TROOPS ORDERED - OUT AT ALBANY. Bloodsbcd Mark* Projrcis of the Street

Cor Strike.

A MOTORMAN KNOCKED SENSELESS. Bnall ol I'sllctf Tradloa Caapur'i Aticmpl to Operate lu Usei U Face ol the Strike I* Oae Maa Djlaf. Tweatj Pereoai lajored. Can Wrecked aad Troller Wlrra Cft- Prote:tlar the Noa-aoloa Carmea.

SUMMARY OF THE NEWS.

le for office.

The.Fabrc Line rived in New Y< with three caiei

ftceraKe.

H. P. Baldwin, gene agent of the Jersey Cc hae retired front, hi* p<

Senator Quay was given a banquet and reception by his admirers in Phila* delphia. He said he would not again-

be m>candidate for office. r steamer Neustria ar'ork from Mardeilles of smallpox in the

ral passenger itra! Railway, isition at half

M r». Edith Thomas, a writer, who had been suffering from nervous prostration, committed suicide in New

Albany. N. Y. (SpcciaH.-The first ; V ^' 0 ' nt Eu ene Stanfslaus de.Mitkieblood tn the strike ofYhe Lhtted Trac-1 wici> w( j| known in Baltimore, died t.on Company was shed Tuewlav morn- ; o( hcan di , CIM , at A , bn p ark N j trig The second car out of the barn , -j^ hraJth _ M „ Ga|{c wi{e of , hc was stopped by the strikers. The car ; SccrtU ^ the Trwur> i5 reported wa, ditched the motorman knocked , bc j, , erioo , condi , ion .

senseless and badly cut. the trolley - - - pole broken and the line disabled by ] tu ^ nc( ] f, the cutting of the trolley wire. , tbe ^,1,,

The company had secured .-oo non- ■ pj and . aid . haI m, Morgan was the car barn is in a precarious tondi- possesfwl of the controlling intet tion His skull is iracturcd in three lin lha , coml , anv . p aces, and hi, leit shoulder is Woken. , Charles R. \Vcstervclt. the defaulting! His name is \\ oodward and his home ca> hicr of the Dime Savings Bank in ’* ti" i. ' . . Newark. N. J.. was — * — “ : -*

Riot followed the attempt oi the , vrars - imprisonment company to resume the operation ot a Spreading rails can portion of its electric street railway I|ij no j, Central fast

system, which had been tied up by the j track nrar Hailehurst. N strike of employees inaugurated last i , verc killed and two injured. w "k. I The cruiser Buffalo arrived at New The company had secured 200 non- | York from Manila, bringing the bodies union men to take the places *>f sink- | 0 f Lieut.-Com. Jesse M. Roper and Sur-

ers. and housed the newcomers in the | g C on Stoughton.

Quail street barns, where they were ! Five hundred employees arc locked guarded by police and deputy sheriffs. V, ut by the strike of the girls in the The non-union men armed during American Cigar Company’s factory in

the night from New York. They were Binghamton. N. Y.

corted by a | Dr. .Thomas E.

PRESIDENTS BIG DAY IN ’FRISCO. Tbe Califoraiaas Oo Wild Over William

McKialcy.

RECEIVES ENTHUSIASTIC WELCOME. Ocoent Shatter Heads the Military Dot In tbe Parade-Fonr Thousand Troops From tbe Presidio-Sailors and Marines From the PatUesblps In Command ot^Admiral Casey. "

tenced t

it on two charges, caused the southbound fast mail to jump the

hurled and the police we

draw their revolvers to prevent fun

disorder.

:inf.

ham. a prominent Virginia lady, died at j A * ew nnnutes after the tra stones were ; her home in Winchester. | procession _ was formed

re forced to | The United States Steel Corporation j march up Third street was begun,

•ther ' conceded the demands of the marine , Jbe rear of the platoon of_ mounted

San Francisco (Special).—President McKinley.’ though he has been here since Sunday, made what is termed his official entry into San Francisco Tuesj day. He came on Sunday ahead of i time in order that he might bring Mrs.

esidence nursing,

slightly better, but _ her hand and the general exhaustion caused by tbe trip continue to be serious. The President decided early jn the morning that owing to Mrs. McKinley's illness he would not visit Stanford University, as had been planned, but would Irmtt himself to exercises in this city. At 240 P. M. he left the Scott residence for the Valencia street station. There he met the train bringing the members of the Cabinet and the remainder of his party, who had fulfilled the program between San Jose and this city. President McKinley was also me: by Mayor Phelan and formally received. The President, members of his -Cabt1. Mayor Pheland and the reception mmittee were taken by special" train tbe Third and Townsend street s.a- “ —*— military and naval escort

id°‘the

ivtng

unds dressed, and every one of ic remainder was more or less, bruised, collision with a trolley car caused the

:cident

The merrymakeri to a hotel to milei were to have a danc

one wagoi been filled

3SS

The car which left the barn early in ! Reponed^hat' the'peiterich sjmdicate ! field an^ his^aides. Behind him^ was

not carrying ' P ln< * A, ? er ' c * n - Window Glass Cons | n

e platoon of mounted poimr'Grand Marshal Waraides. Behind him wat

ps up and down j an d the American Window Glass Coro- j Troop A. the special escort of the town, not carrying anj passengers. The pany haireformed a pool to absorb all President.^closeljr followed^by the Vetthe head until, bleeding and senseless, j Owing*to B the^rush^of'people to Jack- Republic. ^ f '

, —e natural gas companiL

. until, bleeding and senseless. , Owing to the rush of people to Jackhe relinquished his grasp of the han- j sonvillc to secure free rations without dies. With blood streaming over his ! work, and fearing trouble Trom them.

clothing he was taken back to ] it has been decided to continue the city where he was shown .to the j under marshal law indefinitely,

non-union mepi who were huddled to-1 The Peary Arctic Gub has chartered gether at he barn windows watching to" thcstcamer ErikTof-*gil in July for Abe see the fate of tfceir comrades. ] North, to learn what h^s occurred durThe soldiers were ordered out when ing the two vears siqpc the explorer has

the United Traction Company request- i been heard from.

ed Sheriff McCreary to supply further i The jury in the case of Charles H. protection from the State in order that j Eastman, the Harvard instructor, who the company could operate the road. ! was accused of murdering his brother-

1 blood

face and clothing he the bam. where he

non-union

epubhe.

President McKinley, sitting comfortibly in his carriage, was in full view if the throng that waited to greet him. t.: w ph c .

of the throng that w

Accompanying him were Mart

Ian and Irving M. Scott, chairman of

the citixens’ executive committe After the President's carriage those of his Cabinet. Governor N

Ohio, 1 -

gation. followed

led

md the Ohio Congression: The long line ol carriag

d by <

STRAW RIDE HAS FATAL ENDING. Car Crashed lato a Party of Marryaukcra at CoUtfe Petal. L. I New York (Special).—OL a6 young people who started from College Point. L. I., on what is locally known as a

n their way

o miles atray. where they a dance. Thev were all in the bottom of which had

with straw. It was almost midnight when they reached Distlcr's Hotel, on the edge of Jamaica. When in front of the house the driver ssw

a t roller - he could

avoid

horses, but to no purposi Pickel and Sehmer were tl cupying the end teats at the wagon. The car hit the

ear wheeli .:-t- waf

irtiket

r approaching. He thought d cross the tracks in time to collision, but made a miscatcuHc applied 'he lash to the

ones ocr ar of the

Phe car hit the wagon at the Is hack of the hubs. The vcdemolished. the rear end bc-

olished. the rear end bcpieces. Pickel was hurled and fell 30 feet away. As mdeddHts head struck a fire 4 ~

Is

drant and his skull was crushed in. was carried into Distlcr’s Hotel, hi died as be was being placed upon couch in the parlor. Schnier was also thrown into the air. He landed head firsfon the macadam pavement. He was unconscious, and was carried into the hotel. A few minutes later an ambulance from the Jamaica Hospital arrived and started with him. as the most seriously injured, for that institution. He died before the. hospital was reached.

fore the hospital was read

Miss Mattie Debcvois sustained a serif contusion of tbe chest and hips, id was the worst hurt among the in-

jured.

The car. after breaking the rear end of the wagon, pushed it to one side and then stopped. The car itself was badly

DECLINES TO EAT D00 MEAT. Senator Quartos aatf Coiirtsamsa Cart Is

Offend the Snake I

Topeka. Kan. (Special).—Congressman Curtis, of Kansas, and united States Senator Quarles mky have ren’.•red a treaty with the Snake Indians ipossible by refusing to cat dog meat

riittee. with these redskins. These gentlemen ' , *?S “ me . returned from the Snake rise nation in dona* dele ! ^‘ C * n ^' an country, discouraged 01

1 country, lo bring a

ad- ; bration in Richmond of tbe three hun- j and jutant-general. Colonel Cushman, with ; dredth anniversary of the English act- | he r Maj.-Gen. Charles F. Roc. It was de- 1 tlemeht of Jamestown, Va. J May* ckfed to order on duty the Tenth Bat- ' The mammoth ' ' ■*“ ’

taKon of this city, the Third Signal j Newport Nc* Corps, also of Albany, and the Twen- , was put in m ty.-third Regiment, of Brooklyn. j steamers being put

«*»

(York Shipbuildjng Company’s yards at

vast crowd of people, nade an address of wel-

Two ef His Companions horribly Borneo Try iny to Release Him.

Buffalo. N. was shocked

companions. who tried to ! a

the people passec with a small flag.

WIND CARRIED THE FIRE Over MAO.000 Worth Vl Property Destroyed

Near Detroit

suburb -

!a mile and destroyed over $800,000 Gnsm killed his wife tn a most 1 | W Th h e °firo r bffi' out kbortly after 1 |reUro»eas Mro^him wal'IurtingVr ! o’clock in the roof of tfie Safliotte church * buggy- with her two liltk Furgason lumber miHs. which had not. ^cP-^UKhjers. Chum jumped m:o the

nt "remains abou: Furgason lumber miMs,

. sition grounds.

shock stunned him. and in falling for- ' Maxim Gorki, the author, and an ward he grasped several other wires, editor have been arrested in St. Pcteroand pulled them from their fastenings, burg for secretly printing revolutionary

Kiefig's comrades rushed to his assist- paper*-

ancc. and their hands and arms were Over 600 frrm buildings, mills, cot- buildings wen

j jksi, ’*•

and they look upon t as official swindlers. While C ' tribe w

vere thkre tl jollifica-

Id jo.m them in a feast ol dog meat, which would prove their sincerity. The statesman declined apd came home, and will report their trouble — ^—

gress.

BOY FOUGHT FOR MOTHER'S LIFE

a Farmer oa the

swept across a nrtirby dock. Great cm- ! her to the ground, jumped on the pro*I be-s were picked up by the wind and ! ‘rate body and stabbed her repeatedly. ■ dropped on the roof of Brownlee & Her son Harvey 12 vears old, struck at It block and both these | Chism snth a baseball F—

estroyed. small fire

—_ _fl it was foa Jq I dead and tbe^ other

l_ ^ consciou

—A conscious. They »

I- \hospital. where It s

~ —Jtion is serioi!

> men were un-

Jtion is serious. f I Ejx Trast in Soatkwest.

nded'with*three engine^and'the^fire- j wppjm; whCT^ttTey

p - i £ c,at,on in - Cen:ro '

Brest, in the province of Warsaw. Rus- j ert y ?£' fire spr

» speech at a ban-

u e A'<"aj C ?:$ TUe P lant ° r t . he Malt by Lui

«. . .om 'the'Brownlee'prop- I which held the knife.' Thu fire spread to the Western, through his fingers. alm<

00 poles 1 them. Chism stabbed the

fledacr

strut

the

icwed

: out stab the I

as dr

seve

boy in fields.

’"i

ireat Britain.

Mr. Brodrick. I

1 the j

.,— , iecrelary. J a otel in‘this city a course was de-1 moved the government’s army scheme upon whereby the rfitirc egg pro- in the House of Cobimons. providing >n of Kansas. Oklahotpal Indian for six corps, with 50AXX) militia m a re-

r.rength of !a nd > i t was toon destroyed, together with

j a large stock of cedar pole*.

Territory and Sou! will be controlled 1 which is compoi car lot egg buy

eral packi

V' idTCii

irgc stock of ccdi

KILLED WHILE AT PLAY. , TUrtcea-Year-OM Laa Clltaki Pole ■

Grasp* Uve Wirt.

them. C I arm and then fled across the

tried ineffectually to drown h allow well. Chism fs one of the wealipst farmers of the county, having in--Tried a large farm and $200x100. ”

shall! thiesl heri-

i^a

Grand Dokt May VUt Here.

St. Petersburg. (By Cable).—Grand Duke Michael, heir-preseumptivi

a large Jan — — m of quick temper, but ha* never

been guilty of crin

TO

“Fraaek Mary*' Takes Her Life.

. Pittsburg (Special). — Mrs. Man: Leonard, better known as "French Mary." a vivandiere of the Civil War. and one of the most picturesque figures produced during the Rebellion, committed suicide by taking poison. Mrs. Leonard served through the war the 114th Pennsylvania Volundoing remarkable service in a

er of. bpttles, for which

with

Seer*.

number

ccived'conspicuous mention and a medal for bravery. . ,

Prat a S. Bataan Dead.

. Jiangor. Maine (Special).—Prof. Daf" rid Shepard Holman, known throughr-- -ogt the world as the iarentor of the Hotman life slides, which are extensiveJjr used by microscopists. is dead. Prof.

iber of the of Phila-

K.” A cat

(acuity ol Girard C Un Institute. He

y microscopisti

u was formerly a membt

Academy of ‘Natural Science 0

delphia and ha* been a member of the ' ‘ ' College and of Frank-

e was bom in 1826. “Pacllylnj" tbe Doers. •

London (By Cable),—Lord Kitchener reports to tbe War Office, nnder date of Pretoria, May to, as follows: "Since May 5 aB' Boers have been killed. 6 wounded and 130 taken prisoners, and 183 have surrendered. Nine thousand

. I’yis

Is of a

s anil stock have

Favor AsU-Americas Combine. London (Special).—While the

man-Austrian proposals for an American combination hare hot yet assumed any thing like definite form, the

Or-

American combination have no: yet assumed any thing like definite form, the idea is attracting considerable attention, both in Great Britain and on the .Continent, especially the latter, where, the newspapers have eagerly swallowed an alleged interview in which J. Pierpom Morgan is quoted as dccUring' that he and his associates would no: only swamp Briash trade, but would para-

Rcar Admiral Schlev has cut his London visit, and' sails for York to-day on accqunf ol the i of hit ton. Dr. Winfield Scott S

Jr.

General Kitchener reporti the capof 132 Boers and a machine gun

| hidc-and-seck with a number of young j will bc able to fulfil it depends largely i companions. The boy had climbed a on .the course of events both national 1 pole to hide himself, and when about 20 1 and international. In a recent f feet above the ground he slipped, and. rations, with Ambassador T01

short

luera ' * cct »!»'■* the k to save himself from

witc.

tore of 132 Boers and a mat _ and numbers of wagons and horses. Archbishop Lewis, of Ontario, died 1 the Atlantic Transport liner

^ Louis' I

tlantic Transj

te to lied I

e' hips t

irock I. beat Shamrock II. in a -iangpla'r race, with the wind fresh and

steadyT

Eight Italian laborer* were killed by an avalanche at Campo Dolcinc, Germany is increasing her military forces on the Russian frontier. Fourteen petroleum steamers

burned at Astrakhat

The Duke an< ough took an at

rose League mee show there was no truth in t _a disagreement between the

cate peace.

Shami

a disagreement Phe South Alt

as beet e Cbloi

tan, Russia.

Duke and Duchess ol Mariborn active part in the Primmeeting in London, as if to

" ’ the otr* 1 "

irt in, nm

orie*

it has been decided to rcconstr Cape Colony ministry with Cecil Rhode as premier, but Sir John Sprigg denie the report. ‘ ■* The Am’erieap* have evacuated all the

ihcjr control in Pekin

The Sute Bank of Canton, S. D., ha? failed: capital*.$44xx>0. The Ixmdon Stock Exchange it too

TO"

wheat, ceeded,

winter smoi

010.

t present condition of wii namely. 94.1c., ha* no: been d since May V. 1891. when i: st c Stock Exchange Committee in

LAmaon, lor general purposes, has passed a -Resolution to the effect riiRt the buying in Northern Pacific common and preferred be suspend until

further notice.

romapny. Ujimng in midak dectricity play*

” 1 man

insenmnd. He was pro-

minutgs later.

Wreck on tlliaoU Central

New Orleans (Special)^-Spihading rails caused the sonthbouod Illinois Central fast mail from Chicago to jump :k on a curve near Haclehurst.

~t*on. ~

the electric street railway .

.able to let go,, the boy hi _ with over 6000 volt* ol electricity play ing through his body, until a mat climbed the pole aniK carried tbe insen sible form tq the ground. He was pro

nounced deaeLa *

the track on a curve neat 30 mile* south of Jacksoi sons were killed and t«co in

ration ^ with

ivrsndmdce . be might be enabled to do so. He recalled the two visit* paid the United States by the Grand Duke Alexis, and

declared tT lection of

s by the Grand Duke Alexis, a red the latter bad a grateful rec 1 American hoipiudity.

FIFTEEN FERSONS WHE DROWNED. Details of tkc Lou of tbe Steamboat

City of Paducah.

WENT DOWN IN 25 FEET OF WATER Tbe Bo4Ui ol th* Two Passetacrs Who Wert Drowned Have Beta Recovered-All of the Officers Were Seved-The Stesmbosl Drifted a Third of a Mile Below tbe Uodiot Before

She Saak-Will Bc n Total Wreck.

St. Louis (Special).—The first authentic - information concerning the wreck of the steamer City of .Paducah, of the St. Louis and Tennessee River Packet Company, which occur-

red at Brunlrhorst I-anding. 111.. obtained ’ ’ r '' Thy 01 k_nnion si 31. lxjuii persons lost their lives in the ttrophe, six whites and nine black*

UVE NATIONAL AFFAIRS. T# Sell Qoverameaf SoeretsAn attempt to sell the confidential rommur.icariont between the At’ornavGeneral ansi the Secreury of War in the Seely case was unearthed by Chief Wilkie. of the Secret Service !nformat ; on had been obtained from Judge John D Lindsay, enunsel for Neely, in Nei/ York, who had received a letter signed John B. Dickenson, offering him copies of tfie corresjiondence. Judge Lindsay turned the matter over to tn" Attorney-General. The Utter called in Chief Wilkie and placed the malic- in his hand*. An officer was sent to the general delivery window of the postoffice, and when a man prasented him- ‘ John g Ife wt

he W

if* War

of the De :1 Edward.-, tnd Chief

office, and when a man prase self and asked for mail for

Dickenson he was followed. He went direct to the insular division of the War

pepartfBent. Shortly a’ feTOlA*'

isular division of tht Shortly afterward a ■ Secretary of War. iehards. of_the Dr-

\\1lk1e was held, and it was discovered

tained upon the arrival of the jtcaniCity of Ginton ai St. Louis. Fiftn persons lost their live* in the catastrophe, six whites and nine black* The City of Paducah stopped at

TO S TO'TOTOT ! STTOg’-wTO TOkSJ

I :, -r

enormous bole in the hull, through . .' j ^ authorities here As the

St:S: SSSSI but the roof, texas deck and pifothoun j

mained above the surface.

The officers acted with great coolness, and the boat's crew nelped- the startled passengers to the cabm roof, where the boats were lowered and many

carried ashore.

The crew and their roustabout helpers, being on the lower deck in the midst of the cargo when tht vessel struck, were placed in a position of awful peril. As tfie steamer careened in settling the big cargo, consisting chiefly of sacks of corn, shifted, and before the men could escape half of them were pinned (Town and either crushed to death or held until the water brought

about their cni.

“The passengers lost all of their belongings and had to be supplied with clothing by those on xhorc. The City of Paducah lies in about jc tl of water and is^a total loss. She as valued at $15,000.

L0REE TO SUCCEED ME CO WEN.

Philadelphia. Pa. (Special).—L. E Loree. fourth vice-president of the Pennsylvania Company and general manager of the Pennsylvania fine* west of Pittsburg, is to be named within the next few days as president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Cqmpany. J. C Stuart, general superintendent of the middle and northwestern division of the Baltimore and Ohio, is to be made genuiperintendcnt of the entire Baltiand Ohio lines. Such an arrangement will place the Baltimore and Ohio under the entire control of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The latter is already represented in jhe directorate ol the

>f its own the preti-

Jhio .

with Mr. Loree as

■terests would bc all tbe more

represented in the din Baltimore and Ohio by

people, and

dent its inti strongly cemented.

TRAGEDY’S STRANGE SEQUEL Supposed lasanlty si Mother and Daschle r Atlribaled to a Murder. New York (Special).—Brooding oyer the mordcr of Dolly Reynolds, for which Dr. Kennedy is on trial for the third time, ii said to have made Mrs. Edith Catherin Heath me re and her daughter Lilian insane. Mrs. Heathmcre is a widow, 34 years old, and tht daughter is 16. Both were committed by Magistrate Brann to the insane pavilion at Bellevue Hospital, to be examined as to

their sanity.

At the time of tbe murder of Dolly Reynolds in the Grand Hotel Mrs. Heathmcre and her daughter were liv-

ing there.

THE PREACHER SPECULATED. He Lost Money Eafrastcd to Hia by Parishioners. Who Expected Different Resulls. Chicago (Special).—Rev. S. A. Harris, for several years until recently pastor of the Congregational Churph at Milburn, III., has been impended from the minstry for six months pending an ration oi charges which are made former parishionerj. who declare e out over $100,000 which they rusted to the minister for speculations that are, said to have turned out

unfortunately.

. , _ . -Mr. Hams was at one time a lawyer ibasrador Tower the 0 f Chicago and a member, of the Board

ssed a lively hope that 0 f Tn ’ ilcd to do so. He re- X5 r

isoo, Cal. (Special).—A

sstenr “

... bers 1 bors committee, will soon

nia. and durini

San Fn number of

of tht

thorouj

—irbors of .

Burton, of Ol

j wMth "will

gressmen; most rivers and har>n visit Califor-

te weeks itn and

the Sute. ~ Jhio. will he: include B. B.

ig their sUy of three

will thoroughly inspect the rivei harbors of the sute. Congressman

'■ ’lead the party.

Rose, of Fultpn. Ky., Thomas Lee, fireman were killed

Gus Nelson, engineer, and M. R. Stappen, assistant mail clerk, were injured.

Wclfbt Detcraloes Fertility of Egr*. Morgantown, W. Va. (Special).—A esston of Experiment* by Hoi

(son. Two per-: w Wch will inciude B. B. Dovcner. o 0 injured. C E.! West Virginia: E. F. Acheson. of Penn, mail clerk, and gylraniat 'R. P. Bishop, of Michigan were killed, and D. S. Alexander, of New York, and-G.

that succession of Experiments by Horace the Atwood, olythe W. Va. Agricultural odes ExperimowtSution. has led to the dis-

covery that whether eggs are p incubating may bc toldby the d in weight, a certain decrease in

properly decrease

n weight .•bowing without question their non-fer-

tility.

IwHatod Carri* Nstfeo. Woodbury. N. J. (Special).—Instead of using a hatchet in making a raid on an alleged "speak-easy" in North Woodbury, Mr*. Cecelia Wolf

Nation style. The parties L__ brought before Justice Barnaby and botb were held under bail for coart. Mrs. Wolf claim* she went to the place after a' friend. Calves claims that ohe

empty beer bottles at bis customers.

P.- Lawrence, of Massachusetts.

Hart by a FaUag Cog*.

Latrobe. Pa. (Special).—Eight men were badly injured by a falling cage at the Millwood Coal and Coke Works here. Six foreigners, Hungarian and Julian ministers, severely bruised about the bodies, and numerous scalp wounds and small bones broken. Tbe accident is attributed to the carelessness of tbe engineer, who became confused and placed the machinery in the wrong position.

KUM .thc Wrong Mr a.

Birmingham, Ala. (Special-)—An an-known-negro, tutipdtfd at the time to be James Brown, who w#i charged with asuniting a woman at Springville. was shot and killed fay a crowd of white

Datoowf Noorty Destnyod by Flra. Wivcrfy, Iowa (Special).-Nearly the whole of tbe tmsinea* portion of the town ol Dumptu was destroyed by fire. Eighteen business bouses were burned.

no blame can be atnehed to him; the funds were pot info his hands that

night do the best he could to inte them, and that the £oing wrong irious enterprises in which the vs sunk was 00 fault of bis.

the funds were put inf he might do the best

c«ase of the

money was

Woo SMM.000 la Stocks. Scranton. Pa. (Special).—During the recent flurry in stocks several fortunes were made by residents of this citr. The large** winner was T. H. Watkin., •ait ; l recently president of ’ “

Company.

” ’ have cleared up $5,000.-

madc

Strength of Army Branches

The War Department has just made public the reorganisation order pre scribing the strength of the various branches of the military service upon the basis of a total army of 77-28* men id a staff of 2783 men. the enlisted ronots. being 74.]-— nl

strength TOS 85 erhiti

sry’s order each cavalry regiment insist of twelve cavalry troops oi

ivalry regii

iralry troops isted men each, making the total

rength of the cavalry branch 15.840 men. The coast artillery will consist of 126 companies of 109 enlisted men each.-making 13.734. and the field artillery- of 30 batteries of 160 men each, making a total artillery force, field and coast, of 18.863 enlisted men. The 30 infantry regiments will consist, of 12 companies of 104 enHrud men each, nuking the infantry strength 38,520 enlisted men. The three engineer battalions will have four companies of 104 enlisted men each, with a band, and will have a strength of 12B2 enlisted

lay N

Charles G. Dawes, Comptroller

New Bank* Darias Year.

iptroller of the made Monday

the nation iul of $25.01

the date ol lorixing -.he tk* with

value

semi-annual duty on circu’ation secured by bonds authorized by the Act. there were in existence 3617 national banks, with capital of $616,308,095; bondi on deposit to secure circulation, $244,611570: circulation secured by bonds. $216.-374-795- In the period beginning March 14. J930, and terminating or? April 27 •“S 529 bank*, with a capital of $27.387.000, were organized. In the fame time 39 bank*, with a capital of Sit. 190.000. were placed in volunury liquidation. and nine, with a capital of $£60 - 000, in the charge of receivers." IfiUad Seas May~Dc United. Consul Hughes, of Coburg, has informed the Sute Department that a canal to nnite the Caspian and Black sra* is under consideration. The projected will be 22 feet deep snd 1

Taganrog'.on the Sea of Azof. It is . timate dthat the cost will be atom 40 - oooxwi-rubles ($20,600,000). The centre of Russian trade and manufacture, adds the consul, is gradually shifting southward, and the construtsibn of other roads and the digging of this canal will be necessary" in the near futur to meet the growing demands of commerce. Portrait of Crowlnskield. The Navy Department received * five oil portrait of R. W. Crowninshield. who was secreury of the Navy from 1814 to 1818. during the trying days oi the war of 181J, when the Chesapeake, the Constitution and the President gave the first incentive to upbuilding the American navy. Capital News to Geatral The Navy Department has ordered that the ships Concord. Marietta and Casune be sent home from Eastern waters during tjie summer. Herman Jnsti. commissioner of the Illinois Coal Operators’ Association, explained to the Industrial Commission how^labor questions in the bituminous

is said to have cleared up $5

006, of which Si xx».000 was

Thursday in Northern Pacific. - Heat Prop to* Stars.

Williams Bay^Wis. (Special).—Professor E. F. Nichols, of Dartmouth College, says that experiment* at the Yerkes Observatory of tbe University of Chicago have for the first time proved beyond a doubt that the planets and some of the fixed stars send an appreciable quantity of heat to the earth. The quantity-, however, is minute. The instrument which can record such an infinitely small amount of heat is called a

radiometer.

St. Petersburg (By Cable). — Tbe Kaw-kaa report disturbances at Tiflii on May 5- Workmen and others displayed a red flag, the symbol ol anarchy. The police a tucked the crowd and fought for a quarter of an hoar before they cleared the square in which the assetnb- • . both

t ber orty-

one arresta were made, including one man and three women students, who had been recently expelled from St.

is by lottery instead < tble, at heretofore.

The report of the committee present-' ed to the Confertgice of Charities and Corrections condemned the state subsi-

dy of private institutions.

Reports to the Interior Department show that smalipoj; is widespread ’ among the Indians of the Western res-

ervations.

ArrangemcntR^crc made for returning the Washington relics to the Lee

family.

Mr. Charles M. Schwab, president of the United SUtes Steel Corporatio.i. gave his views before tbe Induvtria - Commission in Washington. \ Oar New PoascsstoaL • A party of insurgents partly burned the bridge near Luc ban, Tayabas Province. Luzon, but were driven back without loss on either side. At a conference recently between . Brigadier General Funston end General Lacuna in the province of Nucva Ecija, Lacuna promised to collect his forces and arms and surrender as soon ff possible. There have been oeverat minor crptures and surrenders in Cavite. Balanzas and Tayabas province*. A im.nber of camp* and quantities of supplies have been destroyed. The report of the Cub.-ttt committee .that conferred with President McKinley and Secreury Root upon the Platt amendment was submitted to the Cuban constitutional convention and referred to the committee on relation*, e majority of the members of tf hich favor its acceptance. General Lacuna promised General Funston to collect ins torers and arms, and anrendcr.

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