KEllET TELLS ABOUT BIS MONET SECRET OF THE CHECK. Th St. Loult Briber New Serloualy Implicate Former Lieut Gov. Lee. D. J. Kellty. who fled to Niagara-n-the-Lake, aa the result of the St. Loul. Mo., legislative bribery indict menu, baa broken the allenco In rela tion to the now celebrated $1,000 -check, which he gave to Robert Lee for his brother, John M. Lee, former lieutenant governor of Missouri. The check In question was dated March 2 and Lee after holding Ittor two weeks returned It and told Attorney General Crowe that It was bribe money. Kel ley, agaJnst who there are two Indict ments for the Issuing of this check, makes an astonishingly frank state ment In regard to the matter and seri ously Implicates Lee. From the time that the legislative session of 1903 opened, Kelley says ho received re peated messages both by wire and let ter, from Lee begging hlra for money. He was sorry for the T.sties of the former lieutenant governor, he says, but he felt that he had done enough Tor him during the preceding two years and was tired of supplying his financial wants. According to Kellcy, on March 26, Lee went to New York, and asked him for some money that he had promised him. Kelley replied: . "t don't consider that you havo done anything for me. but I guess I can let you have a thousand." When Kelley reached St. Louis a week later he landed the $1,000 heck to Robert E. le at the Planter's hotel. March 31, Kelley received the following written request signed, John A. Lee: "Paper you gave Bob cannot be used at pres ent; -I will have It returned and you can send New York exchange payable to Mrs. Lee." This Kelley refused to do. "Now," sa!d Kelley, "If I attempt ed to bribe Leo In that Instance, why did he not mention all the checks of a similar nature that I had sent to him " Mr. Kellcy then showed correspon dent nine other checks for sums aggre gating $2,250, which he said he sent Lee between November 21, 1901, and xweeraoOT is, zsuz. POPE'S WILL OPENED. Bulk of Property Goes to the Church, , Pew Bequests Mad. The will of Pope Leo was opened at a nreeting of the congregation of car dinals at Rome Italy. It consJsts of 36 po,es. In the handwriting of Leo, and leaves all the property of which he ed possessed to his successor, for the tise of the church. To each member of Ills family he leaves a present to be chosen from the valuable objects In his apartments. Similar presents are be queathed to his physicians. The total amount of the property which he left la not yet known. Hawaiian Enters Annapolis. Lando, of Hawaii, has success fully passed his examination, and has been ordered to report at the naval academy. He was examined at Hon olulu by the civil service officials and Ay the United Statea naval Burgeon. AI THE NATIONAL CAPITOL, . Wlater C. Ha:nm, of Pennsylvania, nas been appointed United States con sul at Hull. England. Secretary of the Navy Moody was at Oyster Bay July 24 to conrcf with he President on naval matters. John R. Garrison, of the treasury department has been appointed audi tor of the District of Columbia to suc ceed Jamea T. Petty. Plmus Anderson has been appolntod postmaster at Cortes, Jefferson county, Pa., and John B. Mohler at Marchand, iSUrk county, Ohio. The secretary of the interior ap proved the deed from the Kiowa In dian covering the Mountain View townslte In Oklahoma. . The Secretary "of the" Treasury has .awarded the contract for the construc tion of the Cleveland nubile bullrHnff to Bradley ft Son, of New York, for 1.049,0U0. ....,. " The case of Assistant Paymaster Delano, court-martialed for financial irregularities, has gono to the Presi dent., and It is understood the . sen tence Is dismissal. A- ' . ,. . The President danled the application lor commutation of the death entehce passed upon Benjamin O .Hill, a-white man, CB years'old, who killed his wlf some months ago. Prince Chlng, the president of the Torelgn office of China, has written to Unlfsd States Minister Conger refus ing to open towns In Manchuria which are held by Russian troops. Admiral Cotton reported the depart ure of his squadron for Lisbon and added that during the stay of the ships at Portsmouth, England, there were no desertions of men and that there were no stragglers. The treaty providing for the acqul slticn by the United States of the DaniBh West India Islands officially died July 24. If Denmark should con clude to sell the Islands to the United States it will Ire possible to revive tAe treaty. j The case of the Western' Union Tel egraph Company vs. the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Involving the right of the railroad company to remove the poles of the telegraph company from its right of way, was docketed In the United States Supreme Court. The weather bureau's weekly sum mary of crop conditions Bays: Tem perature in the central valleys, lake region and Atlantic coast districts has averaged low, but no unfavorable .ef fects are apparent except In portions Of the middle and south Atlantic artates,; ' v " . . , "The reported Invitation to the Prince aid Princess of Wales, to visit this country, and to be the guest of Pres ident Roosevelt 1 without 1 present tfounaatlon. It Is said to tr quite un likely that any such visit is In icon er.niatlos by th Prlnc and Princess of 'WeJes. : T hedge Dismissed; Superintendent City Tree Delivery of Postoffice Department It Let Out by Officials. Charlej Hodges, the superintendent of the city free delivery service of th postoffice department, has been dls- missed. He is accused of havlna falsi- fled his diary and of havlna lent his traveling commission to a friend who wanted to talie a trln. He la accused of having reported himself at various naces on pumic business when, as a matter of fact, he was hundreds of nines away on private business. In this way, it Is charged, he drew money from the treasury to which he waa not entitled for traveling expenses. One of the Instances when he did that was on October 25. 1900. when ire said he was at Joplln, Mo. The department maintains he was at Mansfield, O., his old home, attending the funeral of tno late Jona Sherman, who was a friend of his. Hedges' uncle, Henry C. Hjrtges. was Sherman's law nartner and lifelong friend, and confidante. On December 7, 1899. Hedges swore he was at San Antonio "Investigating carriers' service." when, as a matter of fact, he was in Mexico examining mining property. For this he received $4 per diem. Another time he was acting in place of A. W. Machen and drawing per diem for work in Phila delphia, New York and other Eastern cities. Machen knew that Hedges had been at his office all the time, but, It is said, he passed the bills turned In by his assistant. Hedges and Machen have been boon friends for years. They have run the free delivery part of the service. Machen making the rural his specialty and Hedges the city service. They and H. H. Rand were Interested In the same mining propositions and the Insinuation at the department Is that Hodges looked after the mining property while sup posed to be away on official business. The statement issued by Ore depart ment says there are many other in stances of similar falsification, but these were considered enough to Jus tify the removal. Hedges says he will not make any effort to have himself reinstated. He says the so-called falsi flcatlons result from carelessness In noting the places where he waa upon certain days. SUIT FOR FORECLOSURE. Mercantile Trust Company After United States Shipbuilding Co. Suit was Instituted In the United State Circuit Court at Trenton, N. J.. by the Mercantile Trust Company, of New York for the foreclosure of the $15,000,01X1 mortgage on the properties of the United State Shipbuilding Company.. The ult 1 brought be cause of the default of the payment of nu,uou interest on July 1 and the failure of the company to establish a sinking fund. The plants covered by me mortgage'-are those of the Union Iron Works. San Francisco; the Bath Iron Works. Bath, Me.: the Hyde- winaiass company, Bath, Me.: Cres cent Shipyard Company, Elisabeth, N. J.; Samuel L. Moore ft Sons' Com pany. New London, Conn.; Harlan & HoUingsworth Company, Wilmington, Del., and the Canda Manufacturing Company. Carteret, N. J. The Beth lehem Steel Works Is not Included In the properties covered by the mort gage. WHY THEY ARE STRIKING; Demand of United Mln Worker Re garding Check-off Collection. Referring to an article statlna that the employes of the Lehigh Valley Coal Company at Snow Shoe may go on a strike because of an attempt of the company to establish a differential between thick and thin vein mining, and also that the company Is trying to Induce it employe to sign an agreement not to Join a labor organ ization, the official of the company at Wilkesbarre, Pa state that its employe at Snow Shoe are now on strike and have been since June 6, on account of the refusal of the com pany to accede to the written de mand of the United Mine Workers of America (under their seal) that the company discharge from Its emnlov all miners who decline to permit the collection of the "check-off" establish ed by the union to pay the check weighmeu and other expense of the oragnlzattonr - ' ARMY CP STRIKERS AT WORK. Forty Thousand Employed on Con- tracts Held Up for Three Months. F.r..th.ev. "?l"m. LILlmoft. thr?e months the army of skilled labor In the building trades Is at work in New York. Now that the Brotherhood 'of Carpenters and the plasterers labor ers' union have accepted the arbitra tion plan of the employers' associa tion and have decided to go back to work, the total number of the recent strikers employed Is In the neighbor hood of 40,000. Bottle Blower' Officers. The Bottle Blowers In convention at Cincinnati, O., elected the follCw Ing officers: President, Dennis A. Hayes, Philadelphia; vice president, Harry Mackinac, Alton. 111.; ecr tary, William Launor; treasurer, Con rad Auth. Pittsburg. Executive board. M. J. Gill, St. Louis; Edgai A. Agard, Falrbury. 111.; James Dunn, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Thomas McDowell, Pittsburg; J. E. Dailey, Falrraoont, Ind.; Joiin Fody, ReaiHng, O.; - Carlton Park, Woodburg, N. J.; Peter Bunn, Balti more. The convention In 1904 will foe held In Buffalo, N. Y. Burglar Make Fourth Visit The Carlton Hill postoffice, near Pas slac, N. J., was robbed by expert burg lars, who blew open the care and se cured $$00. Thia Is the fourth time In eight years this postoffice has been robbd.' '!'. .". I Will Assist Lehigh President J. W. Platten, treasurer of the Erie railroad, has accepted the oipDQJst meut of th position of assistant to t a president of th Lhl& Valley Railroad Comoaar. DEArB ENDS REMRRKK81E M POPE LEO XIII. DEA0. Resigned, Calm and Serene, Surround' cd by Cardinals, His Holiness Sink Into Peaceful Sleep. Pope Leo XIII. Is dead. The last spark or life went out at Rome, Italy st four minutes nast 4 o'clock n. m. July 20. and the pontiff mink ln re.t The period of over two week that Pope Leo passed in the shadow of death was no less wonderful than his ire. His splendid battle against dls case was watched the world over with sympathetic admlratlonand ended only after a erle of tremendou effort to conquer the weakness of hla ated frame by the marvelous will power of his mind. The pleuro-pneumonia with which hi holiness had been suffering wa carcely so responsible for his death as that Inevitable decay of Us sue wnicn ensues upon 93 years of life. The tested steel which had bent so orten before human ills wss bound to break at last. The emanclated and lifeless frame which held so brave a spirit was placed on the bed In the Vatican beside which almost all the worm has prayed. The red damask coverlet rested lightly over the body the cardinal's scarlet cape was about me snoumers, while on his head had been placed the papal hood of velvet, bordered with ermine; a white silk handkerchief bound about his chin and n tne nands which have blessed so many thousands was placed a crucifix. 8o. Pope Leo will be watched hv unl. formed officers of the Noble a-uard and rougn-ciaa Franciscan penitentiaries who will keen a ceaseless vlall until the burial occurs. The Sacred Collero of Cardinals assembled July 21 for the impressive ceremony of officially pro nouncing pope Let) dead. After this sad function had been performed the body was taken to the small throne room adjoining the death chamber, where It wa embalmed. The funeral ceremo nies will extend .over nine day, the remain being removed to the cathe dral of 8t. Peter", where they will He In state. The ultimate resting place or me dead pontiff win be in the mag niflcent basilica of St. John, the later sn. The death of Pope Leo mean the passing of the supreme power Into the nanus of the Sacred College of Cardl nals a It temporary custodian during tne interregnum. The perfect adminis trative machinery of the church pro vided against the slightest interrup tion of the governing authority. As the senior member of he Sacred college, cardinal Oreglla, to whom the pope solemnly confided tho Interests of !tb church, has become the exponent of tne cardinal until Pope Leo succes sor nas been elected. 1 DIED IN FIRE. Victim of Hotel Conflagration 1 at Nome, Alaska. The steamer Meteor, from Nome, Alaska, July 10, arrived at Seattle, Wash., with new of the burning of a hotel at Nome July S In which three person lost their lives, and also the new of the death by pneumonia, caused by exposure, of a Titusvllle man. The victims were: Robert Mc- Claln Hays, aged 45; Jane T. Hays, aged 43, wife of Robert M. Hays; Sher man D. Oregg. and 26, of, Pittsburg, all suffocated to death; Clarence An drews, aged 26. of Titusvllle, died of pneumonia as a result of exposure, Nearly a block of charred and black ened ruins mark the site of what wa the Golden Gate hotol and adjacent building. Tho fire broke out at B o'clock July 5, when nearly all the guest were in their bed. The sec ond cook, E. R. Burr, apparently pour ed half a baking powder can of oil on the fire, which was smouldering In the kitchen stove. There was an explosion and Burr fled. Harvey Edgerton, the night clerk, turned In an alarm and hurried down the corridor to awaken the guests. Robert M. Hay and hla wife were on the third floor, and It was thought that on reaching the cor ridor and finding a mass of flame they returned to their room and were suffocated. The cook, Burr, ha been held for manslaughter as tho result of the coroner's Inquest. FATAL 8HOOTINO AFFAIR. Agent for Brewing Concern Ea tally Wound Hi Assassin. Jeremiah Jarnagln. a collector for "8l lTT , . , . Tenn.. by John L. Smith, who also was fatally shot by Jarnadln. Taylor Smith, a son of John L. Smith, was shot acd killed by Deputy Sheriff Pe terson, who was trying to arrest him. The trouble was caused by a misun derstanding In regard to a settlement between It. 3 East Tennessee Brewing Company and Smith, who was the agent cf the company at Lafolette. SHUTS MOTHER JONES OUT. New York Police Prohibits Her Army From Marching. Acting Police Commissioner Ebsteln, at New York, refused a permit to I march through the streets to Mother Jones and her army of textile worker. Mrs. Jon'-' had come over from Jer sey City, whore the army had come to make the application. After calling on Mayor Low Mother Jones secured from the park department a permit to hold a meeting In Washington Square park. The army, consisting of 87 men, women and ctildren, arrived in Man hattan bx ferry from Hoboken. Asphalt Receiver Sues for Profit. Receiver Tatnall, of the Asphalt Company of America, brought suit In the United State Circuit Court and In Common Plea Court at Philadel phia, to recover profit. The defend ant are William J. Latta, Sidney F. Tyler, George D. Wldener, Oeorge W. Elkins, William L. Elklns and E. Bur- f;ess Warren. Th amount Involved about I4.000.00U. LATEST NEWS NOTE). The town of Landers, Okla., wa partially destroyed by fire. Furniture association of America ask for a change In revenue law. Official statistics show an Increased production of all grade of pig Iron. General Casslu M. Clay died July at nia home. "Whitehall," Ken tucky. Store were closed In Porto Rlcan town because merchant object to neavy taxes. For the fiscal year ending June 30 last, a total of 401.057 aliens arrived at New York. A severe earthnnakn shock was felt mrougnout the Island of St. Vincent, uanisu west Indie. President Roosevelt, with oldest son ana two nephews, rode 43 miles to Eay vino, u i., to visit uncle. A battle between troons and armed cattleman I believed to be Imminent in Big Horn county. Wyo. Frederick W. ifolls. well known i. thor and member of pence conference. aiea suddenly at New York. The postoffice at Mayvllle. Chautau qua county, N. Y.. was burglarized and several tnousand stamps stolen. By the cansltln of a boat at Ever ett. Wash., Nina Solomon. Edna War ner ana P. a. Foster were drowned. Because she relected his attpntlnna David Aqulllo shot and killed Mrs. Ce- na uussart. aged 19. at Trinidad. Col. Mrs. Ella Smith, her two children and Mrs. Rena Bradford, were drowned in tne Hoou canal, near Seattle, Wash i jib cruiser uaiveston. under con. siructlon at the Trigg shipyards. Rich mona, vs., was successfully launched Herman nmirilmra,. wnpu vt t .ov., . . . v . . Swede, after long soree. murdered his wire, attempted to murder hi young sua. Breahltt county. Kv.. Brand tnrv ad. Journed without additional Indictment and witnesses had to flee from Jack. son. A defalcation aggretratlna I300.00O. and likely to be Increased to a larger amount nas been discovered In Buffalo, N. Y. Storm compelled closing of all amusement resort at Atlantlo City July 22, causing losses estimated at szsu.vuu. John Elliott. Edward Kennedy. Peter james ana John Collin, who escaped fram Jail at Plattsburg, N. Y., were re- While attemotinfi- to rescue tun nf nis men from a Ore in the Wharton mine at Morris town, N. J. Supt Shaw ui ni lire. At Sparta. Tenn.. James Ramsey. agea no. ana tnree children were arowned by the capsizing of a skiff wuiie ooaung. District Attorney J. Ward Gurlev was assassinated In hi office in New urieans. La., by Louis W. Lyons, for meny a cierK. Claude O'Brien and Earl Whitney. two noys, were hanged In Lexington, .y.. ror tne murder of A. B. Chlnn, wealthy merchant. In a battle with horse trader at Eddyvllle. la., City Marshall McHugh was severely wounded and Harvcv rea isiaiiy snot. There were 100 In lured at Pntorann rN. J.. In a storm. 60 families made nameless and property valued at $20,. 000 was destroyed. Gen. Nelson A. Miles has formed a partnership with ex-Gov. S. Hon of lexas, ana tney have begun the pur chasing of oil land. Fletcher Turner, at Montgomery. Aia., pieauea guilty to holding Glen Holms, negro, to work out a debt ana was nnea n.uoo. A hundred passengers were thrown Into a panic and several were Injured oy tne wrecking of a Rock Island uburban train at Chicago. Elisabeth M. Roberts, wlfo of Ellis H. Robert, Treasurer of the United States, died aU Washington. She was born in 1828 in Utica. N. Y. A petition in Involuntary banlvunt- cy wa niea in New York against the BuioKeiess lomousuon uompany, a west Virginia corporation. Former Gov. Boutwell. Sllar Dean and Robert T. Davis, surviving mem- era ol tne Massachusetts convention of 1S53, held a reunion recently. ' Albert O. Mathes, former treasurer of the Dover (N. H.) Savings bank, nas neen arestea on a cnarge of em bezzling $15,000 of the bank's funds. Republic of Santo Domingo Con- gres proclaimed the election of General Wos y Oil as president and General Deschamps as vice president. The largest fresh water nearl on record was found at Genoa, Wis., by 17-year-old Frank Hastings, while fish ing. It weighs 1S5 grains and Is pure white. George Collins was convicted of murder in the flm degree for the kill ing of Detectives Charles J. Schu macher, near Stanton, Mo., on Jan uary 24. The Woodland paper mill at Hart ford. Conn., was burned, and William Hasklns, an emplcu-e, lost his life in the flames. The loss to the company is nau.uuu. Adolp Ehman, mantel manufacturer at Chicago, angered by the Jeer of union workmen while guarding non union men, shot and seriously wounded Robert Kuter. Thousands of member of the union in New York which have signed the employers' plan of arbitration, return ed to work after being out In many cases since May. The head and arm of the magnifi cent monument to Henry Clay, In Lex ington, Ky., cemetery, were knocked oft by lightning ana the monument wa otherwise disfigured. Representative Cannon of Illinois. who Is to be next speaker of the houiie of representatives, vtsjted Washing ton and intimated mat he would not obstruct proposed financial legislation. During a heavy storm at Marshall. Mo., a tent where evangelistic service were being held was blown over and one of th worshiper wa electrocut ed by coming in contact with live wire. GOMEZ FORGES CHE BOLIVAR FIGHT FOR TWO DAYS. Veneiuelan Troop Triumph and Tk Possession of City of Rev olutionist. A messenger who arrived at Cara cas, Venezuela, by steamer and train from Cludad Bolivar, which was held by the revolutionists, report that the city was captured by the government troops July 21. The battle between the revolutionists and the government forces, commanded by Gen. Oomcz, raged madly. Block after block was disputed, the government troops en tering the cltty slowly. All the houses had been barricaded and the revolu tionist firing from flat roor. When the revolutionists finally abandoned the houses, after having talfen all that cjuld be used for barricades or to otherwise stop the advance of the government troop, they were Imme diately occupied by the government soldiers, who bored big holes In them so a to communicate with the next house. The city appear to have been struck by a cyclone. The government forces, which were advancing from all directions, arrived near the center of Cludad Bolivar. When the Inhabit ants of the commercial and foreign pans or tne city saw the advance of the government troop they abandon ed their houses, crossing the streets amid a hall of bullets and shells, the women carrying their children, the strong helping the weak. Many men. In trying to protect the women fell. struck by bullets. In the middle of the streets. The government troops acted with humanity, especially the forces of Oeneral Rlvas, who, fight ing bravely, waa the first to order the attacking forces to be merciful. Early In the afternoon the government troops, which had received all the re inforcement available, together With ammunition, and who numbered In all S.zuo men, were ordered to make general attack upon all positions still held by the rebel. At B o'clock the amora, called the Sebastopol of Clu dad Bolivar, waa stormed and captur eu. ninety-tour dead rebel were round inside, among them being lead er, whose head had been blown off oy a snell. AH the roads and streets running Into the caoltol are suarded by government troop and the escane of the revolutionists after the capture oi me capuoi. wnich Is Inevitable, seems Impossible. The custom house waa taken after a 10-hour fla-ht. Cin. dad Bolivar, or Angostura la situated on the Orinoco river at the head of ocean steamship navigation. It is an important commercial community, and nas a population of about 11.000. EWEN IN JACKSON. Star Witness In Feudal Murder Cases Return to Teetlfy. The circuit court convened at Jack. son, Ky In special session for the Durmng or the Ewen hotel and the at- tempted bribery of Capt. B. J. Ewen, the principal witness for the prosecu tlon In the assassination cases of Cur tlss Jett and Tom White. Judge Red- wine rerusea to vacate the bench and empaneled the grand Jury, which will aiao consider me assassination of Dr, B. D. Cox, which occurred In April, 1902. He made a vigorous charge and warned them that If they did not do uieir duty be would empanel another grand Jury. With trunk arranged In a hollow square Capt. B. J. Ewen re turned to Jackson In the baggage car on the Lexington ft Eastern train. He boarded the car In the yards at Lex ington and bis presence on the train was unknown to any one save the train crew and silence was Imposed on mem. SUIT DISMISSED. Fall In Attempt to Have Chautauqua Institute Dissolved. The suit brought last October by F. W. McKee and others for the dissolu tion of the Chautauqua Institute was dismissed at Buffalo, N. Y In a de cision by Judge Hazel In United States Circuit Court. Complainants alleged that the trusteea of the Institution had so manipulated affairs that the property of tho Institute at Chautau qua was heavily Involved In debt. The property at Chautauqua was original ly known as Chautauqua Assembly, Chautauqua University and Chautau qua School of Theology. By an act of the New York Legislature paBsed in aiarcn, iaoz, these Institutions were all merged Into tho Chautauqua Insti tute, under the management of a board of trustees. The complainants also asked In their petition that this act of the Legislature be declared Ha vana. Condition of the Treasury. Statement of the U. S. treasury bal ances in the general fund, exclusive- of the $1dO,OUO,000 gold reserve In the division of redemption, allows: Avail able cash balances, $228,757,047: gold. $1)7.934,585; silver, $30,353,964; United states notes, $11,002,909; treasury notes or 1890, $U4,5(jl; national bank notes, $15,649,049. Glv Jewelry and Realty, Gold watches, finger rings, a house and lot, an insurance policy and part of a farm were included In donations t the Desplalnes camp meeting at Chicago, III., when a collection was taken for the benefit of the church' institutions. The collection amounted to $3,000. ' Robber Loot Saf at Noon. Tbe safe of the A. W. Sims box fac tory at Anna, III., was opened during the noon hour and more than $1,300 la cash and checks taicen. Less than 100 of the stolen money was . In checks, the balance mostly In bills of large denominations.. 40,000 Russians Strike. ,iA general strike, ha been declared at Dul.o, Russia, which involves 40,oou persons.. The newspaper have., snu nanded and everything la mt .tnmi. j stilt ascent a few bakeries. REVIEW OF TRADE. Big Steel Order for 1905 Half Mil Hon Ton of Ralls Booked For Next Yar. R. O. Dun ft Co.' "Weekly Review of Trade" says: The tenor cf dls patches from nearly every section of the country Indicate that there I Ies than the customary midsummer dullness in business and collections are more prompt than usual. A large pro- portion or me union nave signed a working agreement with the employ ers In the building trades of this city and fully one-half the men. hare re turned to work. Earnings of railways reported for July exceed last year' by 12.9 per cent, and those of 1901 by 24.16 per cent. Farm work still re tard retail distribution- of merchan dlse In Western sections. Foreign trade at this port for the oast week show a gain of $2,569,209 In value of Imports as compared with the same week last year, while exports' decreas ed $502,022. Good news as to the progress being made toward settle ment of labor dispute wa neutralized by the decline In securities. In. so far as the iron and steel Industry in con- cerned. There were many Indications mat tne interruptions from strikes would be less freauent In the Imme. (I late future and there was a general disposition to fully sustain prices. But the heavy liquidation and new low rec ord prices for steel Issues had much Influence upon conditions In the the actual business. Nearly 500.000 tons of steel rails have been ordered for next year's delivery and other heavy steel shapes are attracting close at tention. The trade will benefit by the greater stability of prices secured through the revival of the billet nor,!. Bessemer has steadied, bringing out new oraers, but there are still evl dences of weakness In other classes of pig Iron. General resumption of structural work in New York Is the most Important element In the steel Industry at present. Heavy receipts of live stock following the accumula tion of poor quality hides early In the year explain the unsatisfactory sltua tionln the Chicago market. Failures this week numbered 191 in the United States against 208 a year ago, and 19 in uanaua compared with 17 last year, Bradstreet' says: The Iron and steel market and those for other metal feel the reflex action of de pression in securities, and buying Is closely restricted, even with droop ing vaiues. strike troubles are report ed the cause of dullness In Eastern lumber, market and the embarrass ment of some larg3 building concerns. Trade report are In harmony with crop advice. The partial ending of the building trlke at New York lead to hope of a better business, while the strike at Philadelphia la weaken Ing. Savings banks balances at New York are reported to have been de creased by necessities of striking me chanic. ' Symtoma of Improvement In Textile demand are reported at New Ycrl:. Objected to Substitution. All the men at the plant of the Beaver Creek Lumber Company at Davis, W. Va., struck because of the substitution of a man named Maddix for Foreman Moreland, the former taking the work by contract. Many of the man have left Davis. CABLE FLASHES. King Edward and Queen Alexandra met with an enthusiastic recention during their visit to Dublin. Ireland. The new battleship Klnar Edward VIII., the largest In the world, was successfully launched by the princess of Wale at Devonport, England. The agent of a company, claiming $4,000,000 capital In concessions from Mexico for colonizing the coast of Yucatan, are engaged at Maguez In inducing Porto Rlcan families to em igrate. London, England. 1 In a panic as a result of an. Invasion of mosquitoes, Imported from America and South Af rica and breeding along the banks of the Thames, where they multiply amazingly. W. E. Ashton, who was arrested at London, England, on tho charge of forging checks for $2,6C0 in the name cf Laird, Scholcs ft Co.. of Philadel phia, has been sentenced to seven years' penal servitude. The Soufrlere volcano. Island of St. Vincent, has been sllgBtiy agitated since July 19, emitting puffs Intermit tently, which cause electrified clouds and low rumblings. A severe earth quake shock was felt. Allison V. Armour's yacht Utowana arrived at Copenhagen from Kiel. where she has been undergoing the re pairs sustained by her In a collision with the steamer Dobrogea In the Black Sea. June 26. She will proceed to HelBlngborg, Norwny. The emptiness of the Turkish treas ury Is shown by the fact that the finance minister has for several weeks been unsuccessfully endeavoring to pay a month's salary to the state of ficials, who have only received one month's pay since March, An engagement between the gov ernment force and the revolutionists occupying Cludad, Bolivar, Veneiuela, bagan in two different directions July 19, in which the government forces were victors. Tho revolutionists bad 200 dead, not counting the wounded. The Philippine scouts and rural con stabulary defeated 250 rebels in the street of Albay, the capital of the island of Albay, killing 15 and wound ing 15. The combatant entered the town from oppoolto side and street fighting continued for three hours. United States Minister King, at Bangkok, Slam, report that Inquiries have been made of him as to the chance of placing In the United States a loan of $5,000,000 for 20 years at t per cent. The loderal revenues of Slam are offered as security. The Standard of Portsmouth. Enc- l&nd, announced that the crulsor King Alfred, after the completion of tho maneuver in August, will be prepared to tak the prince and princes of wales rn New York. -, MAJOR STOQIULQIR HIRE. A Rsmlnhjcene of HI Earlier Career HI Opinion of th Press; "Always glad to tee you gentletneti crT the press," said Major Stogbulger of West Slabblngton, Ark., at the Fif teenth Avenue hotel last evening, "and 111 stand for anything you make ma say. I learned a long time ago that it's no use fcr a man In public life to kick at the paper. "In the course of my first political campaign, In my natlv state, I va thargeJ, I gues. with about every crime a man can' commit arson, highway robbery, forgery, piracy, and I don't know what not but even then I had an Instinctive knowledge cf what I have since formulated Into a saying by Chauncey Dopew, that nothing printed against a man hurt him un less It Is true; and all these various attacks on me didn't worry me a bit. "I knew there waa no foundation for them, and that the truth would come clear to the public mind In time, and so I said nothing. But one day when the paper at the county seat cf a neighboring county to mine, the old Eaglevllle Trl-Weekly Tomahawk and Mirror, came out and charged me with taurder, why, I felt really that that was something that ought to be cor rected. "So I went over to Eaglevllle to sea the Tomahawk and Mirror' editor and ask him to straighten that little matter out. He wa a nice, polite man,' the editor of the Mirror, and he heard what I bad to say, and said he guessed they could fix that up all right for me, and he fixed It up In a paragraph in the next number cf the paper that read something like this: "We understand that the Hon. Co lumbus Stogbulger of West Slabblng ton denies the accuracy of a statement lately printed In this paper to the ef fect that he had killed a man In a treet brawl In West Slabblngton. We are willing to accept Mr. Stogbulger' tatcment In this matter a true and to acquit him of this killing, but as we have since heard of bis slaughter ing two other men, one at Sandy Bluffs and the other at Elbow Bayou, we should say, while giving him the benefit of the doubt In the case of the man at West Slabblngton, that the Hon. Columbus Stogbulger might still fairly be regarded a man of more or less turbulent character, and so scarcely entitled to the suffrage of our people. "I never asked them to correct that If in acquitting me of the killing of one man they charged me with the murder of two It was reasonable to suppose that In acquitting me of the killing of two they would charge me with the murder of four, and so I thpught that : perhaps It would be bettor to let the whole matter drop right where It was, and that's what I did. "And, In fact, from that experience I learned never to ask for corrections; to let things go. I don't worry the newspapers over little things like tiat. I know that the newspaper will do the fair thing. "So, gentlemen, I am glad to see you, and whatever you print in your Interview with me I'll stand by. I have not only the greatest admiration for but the greatest confidence in the American press." New York Sun. THE ART OF THE SHORT STORY. It Suprem Advantage Over th Long Novel. While the novel has its o-wn proper place, cf course. It may well be con tended, say a writer In Sunset Maga zine, that the short story Is the true form of prose fiction as an art; It be ing the only form which may be read through directly without a consider able pause Intervening to break the continuity of the Impression. And even if, as It may be urged, one were to read a novel through without stop ping, the work Itself, If long, Is neces sarily broken into a string of eplsoJes. Thus the short story has, what the novel cannot have, "totality." Great ' conciseness, whicn Is frequently lack ing In the novel, Is the prime virtue In the short story; so It may be urged that even a a form In which the fu ture novelist shall serve his appren ticeship, the short story Is enormously Important In American and France the short . story Is a permanent institution. As to the quality of those produced by the Americans, one has but to pick up a copy of any of our better magazines to discover what careful work Is be stowed upon them, and to be con vinced of their general excellence. The whole trend of French thought be ing toward compression In expression, that lasjguage is especially ntted for this form, and one cannot do better than to take as a subject for study lu construction such as master as Mau passant, for Instance. Sketching a Rival' Dresses. A night worker who strolled up Broadway about 3 o'clock In the morn ing waa surprised to k a man stand ing In front of one of the big depart ment stores. Industriously sketching In front of a window in which a number of women's shirtwaists were displayed. The night worker was inquisitive enough to ask the man what he was doing. "Why," said he, "I'm employed by so-and-so," mentioning the name of a rival store, "and I'm supposed to make ketches of anything new that the other merchants have tor sale. - In that way our firm doesn't let anybody get much ahead of It, This U a good time to work, because very few people are around, and the few there are are not usually observing. So long as we do It, I guei other firm) do th same thing. It's a good scheme; don't you ' think sot" New York Bun. "- '
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