, intellect, energy and | | Pshould be encouraged to mar- or the good effects it would have coming generations. The State ould hold examinations and award Giplomas to those who qualified. When a’ young man’s cottenticns to a young woman had reached the point of a pro- | ‘posal of marriage an examination of their respective diplomas would be in | i If each had one, then they | | bank when a boy, n 1875. order. would apply for a subsidy. an population of New England is it- hfficient to readjust the matter of d farms satisfactorily. The citics and innumerable villages lowns are an ample market for t the farmers can supply, and it The first rush | estern settlement has long passed, | jail here, and the town is under martial | aufacturing conditions are stable, | law. hext door market. gd the New England farmer, ignor- lands which never had the pos- good farm values, has only attention to the good y © ay more emaining in order to have re- | ative returns. It is not claimed fF those specially interested in the t that all the expedients have zhausted for utilizing these old s. The process has only fairly be- and if the last fifteen or twenty have witnessed a steady aban- bent of New Eng.and land which ! once worked, the next decade or | s likely to witness its restoration ying uses, remarks the New York nercial Advertiser, : ! $30,000. ‘A writer points oft that the large | $3 | from crowds of people. end the atte ) x that they will reco%er. ger boy, with blood streaming trom his gashed throat, ran to a neigh- bor’s, and physicians were soon sum- moned. Bank's Cash Gone. Los Angeles, Cal, (Special).—H. J. Fleishman, cashier of the Farmers and | Merchants’ Bank, of this city, has dis- appeared with a sum of the money, which Vice-President H. W. Hellman estimates at $100,000. Fleish- man has been cashier and assistant cash- ier of the Farmers and Merchants’ Bank | for many years. He began work for the der bond with a surety company for In addition to this, he has real estate and personal property in this city sufficient, in the opinion of Mr. Hell- He was un- | man, to protect the bank from the loss | of a dollar. Three Negroes Killed. Andalusia, Ala., (Special) ~-Governor | Jelks sent troops to aid Sheriff shaw in protecting the negro rioters in The Sheriff is fearing an attack at any moment by a mob from Opp and! is prepared to protect his Three negroes, whose names are un- prisoners. | known, were caught and killed by a posse | near Opp, because, it is alleged, they took | part in the riot, and the whole county | is in arms against the negroes. Me. Kruger’s New Nome. Utrecht, (By Cable).—Mr. Kruger, | former president of the South African taken Republic, has arrived here and Mr. possession of his new residence. Kruger, who appeared to be in excel | lent health, received a great ovation Wants Library Open on Suaday. Washington, D. C, (Special).—The annual report of Herbert Putnam, IL; brarian of Congress, recommends the library be opend on Sunday. Ca tor th TALI CIOL De stopped. A Chinese ed®t bestows honors upon the late Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching and’ decotates Yung Lu, who commanded the troops against the allies, M. Maurice Hutgg, president of the [ Panama Canal Comlpany, upon his re- | turn to Paris, gave out the offer he made to President Roosevelt. An anti-British mass-meeting was held in Munich, Bavaria, where address- es were made violently denouncing Jos- >" | eph Chamberlain. bank’s | | captured a Boer Commando at Trich- | ards Fontein. Gen. Bruce Hamilton surprised and Mr. Kruger has taken possession of | his new residence, at Utrecht. A stir has been caused in London by |! | the premature disclosure to a favored few of the decisions in favor of Charles | I. Yerkes for the electrifying of the un- | derground railroads, thus enabling them to make big profits on the rise in stocks. The Belgian Chamber of centration camps in South Africa, but a Lord Kitchener reports that last week 31 Boers were killed, 17 wounded and 352 made prisoners. The German government roar in Poland caused by the convic- tion of Polish parents hom mobbed Prussian teachers for flogging children who refused to learn catechism in Ger- man. Financial. The General Electric Company has de- ! clared the regular quarterly dividend of 2 per cent. The New York Subtreasury statement shows that the banks lost $7,115,000 last week. ings Bank, which made an as will lose 7,500,000 marks. The Pressed Steel Car Company has received an order for 1000 hopper and | ore cars from the Pittsburg, Bessemer & Lake Erie. i i shivered. It was announced in the Italian Par- | 1} by us Qopuljes Bhd Sheried up the liament that the government would take | sures to safeguard the rights of the | { Italian victims of the wreck on the Wa- | bash Railroad near Seneca, Mich. Deputies | | discussed the question of the Boer con- Brad- | | vote was deferred. ) officials at | Berlin are worried over the recent up- | i Poval fanily of Siam Tl c : : { ing. I'he depositors of the Dresden Sav- ! signment, ! aewpeversed, bu was 1e train was going scarcely | iiles an hour, but the heavy train 1d piled the engine on the rocks and v betore the engineer and fireman could jump the locomotve rolled over and over 300 feet down the bluff to the river. Engineer Randall and Fireman Potruff vere crushed to death beneath the engine’ Three care were wrecked, going over the bank after the engine. Traffic was | delayed six hours. PUT IN COFFIN TGO SOON. This Nurderer Was Cut Down Before Life | Was Extiact. Little Rock, Ark. (Special).—Bud | Wilson, the convict killed R. H. Naylor, a guard of the Yell County Con- vict Camp, last December, was hanged at | Danville. Before the lid was placed on the cof- | fin the body began moving about. Wilson | opened his eyes and his whole frame | He was taken from the cof- | who steps to the scaffold for the purpose of | hanging him again. When the platform was reached the body became rigid, remained so for a moment and then became limp. Wilson was examined carefully by the physi- cians, who finally pronounced him dead, | death having been caused by strangula- tion. What's His Name? Washington, D. C., (Special). — The State Department has been advised that the Crown Prince of Siam, Maha Va- jirarudh, has aranged to visit the United States next October. No member of the ever has visited | America. Ng er Miss Stene’S\8 London, (By &Rble).—A dispatch to the Daily Telegraph Xg@m Sofia says that the surender at Salonik: s M. Stone, the American ry, her companion, Mme. Tsilka, Noe ~ N T.ondon, (By Cal Council, King Edward defi- axed June 26, 1602, as the date | for his coronation. It was also decided that Parliament will meet January 16. xciusion of Chinese. Representative Kahn, who represents the San Francisco district containing the Chinese quarter, in which about 30,- 000 Chinese reside, introduced a Chinese Exclusion law. It defines strictly the status of those who by treaty have a right to enter the country, excluding all except Chinese officials, teachers, students, merchants, travelers and re- turning laborers. In each of these ex- cepted cases a section is devoted to the | rigid identification and specification of | the In the case of Chinese Govern- included. the persons Chinese officials | ment is required to furnish a list of its officials coming to this country. Mr. Kane says this will overcome the whole- sale creation of officials, including those of the Six Companies, who are said to have been made officials in order to take | them outside of the exclusion laws. To Investigate Crop Problems. The Secretary of Agriculture an- nounced the establishment of a new di- | vision of soil management in the Bureau of Scils, with Prof. F. H. King, for- merly professor of soil physics in the University of Wisconsin, in charge. The work will consist of following up the soil surveys and investigating problems connected with the proper distribution { of crops and the best methods of cultiva- tion. Capital News in General. United States Senator J .C. S. Black- | burn, of Kentucky, and Mrs. Mary E. Blackburn were married at the rectory of St. Paul's Church by Rev. Father Mackin. The President made a number of nom- inations to the Senate, including Fran- cis E. Baker, of Indiana, to be United | States circuit judge. | Special Commissioner Rockhill made | his report to the Secretary of State on | { his work in China. Mr. Richardson (Tenn.), the leader of | the House minority, offered a resolution | to place upon the House payroll the four special smployes usually allowed the mi- The resolution was adopted nority. division. without Coronation Date is June 26. Congressman Wachter has decided to ! ic A casgd abandon his scheme to induce Congress de). —At a session of | » games Point. nomination , of Indiana, issioner, yass a bill t I d rain Goes Over an Embankment —One Killed. Macon, Ga., (Special).—The Central of Georgia passenger train from Savan- nah, after crossing the river entering Macon, at about 4 o'clock A. M., with about 100 passengers, jumped a switch on a high embankment. The engine and tender parted from the train. The bag- gage and express cars were thrown over into a culvert and burned. The second- class coach was thrown on its side and osurned. The first-class pasenger coach fell over the embankment. The Atlanta sleeper, filled with passengers, caught fire and was destroyed. The only per- son killed was Julia Boynton, colored, of Columbus, Ga. Corn Breaks 16-Year Record. New York, (Special).—Grain markets wound up the week here in characteris- tic bull fashion, with a spectacular dis- play of the public's control over the situation. In all markets records were smashed right and left, while, at 7314 for May corn in New York, that market was higher than at any time in a decade. Wheat broke all records for the season. The biggest advance came after the reg- ular close and forced prices up 134c. a bushel, making nearly 6 cents advance for the week. Kitchener as “Old Rip.” London, (By Cable). —A letter just received from an officer in Af- rica says that a subaltern drew a cari cature of Lord Kitchener as Rip Van Winkle leading a centenarian soldier up a kopje. A staff officer showed it Kitchener, and the chief gave one of his grim smiles and said: “It is an ugly prophecy, but if necessary we will hang on here until we are that age. 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