cnpltnllst Is that the latter gener
nlly makes his venture at his owu risk,
without waiting for old from his Gov
eminent, while the Russian waits for
the Government to smooth the way for
Individual .enterprise. The great diffi
culty In carrying out Russia's ambition
In tho Mnnchurliiu mnrket lies, strange,
ly enough, In the transportation of her I
own tiierchnudlsp. Despite her great
rnllro.Kl, sho has no real advantage
over the foreigner; under the present
conditions of thn rond, no bulky cargo
tan pay for its transportation, and
even under proper conditions the major
part of the frelsiit will go by sea. For
Instance, clofswure, tobacco, and other
lines of merchnndlso cost 1 ruble (31.5
tentsi freight pet- pood (.10.112 pounds)
by sea from Odes, but over 2 rubles
(51.03) via tho Clilneso Eastern Rail
road. As a matter of fact, foreign
foods havo been lu Manchuria for three
years, nt least, nnd nro so favorably
known that efTorts nre already being
mado to counterfeit tho more promi
nent articles. Russian settlements are
springing up in Northern nnd North
eastern Mnnchurin, bnt the wants of
these people nre not extended. It Is
therefore problematical whether tho
Mtiiichurlnn market will become n
large consumer of Russian goods. It N
will depend more on the lack of en
terprlse on the part of foreign mer
chants than on the superiority of Ru
slun wares or Russian methods.
WISE WORDS.
Eowarc the fury of a patient man.
Dryden.
Remorse Is tho echo of a lost virtue.
Bulwer.
Good order Is tha foundation of all
good things. Burke.
Whatever enlarges hope will also ex
nit courage. Johnson.
It Is nn Infamy to die and not be
missed. Carlos Wilcox.
Don't despair of a student If he has
one clear Idea. Emmons.
After crosses nnd losses men grow
humbler and wiser. Frnnklln.
He who has health has hope, and bs
who has hope has everything. Plato.
Manner Is one of the greatest engines
of influeuce ever given to man. Felt
hnm. P.cfore you look for something to
eat. look for some one to eat with.
Epicurus.
It never occurs to fools that merit
nnd good fortune are closely united.
uoetn.
Lying Is a most disgraceful vice; It
Orst despises God and then fears men.
-Plutarch.
Malic nnd hatred are very rrettlng,
and make our minds sore and uneasy,
Tlllotson.
Our first Impulses nre good, generous,
hcrolcal; reflection weakens and kills
them. lb A. Martin.
It is- a great misfortune not to have
enough wit to speak well, or not
enough Judgment to keep quiet. La
Bruyere.
If public libraries were half as costly
ns public dinners, or books cost the
tenth part of what bracelets do, even
foolish men and women might some
times suspect there was good In read
ing, as welt ns la munching and
sparkling. Ruskln.
A CIisdm Tot tha Thick Sltlnatd.
As skin-grafting on a large scale
comes Into more extensive use in sur
gery, it becomes more difficult to pro
cure the best material for tho purpose.
In facta medical man w;ll known In
this city says the difficulty can only
bo met by treating the skin ns an ar
ticle of commerce and buying the
amount required. Ue recently paid $5
for sufficient cuticle to put on the limb
of a llttlo boy who bad been scalded,
and the Individual who "gave up" part
of his bone covering declared he was
"tickled to death" by the operation. He
calls on the doctor every now and then
to ns!t if "any more hide" Is cccd.
New York Tress. .
A Qumi Adoption. '
About the queerest adoption which
has come to notice Is reoorted from
Maryville, Mo. One "Bill" Porter of
that town found three young wolves
In the woods near by. He brought
them home and gave them to his setter
dog, who had a litter of puppies. She
immediately received the whelps into
her family and mourned crntlv n-lien
two of them were stolen. The third Is
doing well under Its strange, coudl-
nous. .ew xorts commercial Adver
tiser.
Tb Torrlir ud Ih Kltlon.
In Baltimore la a tar tui-ri..i- k.
was irreatlv m-lnvat lnlv K.. .i.. ,n
appearance of her litter of puppies,
which had been done away wlta. For
several days she moped about. Then
a small kitten was brought to her and
the adopted It on the spot and Is a
most faithful stepmother. Nw York
Commercial Advertiser.